diff --git a/emacs/.emacs b/emacs/.emacs
index c1c1281..a0433d4 100644
--- a/emacs/.emacs
+++ b/emacs/.emacs
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@
  '(tool-bar-mode nil)
  '(cperl-indent-level 2)
  '(cperl-close-paren-offset -2)
- '(cperl-indent-parens-as-block t))
+ '(cperl-indent-parens-as-block t)
+ '(cperl-electric-parens nil))
 (custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.