diff --git a/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el b/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el
index 12c98a8..69f3773 100644
--- a/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -26,17 +26,20 @@
 ;;; Code:
 
 (eval-and-compile
-  (add-to-list 'load-path (format "%sinit/" default-directory))
+  (let ((load-directory
+         (file-name-directory
+          (or load-file-name byte-compile-current-file))))
+    (add-to-list 'load-path (format "%sinit/" load-directory))
 
-  (mapc (lambda (d) (add-to-list 'load-path d))
-        (directory-files
-         (format "%svendor-lisp/" default-directory) t "^[^.]"))
+    (mapc (lambda (d) (add-to-list 'load-path d))
+          (directory-files
+           (format "%svendor-lisp/" load-directory) t "^[^.]"))
 
-  (add-to-list 'load-path (format "%ssite-lisp/" default-directory))
+    (add-to-list 'load-path (format "%ssite-lisp/" load-directory))
 
-  (let ((loaddefs (format "%ssite-lisp/site-autoloads.el" default-directory)))
-    (when (file-exists-p loaddefs)
-      (load loaddefs))))
+    (let ((loaddefs (format "%ssite-lisp/site-autoloads.el" load-directory)))
+      (when (file-exists-p loaddefs)
+        (load loaddefs)))))
 
 (require 'oni-helpers)