diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1fcd1a..832438e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 /helm-adaptive-history
 /url/
 /mastodon.plstore
-/smex-items
 /games/bubbles-default-2-10-10-scores
 /games/tetris-scores
 /mthesaur.txt.cache
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index eb8034a..75ab608 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -2303,6 +2303,9 @@ point to the beginning of buffer first."
              counsel-recentf
              counsel-shell-history))
 
+(use-package smex
+  :init (setq smex-save-file (expand-file-name "private/smex-items" emacs-d)))
+
 (use-package swiper
   :ensure t
   :commands (swiper