diff --git a/dotfiles/emacs.d/README.org b/dotfiles/emacs.d/README.org
index 77539309..30f7a480 100644
--- a/dotfiles/emacs.d/README.org
+++ b/dotfiles/emacs.d/README.org
@@ -1895,6 +1895,7 @@ Neotree is useless with frame mode for now, so I've disabled it.
   (vertico-mode))
 
 (use-package vertico-directory :ensure nil
+  :after (vertico)
   :bind (:map vertico-map
               ("RET" . vertico-directory-enter)
               ("DEL" . vertico-directory-delete-char)
@@ -2971,7 +2972,7 @@ The following is taken from [[https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/blob/a650877
 My org-mode configuration now lives in its own file org-config.org.
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (org-babel-load-file
- (concat (file-name-directory load-file-name) "org-config.org"))
+ (expand-file-name "org-config.org" user-emacs-directory))
 #+END_SRC
 *** TeX
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
diff --git a/dotfiles/emacs.d/org-config.org b/dotfiles/emacs.d/org-config.org
index 441eb4c0..1e94e7c1 100644
--- a/dotfiles/emacs.d/org-config.org
+++ b/dotfiles/emacs.d/org-config.org
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ We're going to use this to write separate parts of our config to different secti
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (defmacro imalison:org-config ()
   `(use-package org
+     :ensure nil
      :commands (org-mode org org-mobile-push org-mobile-pull org-agenda)
      :mode ("\\.org\\'" . org-mode)
      :preface (progn ,@(imalison:include-file-as-forms (imalison:join-paths user-emacs-directory "org-config-preface.el")))
@@ -761,6 +762,7 @@ SCHEDULED: %^t
 Note that this does not go into org-config-config.el. This is on purpose
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (use-package org
+  :ensure nil
   :after frame-mode
   :config
   (progn
@@ -785,6 +787,7 @@ Note that this does not go into org-config-config.el. This is on purpose
 This was taken from [[http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/3374/set-the-background-of-org-exported-code-blocks-according-to-theme][here]].
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package org
+  :ensure nil
   :config
   (progn
     (defun imalison:org-inline-css-hook (exporter)