diff --git a/.config/emacs/config.el b/.config/emacs/config.el
index 29afa2a..a37a036 100644
--- a/.config/emacs/config.el
+++ b/.config/emacs/config.el
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 (use-package all-the-icons-dired
   :hook (dired-mode . (lambda () (all-the-icons-dired-mode t))))
 
-(setq backup-directory-alist '((".*" . "~/.Trash")))
+(setq backup-directory-alist '((".*" . "~/.local/share/Trash/files")))
 
 (use-package company
   :defer 2
diff --git a/.config/emacs/config.org b/.config/emacs/config.org
index 26f44c9..b113e23 100644
--- a/.config/emacs/config.org
+++ b/.config/emacs/config.org
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ This is an icon set that can be used with dashboard, dired, ibuffer and other Em
 By default, Emacs creates automatic backups of files in their original directories, such "file.el" and the backup "file.el~".  This leads to a lot of clutter, so let's tell Emacs to put all backups that it creates in the =TRASH= directory.
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(setq backup-directory-alist '((".*" . "~/.Trash")))
+(setq backup-directory-alist '((".*" . "~/.local/share/Trash/files")))
 
 #+end_src