diff --git a/bash-conf-home/.bash_paths b/bash-conf-home/.bash_paths
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..844f17b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash-conf-home/.bash_paths
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#
+# ~/.bash_profile
+#
+
+# KEEP THIS!
+# important for window manager and menu app (fuzzel, rofi, ..)
+# to find scripts and utilities
+
+export_paths=("${HOME}/dotfiles/scripts")
+export_paths+=("$HOME/tools/jlink")
+
+for entry in ${export_paths[@]}; do
+    if ! [[ -d "${entry}" ]]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    if [[ "$PATH" == *"${entry}"* ]]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    export PATH="${PATH}:${entry}"
+done
+
+unset export_paths
diff --git a/bash-conf-home/.bash_profile b/bash-conf-home/.bash_profile
index 844f17b..7bc56dc 100644
--- a/bash-conf-home/.bash_profile
+++ b/bash-conf-home/.bash_profile
@@ -1,22 +1,3 @@
-#
-# ~/.bash_profile
-#
-
-# KEEP THIS!
-# important for window manager and menu app (fuzzel, rofi, ..)
-# to find scripts and utilities
-
-export_paths=("${HOME}/dotfiles/scripts")
-export_paths+=("$HOME/tools/jlink")
-
-for entry in ${export_paths[@]}; do
-    if ! [[ -d "${entry}" ]]; then
-        continue
-    fi
-    if [[ "$PATH" == *"${entry}"* ]]; then
-        continue
-    fi
-    export PATH="${PATH}:${entry}"
-done
-
-unset export_paths
+if [[ -f ~/.bashrc ]]; then
+    source ~/.bashrc
+fi
diff --git a/bash-conf-work/.bash_paths b/bash-conf-work/.bash_paths
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..726d5ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash-conf-work/.bash_paths
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#
+# ~/.bash_profile
+#
+
+# KEEP THIS!
+# important for window manager and menu app (fuzzel, rofi, ..)
+# to find scripts and utilities
+
+export_paths=("${HOME}/dotfiles/scripts")
+export_paths+=("$HOME/tools/Xilinx/Vivado/2021.1/bin")
+export_paths+=("$HOME/tools/jlink")
+
+for entry in ${export_paths[@]}; do
+    if ! [[ -d "${entry}" ]]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    if [[ "$PATH" == *"${entry}"* ]]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    export PATH="${PATH}:${entry}"
+done
+
+unset export_paths
+
+# vivado license
+export XILINXD_LICENSE_FILE=26140@aberdeen.zhaw.ch
diff --git a/bash-conf-work/.bash_profile b/bash-conf-work/.bash_profile
index 726d5ee..7bc56dc 100644
--- a/bash-conf-work/.bash_profile
+++ b/bash-conf-work/.bash_profile
@@ -1,26 +1,3 @@
-#
-# ~/.bash_profile
-#
-
-# KEEP THIS!
-# important for window manager and menu app (fuzzel, rofi, ..)
-# to find scripts and utilities
-
-export_paths=("${HOME}/dotfiles/scripts")
-export_paths+=("$HOME/tools/Xilinx/Vivado/2021.1/bin")
-export_paths+=("$HOME/tools/jlink")
-
-for entry in ${export_paths[@]}; do
-    if ! [[ -d "${entry}" ]]; then
-        continue
-    fi
-    if [[ "$PATH" == *"${entry}"* ]]; then
-        continue
-    fi
-    export PATH="${PATH}:${entry}"
-done
-
-unset export_paths
-
-# vivado license
-export XILINXD_LICENSE_FILE=26140@aberdeen.zhaw.ch
+if [[ -f ~/.bashrc ]]; then
+    source ~/.bashrc
+fi
diff --git a/bashrc/.bashrc b/bashrc/.bashrc
index a749a1c..b1fb63a 100644
--- a/bashrc/.bashrc
+++ b/bashrc/.bashrc
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ fi
 ## source various scripts
 personal_scripts=${HOME}/dotfiles/scripts/
 source_list=()
+source_list+=("$HOME/.bash_paths")
 source_list+=("$HOME/.bash_alias")
-source_list+=("$HOME/.bash_profile")
 source_list+=("${personal_scripts}/navigate_bash_setup.sh")
 source_list+=("${personal_scripts}/fzf-bash-history.sh")
 source_list+=("${personal_scripts}/colors.sh")