diff --git a/.emacs.d/config/dev.el b/.emacs.d/config/dev.el
index e3655af..2ed9bb4 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/config/dev.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/config/dev.el
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
   ;; Turn on flyspell when writing commit messages
   (add-hook 'git-commit-setup-hook 'git-commit-turn-on-flyspell))
 
-;; use ripgrep in emacs
-(use-package deadgrep
-  :ensure t
-  :bind ("M-s d" . deadgrep))
-
 ;; paredit
 (use-package paredit
   :ensure t
diff --git a/.emacs.d/config/ripgrep.el b/.emacs.d/config/ripgrep.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bbd8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.emacs.d/config/ripgrep.el
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+;; use ripgrep in emacs
+(use-package deadgrep
+  :ensure t
+  :bind ("M-s d" . deadgrep))
diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 24e144f..f78ba6e 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ symbols, which are converted to strings, and suffixed with \".el\"."
   :group 'config-snippets
   :type '(repeat directory))
 
-(setq config-snippets '(base backups c calendar dev functions gpg org pass rust wl yaml))
+(setq config-snippets '(base backups c calendar dev functions gpg org pass ripgrep rust wl yaml))
 
 (message "Loading\nconfig-snippets: %s\nconfig-snippets-path: %s" config-snippets config-snippet-path)
 (dolist (snippet config-snippets)
diff --git a/.gitignore.d/emacs b/.gitignore.d/emacs
index 8e8ef0d..f156449 100644
--- a/.gitignore.d/emacs
+++ b/.gitignore.d/emacs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 !/.emacs.d/config/gpg.el
 !/.emacs.d/config/org.el
 !/.emacs.d/config/pass.el
+!/.emacs.d/config/ripgrep.el
 !/.emacs.d/config/rust.el
 !/.emacs.d/config/tramp.el
 !/.emacs.d/config/yaml.el