diff --git a/contrib/lang/scala/packages.el b/contrib/lang/scala/packages.el
index 82f97a9244da..7aac5ddced9b 100644
--- a/contrib/lang/scala/packages.el
+++ b/contrib/lang/scala/packages.el
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defvar scale-packages
+(defvar scala-packages
   '(
     ensime
     sbt-mode
diff --git a/spacemacs/config.el b/spacemacs/config.el
index e18b79d6c2e5..d4d2ad8527a3 100644
--- a/spacemacs/config.el
+++ b/spacemacs/config.el
@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ Can be installed with `brew install trash'."
       savehist-autosave-interval 60)
 (savehist-mode +1)
 
+;; auto-save 
+(let
+    ((autosave-dir (expand-file-name (concat spacemacs-cache-directory "autosave"))))
+  (unless (file-exists-p autosave-dir)
+    (make-directory autosave-dir))
+  (setq auto-save-list-file-prefix (concat autosave-dir "/")
+        auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*" ,autosave-dir t))))
+
 ;; bookmarks
 (setq bookmark-default-file (concat spacemacs-cache-directory "bookmarks"))
 (setq bookmark-save-flag 1) ;; save after every change