diff --git a/config.org b/config.org
index 26ac075..57a518a 100644
--- a/config.org
+++ b/config.org
@@ -1455,18 +1455,22 @@ Maybe add [[https://github.com/hlissner/emacs-company-dict][company-dict]]? It's
    TODO: yas-minor-mode? what's that?
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-    (use-package yasnippet
-      :ensure t
-      :defer t
-      :diminish yas-minor-mode
-      :init
-      (yas-global-mode t)
-      (setq yas-snippet-dirs (concat PATH_USER_GLOBAL "snippets"))
-      :mode ("\\.yasnippet" . snippet-mode)
-      :config
-      (yas-reload-all) ;; ensure snippets are updated and available, necessary when not using global-mode
-    )
+(use-package yasnippet
+  :ensure t
+  :defer t
+  :diminish yas-minor-mode
+  :init
+  (yas-global-mode t)
+  (setq yas-snippet-dirs (concat PATH_USER_GLOBAL "snippets"))
+  :mode ("\\.yasnippet" . snippet-mode)
+  :config
+  (unless (string-equal my/whoami "work_remote")  ; very hacky, but yas-reload-all throws a wrongp error at work
+    (yas-reload-all)) ;; ensure snippets are updated and available, necessary when not using global-mode
+)
 #+END_SRC
+
+#+RESULTS:
+
 ** Lisp
 
    Not sure about this one, but dynamic binding gets some bad vibes.