diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 66ce194..40d69a7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/themes
 /auto-save-list/
 /elpaca/
 /lisp/
diff --git a/early-init.el b/early-init.el
index e40b8b2..1de76be 100644
--- a/early-init.el
+++ b/early-init.el
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@
 (defvar minimal-emacs-user-directory user-emacs-directory
   "The default value of the `user-emacs-directory' variable.")
 
-(setq custom-theme-directory (expand-file-name "themes/" user-emacs-directory))
-(setq custom-file
-      (expand-file-name "custom.el"
-                        minimal-emacs-user-directory))
-
 (defun minimal-emacs-load-user-init (filename)
   "Execute a file of Lisp code named FILENAME."
   (let ((user-init-file
@@ -34,6 +29,10 @@
 
 (minimal-emacs-load-user-init "pre-early-init.el")
 
+(setq custom-theme-directory
+      (expand-file-name "themes/" minimal-emacs-user-directory))
+(setq custom-file (expand-file-name "custom.el" minimal-emacs-user-directory))
+
 ;;; Variables
 (defvar minimal-emacs-debug nil
   "Non-nil to enable debug.")