diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index d06699f..444b5ab 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -1,22 +1,3 @@
-;; IMPORTANT: add (require 'package), else package-archives is not declared (void-variable)
-(require 'package)
-
-(setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
-
-;; add melpa-stable to package-archives
-(add-to-list 'package-archives
-             '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") t)
-(add-to-list 'package-archives
-             '("org" . "https://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
-
-;; MUST be called after package-archives is updated
-(package-initialize)
-
-;;; Bootstrapping use-package
-(unless (package-installed-p 'use-package)
-  (package-refresh-contents)
-  (package-install 'use-package))
-
 ;;; Increase garbage collection threshold during init but leave it to the default value after
 ;;; There are a LOT of articles/sites/... discussing this:
 ;;; https://bling.github.io/blog/2016/01/18/why-are-you-changing-gc-cons-threshold/
@@ -24,12 +5,13 @@
 ;;; ...
 (let ((gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum))
   ;; This is the actual config file. It is omitted if it doesn't exist so emacs won't refuse to launch.
-  (when (file-readable-p "~/.emacs.d/config.org")
-    (org-babel-load-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/config.org")))
+  (defvar config-file (expand-file-name "config.org" user-emacs-directory))
+  (defvar project-file (expand-file-name "project.org" user-emacs-directory))
+
+  (when (file-readable-p config-file)
+    (org-babel-load-file (expand-file-name config-file)))
 
   ;; If it exists, load some project-specific configurations.
-  (when (file-readable-p "~/.emacs.d/project.org")
-    (org-babel-load-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/project.org")))
+  (when (file-readable-p project-file)
+    (org-babel-load-file (expand-file-name project-file)))
 )
-
-(provide 'init)