diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index e6e1505..1087883 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/el-get/el-get")
 
 (unless (require 'el-get nil t)
-  (url-retrieve
+  (url-retrieve-synchronously
    "https://github.com/dimitri/el-get/raw/master/el-get-install.el"
    (lambda (s)
      (end-of-buffer)