diff --git a/core/core-editor.el b/core/core-editor.el
index c4178aa3d..8fc8d9e54 100644
--- a/core/core-editor.el
+++ b/core/core-editor.el
@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@ possible."
       create-lockfiles nil
       make-backup-files nil
       ;; But have a place to store them in case we do use them...
-      auto-save-list-file-name (concat doom-cache-dir "autosave")
-      backup-directory-alist `(("." . ,(concat doom-cache-dir "backup/"))))
+      ;; auto-save-list-file-name (concat doom-cache-dir "autosave")
+      auto-save-list-file-prefix (concat doom-cache-dir "autosave/")
+      auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*" ,(concat doom-cache-dir "autosave/") t))
+      backup-directory-alist `((".*" . ,(concat doom-cache-dir "backup/"))))
 
 (add-hook! 'after-save-hook
   (defun doom-guess-mode-h ()