diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index e6d9121..36bc73c 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ by Prelude.")
 ELPA (or MELPA).")
 (defvar prelude-snippets-dir (expand-file-name "snippets" prelude-dir)
   "This folder houses additional yasnippet bundles distributed with Prelude.")
-(defvar prelude-personal-snippets-dir (expand-file-name prelude-personal-dir "snippets")
+(defvar prelude-personal-snippets-dir (expand-file-name "snippets" prelude-personal-dir)
   "This folder houses additional yasnippet bundles added by the users.")
 (defvar prelude-savefile-dir (expand-file-name "savefile" prelude-dir)
   "This folder stores all the automatically generated save/history-files.")