diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e934adf..20a8d93 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 cache/
+.zcompdump
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 24425b6..214bbbf 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ command-exists () {
   return $(command -v $1 >/dev/null);
 }
 NEWLINE=$'\n'
+ZDOTDIR=${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME/.zsh}
 
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