diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index eccbf6f..faf998a 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -33,6 +33,25 @@
 (straight-use-package 'use-package)
 (setq straight-use-package-by-default t)
 ;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;; Keep emacs clean!
+;; Use no-littering to automatically set common paths to the new user-emacs-directory
+(use-package no-littering
+  :init
+  ;; set paths for no-littering etc and var directories
+  ;; instead of this paths, you could use
+  ;; (setq user-emacs-directory (expand-file-name "~/.cache/emacs"))
+  (setq no-littering-etc-directory (expand-file-name "~/.cache/emacs/etc")
+        no-littering-var-directory (expand-file-name "~/.cache/emacs/var")
+      )
+  :config
+  ;; set sensible defaults for backups
+  (no-littering-theme-backups)
+  ;; set paths for url-history-file and custom-file
+  (setq url-history-file (no-littering-expand-etc-file-name "url/history")
+        custom-file (no-littering-expand-etc-file-name "custom.el"))
+  )
+;;
 ;;
 (provide 'init)
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;