diff --git a/common/.vimrc b/common/.vimrc
index d91c5b8..20e0372 100644
--- a/common/.vimrc
+++ b/common/.vimrc
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ set smartindent
 set autoindent
 set hlsearch
 set showmatch
+set directory=$HOME/.vim/tmp
+set backupdir=$HOME/.vim/tmp