diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f55a38..a662f18 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 /games/bubbles-default-2-10-10-scores
 /games/tetris-scores
 /mthesaur.txt.cache
-/bookmarks
 /custom.el
 /history
 /server/server
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 7721f96..acfb2c4 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -502,6 +502,10 @@
 (use-package server
   :commands (server-running-p server-start))
 
+(use-package bookmark
+  :init (setq bookmark-default-file (expand-file-name "private/bookmarks"
+                                                      emacs-d)))
+
 
 ;; * Some essential packages