diff --git a/.config/shell/bin/ned b/.config/shell/bin/ned
index 6b9ca6c..8b3b620 100755
--- a/.config/shell/bin/ned
+++ b/.config/shell/bin/ned
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # shellcheck disable=SC2068,SC2178,SC2128
 
 # set default values if things are unset
-NOTES_DIR="${NOTES_DIR:-"$HOME/Documents/college/current"}"
+NOTES_DIR="${NOTES_DIR:-"$(git -C "$(dirname "$(realpath ~/todo)")" rev-parse --show-toplevel)"}"
 EDITOR="nvim"
 EDITOR_CMD="nvim -c :ZenMode"