diff --git a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el
index 41e56ae..2777ef6 100644
--- a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el
+++ b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el
@@ -38,11 +38,10 @@
       (package-install package)))
       myPackages)
 
-(require
- (jlj-misc.el)
- (jlj-org.el)
- (jlj-python.el)
- (jlj-rust.el))
+(load "~/Documents/projects/agares/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-misc.el")
+(load "~/Documents/projects/agares/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-org.el")
+(load "~/Documents/projects/agares/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-python.el")
+(load "~/Documents/projects/agares/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-rust.el")
 
 (custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
diff --git a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-org.el b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-org.el
index fc00f34..7990b65 100644
--- a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-org.el
+++ b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/jlj-org.el
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     org-src-strip-leading-and-trailing-blank-lines t
     org-src-preserve-indentation t
     org-src-tab-acts-natively t
-    setq x-selection-timeout 10 ;; this fixes a freeze when org-capture is called. lol.
+    x-selection-timeout 10 ;; this fixes a freeze when org-capture is called. lol.
     org-edit-src-content-indentation 0)
 
 (add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook