diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index b77682a..c7c8ed6 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -1527,10 +1527,10 @@
 ;; General Gnus configuration
 
 (setq gnus-init-file (expand-file-name "gnus.el" emacs-d)
-      gnus-home-directory (expand-file-name "~/Mail/news/")
-      gnus-directory (expand-file-name "~/Mail/news/")
+      gnus-home-directory (expand-file-name "private/news/" emacs-d)
+      gnus-directory (expand-file-name "private/news/" emacs-d)
       gnus-kill-files-directory gnus-directory
-      gnus-startup-file (expand-file-name "~/Mail/gnus-newsrc")
+      gnus-startup-file (expand-file-name "private/gnus-newsrc" emacs-d)
       gnus-cache-directory (expand-file-name "cache/" gnus-directory)
       gnus-verbose 10