diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index cda5891..5bf90f6 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -21,18 +21,11 @@ PS1="$PURPLE\u$nc@$BLUE\H$nc:$GREEN\w$YELLOW"'$(__git_ps1)'"$nc\\n$GREEN\$$nc "
 
 export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:~/bin
 
-export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$(gpgconf --list-dirs agent-ssh-socket)
-gpgconf --launch gpg-agent
-
 if [ -f /usr/share/git/completion/git-prompt.sh ]; then
     source /usr/share/git/completion/git-prompt.sh
 else
     function __git_ps1() { echo ""; };
 fi
 
-[ -f "$HOME/.config/aliasrc" ] && source $HOME/.config/aliasrc
-
-if [ -f ~/.bashrc.local ]; then
-    source ~/.bashrc.local
-fi
-
+[ -f $HOME/.bashrc.local ] && source $HOME/.bashrc.local
+[ -f $HOME/.profile ] && source $HOME/.profile
diff --git a/.config/zsh/.zshrc b/.config/zsh/.zshrc
index 3895b2a..6f4430b 100644
--- a/.config/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/.config/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ bindkey -s '^o' 'lfcd\n'
 autoload edit-command-line; zle -N edit-command-line
 bindkey '^e' edit-command-line
 
-# Load aliases
-[ -f "$HOME/.config/aliasrc" ] && source $HOME/.config/aliasrc
+[ -f $HOME/.profile ] && source $HOME/.profile
 
 # Load zsh-syntax-highlighting; should be last.
 source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fb7a58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.profile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+[ -d "$HOME/bin" ] && PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
+
+PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH"
+
+[ -f "$HOME/.config/aliasrc" ] && source $HOME/.config/aliasrc
+
+export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$(gpgconf --list-dirs agent-ssh-socket)
+gpgconf --launch gpg-agent