diff --git a/ksh/options b/ksh/options
index 409795c..af0fea1 100755
--- a/ksh/options
+++ b/ksh/options
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 set -o emacs
 
+# put history in .ksh
+HISTFILE="${HOME}/.ksh/.history"
+export HISTFILE
+
 HISTSIZE=1000
 export HISTSIZE