diff --git a/emacs/init.org b/emacs/init.org
index 2fad3cb..75be74a 100644
--- a/emacs/init.org
+++ b/emacs/init.org
@@ -1368,10 +1368,14 @@
 * Load slime-helper to work with slime                         :slime:
 
   The slime helper is necessary to work with slime. It gets installed
-  by quicklisp.
+  by quicklisp. There is also a slime package installed through ELPA,
+  try to load the quicklisp version later so that it isn't overwritten
+  by the ELPA one. This is because the ELPA one doesn't (yet) work
+  with the installed SLIME version.
 
   #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-    (load (expand-file-name "~/.local/share/quicklisp/slime-helper.el"))
+    (oni:eval-after-init
+      (load (expand-file-name "~/.local/share/quicklisp/slime-helper.el")))
   #+END_SRC
 
 * Smarter move-beginning-of-line                          :navigation: