diff --git a/.mikaela_install b/.mikaela_install
index 646758a5..9273b337 100755
--- a/.mikaela_install
+++ b/.mikaela_install
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Do not use this script unless you know what you are doing!
+# Do not use this script unless you know what you are doing! And even when you
+# are me and know what you are doing, this is a poor practice I really should
+# stop.
 set -x
 git verify-commit HEAD
 cat .mikaela/bash_aliases >~/.bash_aliases
 cat .mikaela/zsh_aliases >~/.zsh_aliases
-cat .mikaela/gitconfig >~/.gitconfig
 cat rc/xinitrc >~/.xinitrc
 mkdir -p ~/.gnupg
 cat .mikaela/gpg.conf >~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
 cat .mikaela/pastebinit.xml >~/.pastebinit.xml
 cat .mikaela/environment >~/.environment
-cat .mikaela/gitconfig >~/.gitconfig
+mkdir ~/.config/git
+cat .mikaela/gitconfig >~/.config/git/config
 mkdir -p ~/.ssh
 cat .mikaela/keys/authorized_keys >~/.ssh/authorized_keys
 cat etc/ssh/ssh_config >~/.ssh/config
diff --git a/install b/install
index 4c214b5e..37cc2192 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ cat rc/bashrc >~/.bashrc
 cat conf/tmux.conf >~/.tmux.conf
 cat rc/zshrc >~/.zshrc
 cat rc/profile >~/.profile
-cat conf/gitconfig >~/.gitconfig
+mkdir -p ~/.config/git
+cat conf/gitconfig >~/.config/git/config
+rm ~/.gitconfig
+ln -sfv ~/.git/config ~/.gitconfig
 mkdir -p ~/.git-template
 cat rc/vimrc >~/.vimrc
 mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim/