diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 5f46cc9..e8c7ca8 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ will set the `:slant' attribute of `font-lock-comment-face' to the
 value `italic'."
   (mapc #'(lambda (l)
             (apply #'set-face-attribute
-                   `(,(car l) t ,@(cdr l))))
+                   (append (list (car l) t) (cdr l))))
         list-of-lists))
 (defun touch (file-name)
   "Create FILE-NAME or update its modified date."