diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 232d18d..1362091 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -524,9 +524,9 @@ set tags+=./.tags,.tags,./tags-py,.tags-py;/home/ray/
 
 " persisitent undo file
 set undofile
-set undodir=~/.vimtmp
-set backupdir=~/.vimtmp
-set directory=~/.vimtmp
+set undodir=~/.vim/.vimtmp
+set backupdir=~/.vim/.vimtmp
+set directory=~/.vim/.vimtmp
 
 set viewoptions-=options