diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 41b676bd6dc9435198d8c5c2f5de3e00eefc5eb0..f3fcad56aa1915396e52d22d7dad0304242d0afc 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 (setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
 
 ;; 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/")))
   '((add-to-list 'package-archives