diff --git a/.alias b/.alias
index d117b57..e3c0503 100644
--- a/.alias
+++ b/.alias
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ alias dotf='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME'
 alias ls_dotfiels='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles ls-tree --full-tree -r --name-only HEAD'
 alias t="todo.sh"
 alias gl='git log --graph --pretty=format:'\''%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset'\'' --abbrev-commit --date=relative'
-alias salt='sudo salt-call --local "$@"'
+alias salt='sudo salt-call --local --file-root "$HOME/salt/states" --pillar-root "$HOME/salt/pillars" "$@"'
diff --git a/salt/README.md b/salt/README.md
index 6c1394d..d3c3e24 100644
--- a/salt/README.md
+++ b/salt/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ```
-alias salt='sudo salt-call --local "$@"'
+alias salt='sudo salt-call --local --file-root "$HOME/salt/states" --pillar-root "$HOME/salt/pillars" "$@"'
 ```