diff --git a/pkgs/pkgsets/emacs/org.nix b/pkgs/pkgsets/emacs/org.nix
index 9b15410..557d46e 100644
--- a/pkgs/pkgsets/emacs/org.nix
+++ b/pkgs/pkgsets/emacs/org.nix
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ mkIf (elem "emacs::org" config.machine.pkgs) {
     config = ''
       (setq org-tags-exclude-from-inheritance (quote ("crypt")))
       ;; GPG key to use for encryption
-      (load-file ~/.emacs.d/org-crypt-key.el)
+      (load-file "~/.emacs.d/org-crypt-key.el")
 
       ;; don't ask to disable auto-save
       (setq org-crypt-disable-auto-save "encrypt")