diff --git a/.emacs.d/frostyx.org b/.emacs.d/frostyx.org
index 9e6cf96..1e74b28 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/frostyx.org
+++ b/.emacs.d/frostyx.org
@@ -233,6 +233,13 @@ use use integration with ~use-package~.
   :ensure t)
 #+END_SRC
 
+We often want to use Quelpa for our own patched versions of packages that are
+otherwise available and previously installed from MELPA.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+(setq quelpa-upgrade-p t)
+#+END_SRC
+
 * Secrets
 
 Please do not hardcode your passwords or secret information into source code.
@@ -2790,9 +2797,15 @@ but Circe is the one trying to be modern and be pretty out of the box.
 
 See https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/circe
 
+Temporarily we want to install Circe from a patched source
+https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/circe/pull/384
+
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package circe
-  :ensure t)
+  :ensure t
+  :quelpa (circe :fetcher github
+                 :repo "FrostyX/circe"
+                 :branch "circe-tracking-colors"))
 #+END_SRC
 
 Do not forget to kill circe and run it again after modifying