diff --git a/.oh-my-zsh/custom/custom_alias.zsh b/.oh-my-zsh/custom/custom_alias.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e736d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.oh-my-zsh/custom/custom_alias.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This line allows the word 'custom' to specify the dotfiles bare git repo
+alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index ef2205c..7e24a5d 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ fi
 # alias zshconfig="mate ~/.zshrc"
 # alias ohmyzsh="mate ~/.oh-my-zsh"
 
-# Added this for dotfiles alias, may want to make a custom config folder later.
-alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
-
 [ -f ~/.fzf.zsh ] && source ~/.fzf.zsh
 
 export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND='fdfind --type f'