diff --git a/conf/main.el b/conf/main.el
index a188d39..83b93a0 100644
--- a/conf/main.el
+++ b/conf/main.el
@@ -296,12 +296,12 @@ filesystem and is a usb drive."
 (defun nd/config-reload ()
   "Reloads main configuration file at runtime."
   (interactive)
-  (org-babel-load-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/conf/main.org")))
+  (org-babel-load-file nd/conf-main))
 
 (defun nd/config-visit ()
   "Opens the main conf.org file (the one that really matters)."
   (interactive)
-  (find-file "~/.emacs.d/conf/main.org"))
+  (find-file nd/conf-main))
 
 (defun nd/kill-current-buffer ()
   "Kill the current buffer."
diff --git a/conf/main.org b/conf/main.org
index 7d1a706..7b6dbf3 100644
--- a/conf/main.org
+++ b/conf/main.org
@@ -365,12 +365,12 @@ filesystem and is a usb drive."
 (defun nd/config-reload ()
   "Reloads main configuration file at runtime."
   (interactive)
-  (org-babel-load-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/conf/main.org")))
+  (org-babel-load-file nd/conf-main))
 
 (defun nd/config-visit ()
   "Opens the main conf.org file (the one that really matters)."
   (interactive)
-  (find-file "~/.emacs.d/conf/main.org"))
+  (find-file nd/conf-main))
 
 (defun nd/kill-current-buffer ()
   "Kill the current buffer."
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 358df7b..91ea3c0 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
   (package-refresh-contents)
   (package-install 'use-package))
 
-(org-babel-load-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/conf/main.org"))
+(defvar nd/conf-dir "~/.emacs.d/conf/"
+  "The absolute path to the EMACS configuration directory.")
+
+(defvar nd/conf-main (expand-file-name "main.org" nd/conf-dir)
+  "The absolute path the main EMACS configuration file.")
+
+(org-babel-load-file nd/conf-main)
 
 ;; (custom-set-variables
 ;;  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.