diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4cc8c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+# If not running interactively, don't do anything
+[ -z "$PS1" ] && return
+
+# don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) for more options
+# don't overwrite GNU Midnight Commander's setting of `ignorespace'.
+export HISTCONTROL=$HISTCONTROL${HISTCONTROL+,}ignoredups
+# ... or force ignoredups and ignorespace
+export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
+
+# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
+shopt -s histappend
+
+# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
+
+# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
+# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
+shopt -s checkwinsize
+
+# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
+#[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"
+
+# set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)
+if [ -z "$debian_chroot" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
+    debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
+fi
+
+# set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color)
+case "$TERM" in
+    xterm-color) color_prompt=yes;;
+esac
+
+# uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
+# off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
+# should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
+force_color_prompt=yes
+
+if [ -n "$force_color_prompt" ]; then
+    if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setaf 1 >&/dev/null; then
+    # We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48
+    # (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such
+    # a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)
+    color_prompt=yes
+    else
+    color_prompt=
+    fi
+fi
+
+#if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
+#    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
+#else
+#    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
+#fi
+#unset color_prompt force_color_prompt
+export PS1="\[\e[0;32m\]\u@\h[\j] \w: \[\e[m\]"
+
+
+ #If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
+case "$TERM" in
+xterm*|rxvt*)
+    PS1="\[\e]0;${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h: \w\a\]$PS1"
+    ;;
+*)
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# Alias definitions.
+# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
+# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
+# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.
+
+#if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
+#    . ~/.bash_aliases
+#fi
+
+# enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
+if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
+    eval "`dircolors -b`"
+    alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+    alias dir='dir --color=auto'
+    alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'
+
+    alias grep='grep --color=auto'
+    alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
+    alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
+
+    # alias sudo='sudo -E'
+fi
+
+# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
+# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
+# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
+if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
+    . /etc/bash_completion
+fi
+
+export EDITOR=vim
+export SVN_EDITOR=vim
+
+if [ -f "$HOME/.localrc" ]; then
+    source "$HOME/.localrc"
+fi
+
+alias f='find . -type f -name'
+alias d='find . -type d -name'
+alias tree="tree -I '*.pyc'"
+alias randompass="python -c \"import string, random; print ''.join(random.sample(string.letters+string.digits, 8))\""
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index af54b1d..156a2c9 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 BACKUP_DIR="$HOME/.dotfiles_backup"
 BASE_DIR="$HOME/.dotfiles"
-INCLUDE=".vimrc .vim"
+INCLUDE=".bashrc .vimrc .vim"
 
 echo "backing up existing dotfiles into $BACKUP_DIR"
 mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"