diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 5e22cff9fbb499486e9b53a091561af65421e75f..4a2d4ba712670fcddb1e8031599220a171de8016 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 	     '("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/"))
 
 ;; set is-standalone to true to use the local melpa archive
-(defvar is-standalone nil)
+(defvar is-standalone t)
 (if is-standalone
-(setq package-archives '(("myelpa" . "~/.emacs.d/myelpa/")))
-nil)
+    (setq package-archives '(("myelpa" . "~/.emacs.d/myelpa/")))
+  nil)
 
 (package-initialize)