diff --git a/profile b/profile
index bb99a67..4c56f09 100644
--- a/profile
+++ b/profile
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ export CHROME_DEVEL_SANDBOX=/usr/lib/chromium/chrome-sandbox
 # export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND='ag --nocolor -g ""'
 export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND='rg --line-number --color never --no-heading ""'
 
+export HISTFILE=~/.histfile
+export HISTSIZE=10000
+export SAVEHIST=$HISTSIZE
+
 #disable suspend and resume
 stty -ixon