diff --git a/home/emacs/modules/custom-ui-config.el b/home/emacs/modules/custom-ui-config.el
index d61c1175..1078a30f 100644
--- a/home/emacs/modules/custom-ui-config.el
+++ b/home/emacs/modules/custom-ui-config.el
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
       dashboard-projects-backend 'project-el
       dashboard-projects-switch-function 'project-switch-project
       dashboard-projects-show-base t
-      dashboard-items '((recents  . 5) (projects . 5) (agenda . 5))
+      dashboard-recentf-show-base 'align
+      dashboard-items '((projects . 5) (agenda . 5) (recents  . 5))
       dashboard-banner-ascii
       (concat "          .000000.          \n"
               "         .0.    .0.         \n"