diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 53cd7af..a8b11de 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
-;; emacs configuration
+;;
+;; Emacs Configuration
+;;
 
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/env.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/packages.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/helpers.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/languages.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/vendor.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/behavior.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/appearance.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/keybindings.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/remember.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/project-definitions.el")
+;; Set root directory of Emacs config
+(setq emacs-config-dir
+      (file-name-directory (or load-file-name (buffer-file-name))))
+
+;; Helper function for config path
+(defun config-path(path)
+  "Appends argument at the end of emacs-config-dir using expand-file-name"
+  (expand-file-name path emacs-config-dir))
+
+;; Load various config files
+(load-file (config-path "env.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "packages.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "helpers.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "languages.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "vendor.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "behavior.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "appearance.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "keybindings.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "remember.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "project-definitions.el"))
 
 ;; Custom variables file
-(setq custom-file "~/.emacs.d/custom-variables.el")
+(setq custom-file (config-path "custom-variables.el"))
 (load-file custom-file)
 
 ;; Initialize packages in packages.el
diff --git a/languages.el b/languages.el
index 2148c20..3aa8355 100644
--- a/languages.el
+++ b/languages.el
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/languages/coffee-script.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/languages/cucumber.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/languages/elisp.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/languages/erlang.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/languages/javascript.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/languages/markdown.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/languages/php.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/languages/python.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/languages/shell-script.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/languages/ruby.el")
-(load-file "~/.emacs.d/languages/yaml.el")
+(load-file (config-path "languages/coffee-script.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "languages/cucumber.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "languages/elisp.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "languages/erlang.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "languages/javascript.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "languages/markdown.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "languages/php.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "languages/python.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "languages/shell-script.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "languages/ruby.el"))
+(load-file (config-path "languages/yaml.el"))
diff --git a/languages/erlang.el b/languages/erlang.el
index 88d782d..baa01fb 100644
--- a/languages/erlang.el
+++ b/languages/erlang.el
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ;; no simple way to create a el-get package. So it's one
 ;; more thing thats not installed through el-get.
 
-(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/languages/erlang")
+(add-to-list 'load-path (config-path "languages/erlang"))
 (setq erlang-root-dir "/usr/local")
 (setq exec-path (cons "/usr/local/bin" exec-path))
 (require 'erlang-start)
diff --git a/packages.el b/packages.el
index 22bdabe..52d3ab9 100644
--- a/packages.el
+++ b/packages.el
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 ;; Load el-get
 ;;
 
-(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/el-get/el-get")
+(add-to-list 'load-path (config-path "el-get/el-get"))
 (require 'el-get)
 
 ;;; Uses 2.stable branch, doesn't work with some of my stuff
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
                :type git
                :url "git://github.com/jimeh/birds-of-paradise-plus-theme.el.git"
                :post-init (lambda ()
-                            (push "~/.emacs.d/el-get/birds-of-paradise-plus-theme"
+                            (push (config-path "el-get/birds-of-paradise-plus-theme")
                                   custom-theme-load-path)))
         ;; (:name birds-of-paradise-theme
         ;;        :type git
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
                :url "https://github.com/m2ym/rsense.git"
                :build ("ant" "chmod +x bin/rsense")
                :post-init (lambda ()
-                            (setq rsense-home (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/el-get/rsense"))
+                            (setq rsense-home (expand-file-name (config-path "el-get/rsense")))
                             (add-to-list 'load-path (concat rsense-home "/etc"))
                             (require 'rsense)))
         (:name ruby-mode
diff --git a/vendor.el b/vendor.el
index 035e4b3..20039b0 100644
--- a/vendor.el
+++ b/vendor.el
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ;; Load-path
-(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/vendor")
+(add-to-list 'load-path (config-path "vendor"))