diff --git a/config.el b/config.el
index c295512..f438b4a 100644
--- a/config.el
+++ b/config.el
@@ -1238,8 +1238,10 @@ Otherwise: runs interactive ement-connect, then opens rooms after sync."
 ;; Directory structure: ~/org/snippets/<mode-name>/<snippet-name>
 ;; e.g. ~/org/snippets/org-mode/adr, ~/org/snippets/markdown-mode/adr
 (after! yasnippet
-  ;; Prepend ~/org/snippets so it takes priority over defaults
-  (yas-load-directory (expand-file-name "snippets/" org-directory)))
+  ;; Add ~/org/snippets to yas-snippet-dirs (prepend = higher priority).
+  ;; Must be in yas-snippet-dirs so it survives yas-reload-all calls.
+  (push (expand-file-name "snippets/" org-directory) yas-snippet-dirs)
+  (yas-reload-all))
 
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