diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4bc0223..75dbbbb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ tags
 en.utf-8.add.spl
 *.exe
 .netrwhist
-packer_compiled.lua
 *.log
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/lua/plugins.lua b/lua/plugins.lua
index dc95231..6065efb 100644
--- a/lua/plugins.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins.lua
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ require("packer").startup({
   end,
   config = {
     max_jobs = 16,
-    compile_path = util.join_paths(vim.fn.stdpath('config'), 'lua', 'packer_compiled.lua'),
+    compile_path = util.join_paths(vim.fn.stdpath('data'), 'site', 'lua', 'packer_compiled.lua'),
   },
 })