diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 83a653a..8657da4 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@
 ;; (setq use-package-verbose t)
 ;; (setq use-package-compute-statistics t)
 
-(add-to-list 'load-path (concat (file-name-parent-directory user-init-file) "local-lisp/"))
+(add-to-list 'load-path (concat user-emacs-directory "local-lisp/"))
 
-(use-package emacs)
 (setq tab-bar-show nil)
 (setq inhibit-startup-message t)
 (setq initial-scratch-message nil)
diff --git a/local-lisp/codex.el b/local-lisp/codex.el
index 4b89042..dbe0065 100644
--- a/local-lisp/codex.el
+++ b/local-lisp/codex.el
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ http_headers = {
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'codex)
 
-(defcustom codex-sessions-file (concat (file-name-parent-directory user-init-file) "codex-sessions")
+(defcustom codex-sessions-file (concat user-emacs-directory "codex-sessions")
   "What the default name should be fore the codex chat buffer."
   :type 'string
   :group 'codex)
 
 (defcustom codex-sessions-history-dir
-  (concat (file-name-parent-directory user-init-file) "codex-sessions-history/")
+  (concat user-emacs-directory "codex-sessions-history/")
   "Directory where Codex session histories are stored."
   :type 'directory
   :group 'codex)