diff --git a/myshell_load_defaults b/myshell_load_defaults
index c6bd5b6..e35cd6d 100644
--- a/myshell_load_defaults
+++ b/myshell_load_defaults
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ if ! $SSHS; then
         . "${MSC_BASE}/aliases"
     fi
 
+    if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
+        . ~/.bash_aliases
+    fi
+
+
     if [ -f "${MSC_BASE}/PS1" ]; then
         . "${MSC_BASE}/PS1"
     fi
diff --git a/myshell_load_fortmpconfig b/myshell_load_fortmpconfig
index 55cfc41..5913285 100644
--- a/myshell_load_fortmpconfig
+++ b/myshell_load_fortmpconfig
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@ if [ -d "${HOME}/bin" ] ; then
     export PATH
 fi
 
-if [ -f ~/.aliases ]; then
-    . ~/.aliases
+# replaced with ~/.bash_aliases
+#if [ -f ~/.aliases ]; then
+#    . ~/.aliases
+#fi
+
+if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
+    . ~/.bash_aliases
 fi
 
+
 export WORK=~/Work
 
 [ -z "${USERNAME+x}" ]                  && export USERNAME="$USER"