diff --git a/.bashlocal b/.bashlocal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d27d1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bashlocal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+$DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND="docker-compose"
diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 39ba3d2..56a0430 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@
 ##########################################################
 alias sudo='sudo '
 
+#what cd should do by default
+alias cd='cd_func' 
 
+cd_func () 
+{ 
+    builtin cd "$@" && ls --color=auto --group-directories-first --format=single-column
+}
 # If not running interactively, don't do anything
 case $- in
     *i*) ;;