diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index ac63eaa..8a542ed 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@
         dired-hide-details-hide-symlink-targets nil
         dired-auto-revert-buffer #'dired-buffer-stale-p
         dired-recursive-copies 'always
-        dired-recursive-deletes 'top))
+        dired-recursive-deletes 'top
+        dired-kill-when-opening-new-dired-buffer t))
 
 (use-package dired-hide-details-mode
   :ensure nil