diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 0923578..3811104 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+;;; init.el --- -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;; Use this at the top of your .emacs file for local overrides:
+;;     (let ((init "~/.emacs.d/init.elc"))
+;;       (if (file-exists-p init)
+;;           (load-file init)
+;;         (load-file (substring init 0 -1))))
+
+(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/lisp")
+
 (with-eval-after-load 'package
    (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") t))