diff --git a/bash-conf-private/.bash_profile b/bash-conf-private/.bash_profile
index aade2e5..ebf2443 100644
--- a/bash-conf-private/.bash_profile
+++ b/bash-conf-private/.bash_profile
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 # ~/.bash_profile
 #
 
-if [[ -n "$USER" ]]; then
-    source "/home/$USER/.bashrc"
+scripts="${HOME}/dotfiles/scripts"
+if [[ -d "${scripts}" ]]; then
+    export PATH="${PATH}:${scripts}"
 fi
+unset scripts
 
 export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/repos/jlink"
diff --git a/bash-conf-work/.bash_profile b/bash-conf-work/.bash_profile
index d13088e..b752cb3 100644
--- a/bash-conf-work/.bash_profile
+++ b/bash-conf-work/.bash_profile
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 #
 
 # extend paths
+scripts="${HOME}/dotfiles/scripts"
+if [[ -d "${scripts}" ]]; then
+    export PATH="${PATH}:${scripts}"
+fi
+unset scripts
+
 export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/tools/Xilinx/Vivado/2021.1/bin"
 export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/tools/jlink_linux"