diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 1b05561..9c9c4af 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "dev",
   "image": "ghcr.io/cedanl/dev-dots:latest",
+  "init": true,
   "remoteUser": "dev",
   "postCreateCommand": "bash .devcontainer/post-create.sh",
   "postAttachCommand": "bash .devcontainer/post-attach.sh",
diff --git a/bash/.bashrc b/bash/.bashrc
index 45a98a3..e3747d0 100644
--- a/bash/.bashrc
+++ b/bash/.bashrc
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
 shopt -s histappend
 
 # for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
-HISTSIZE=1000
-HISTFILESIZE=2000
+export HISTFILE="$HOME/.history"
+export HISTSIZE=10000
+export HISTFILESIZE=10000
 
 # check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
 # update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
@@ -126,5 +127,4 @@ eval "$(starship init bash)"
 # uv shell completion
 eval "$(uv generate-shell-completion bash)"
 
-export PATH="$HOME/.devcontainers/bin:$PATH"
 export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:$PATH"