diff --git a/.emacs.d/lisp/init-lisp.el b/.emacs.d/lisp/init-lisp.el
index c113de36..d5d7fd6c 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/lisp/init-lisp.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/lisp/init-lisp.el
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
         '((sbcl ("sbcl" "--noinform"))
           (ccl ("ccl"))
           (ecl ("ecl"))))
+  (setq sly-command-switch-to-existing-lisp 'always)
   (add-hook 'sly-mrepl-hook 'ambrevar/init-lispy)
   (add-hook 'sly-mrepl-hook #'rainbow-delimiters-mode)
   (add-hook 'sly-mrepl-hook #'company-mode))