diff --git a/home/default.nix b/home/default.nix
index 5191cd59..f8ce2ac5 100644
--- a/home/default.nix
+++ b/home/default.nix
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
         }
         rsync-local-config () {
           HOST=$1
-          for TARGET in bat git emacs/config.org emacs/snippets starship.toml; do
+          for TARGET in bat git emacs/init.el emacs/config.org emacs/snippets starship.toml; do
             SOURCE="${config.xdg.configHome}/$TARGET"
             TMP_TARGET=/tmp/rsync-local-config
             TMP_SOURCE=$TMP_TARGET
diff --git a/home/emacs/config.org b/home/emacs/config.org
index 160397d1..9cce17b6 100644
--- a/home/emacs/config.org
+++ b/home/emacs/config.org
@@ -5,6 +5,27 @@
 
 * Common defaults
 
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results output silent
+  (setq user-full-name "Evie Litherland-Smith"
+        user-mail-address "evie@xenia.me.uk")
+  (setq custom-file (locate-user-emacs-file "custom.el"))
+  (set-default-coding-systems 'utf-8)
+  (set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)
+  (set-keyboard-coding-system 'utf-8)
+#+END_SRC
+
+** package-archive with priorities
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp :results output silent
+  (when (require 'package nil :noerror)
+    (add-to-list 'package-archives '("stable" . "https://stable.melpa.org/packages/"))
+    (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/"))
+
+    (setq package-archive-priorities '(("gnu" . 99)
+                                       ("nongnu" . 80)
+                                       ("stable" . 70)
+                                       ("melpa" . 0))))
+#+end_src
+
 * Org-mode
 For reference information, see [[https://orgmode.com][Org-mode website]]
 
@@ -99,40 +120,6 @@ For reference information, see [[https://orgmode.com][Org-mode website]]
 For now I'll just copy all config into this file, to confirm that it works properly.
 Will reorganise into separate sections later
 
-** TODO Init.el
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  ;;; Initial phase.
-
-  ;; Load the custom file if it exists.  Among other settings, this will
-  ;; have the list `package-selected-packages', so we need to load that
-  ;; before adding more packages.  The value of the `custom-file'
-  ;; variable must be set appropriately, by default the value is nil.
-  ;; This can be done here, or in the early-init.el file.
-  (setq custom-file (locate-user-emacs-file "custom.el"))
-  (when (and custom-file (file-exists-p custom-file))
-    (load custom-file nil 'nomessage))
-
-  ;; Setup package-archives and priorities
-  (when (require 'package nil :noerror)
-    (add-to-list 'package-archives '("stable" . "https://stable.melpa.org/packages/"))
-    (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/"))
-
-    (setq package-archive-priorities '(("gnu" . 99)
-                                       ("nongnu" . 80)
-                                       ("stable" . 70)
-                                       ("melpa" . 0))))
-
-  ;;; Configuration phase
-
-  (setq user-full-name "Evie Litherland-Smith"
-        user-mail-address "evie@xenia.me.uk")
-
-  ;; Set default coding system (especially for Windows)
-  (set-default-coding-systems 'utf-8)
-  (set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)
-  (set-keyboard-coding-system 'utf-8)
-#+END_SRC
-
 ** TODO Defaults
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
   ;;; Code:
diff --git a/home/emacs/default.nix b/home/emacs/default.nix
index 6bae5dba..3bc5a989 100644
--- a/home/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/home/emacs/default.nix
@@ -2,16 +2,13 @@
 
 {
   xdg.configFile = {
+    "emacs/init.el".source = ./init.el;
     "emacs/config.org".source = ./config.org;
     "emacs/snippets".source = ./snippets;
   };
   programs.emacs = {
     enable = true;
     package = pkgs.emacs29-pgtk;
-    extraConfig = ''
-      (package-initialize)
-      (org-babel-load-file (locate-user-emacs-file "config.org"))
-    '';
     extraPackages = epkgs:
       with epkgs; [
         # completion-packages
diff --git a/home/emacs/init.el b/home/emacs/init.el
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2238936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/emacs/init.el
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+(package-initialize)
+(org-babel-load-file (locate-user-emacs-file "config.org"))