diff --git a/fish/config.fish b/fish/config.fish
index 6b7ac12..3951096 100644
--- a/fish/config.fish
+++ b/fish/config.fish
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+alias l "ls -la"
 alias vi vim
 set -x EDITOR vim
 
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index e957760..08dc1b2 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Bundle 'garbas/vim-snipmate'
 filetype plugin indent on " last Vundle requirement
 
 " general goodness
+set shell=/bin/bash " Syntastic breaks when trying to write to /var/folders
 syntax enable
 let mapleader=","
 let maplocalleader="\\"