diff --git a/gitconfig b/gitconfig
index 32a96b8..f11e935 100644
--- a/gitconfig
+++ b/gitconfig
@@ -8,3 +8,18 @@
 	status = auto
 [core]
 	autocrlf = input
+[alias]
+    st = status
+    co = checkout
+	cm = commit
+    br = branch
+    llog = log --date=local
+    changes = diff --name-status -r
+    diffstat = diff --stat -r
+    lg = log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=relative
+[merge]
+    tool = bc3
+[mergetool]
+    cmd = /usr/bin/bcompare $LOCAL $REMOTE $BASE $MERGED
+[push]
+	default = current
diff --git a/oh-my-zsh b/oh-my-zsh
index c443926..8128a5b 160000
--- a/oh-my-zsh
+++ b/oh-my-zsh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c443926e28d0b6b527eeb87870f7be7dce7c5b35
+Subproject commit 8128a5b89f56efd95fbafe6ce9200d7cda48f45b
diff --git a/zsh_nocorrect b/zsh_nocorrect
index 5664e30..e115e27 100644
--- a/zsh_nocorrect
+++ b/zsh_nocorrect
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 git
+npm
+apt-get
+apt-cache
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index da3f038..2c493e7 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -30,9 +30,14 @@ source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
 
 # Customize to your needs...
 
-# use $HOME/local as default prefix for npm global installs
-HOME_LOCAL=$HOME/local
-
-if [ -d "$HOME_LOCAL/bin" ] ; then
-    PATH="$HOME_LOCAL/bin:$PATH"
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
+# local node install
+NODE_PATH="$HOME/local"
+if [ -d $NODE_PATH ] ; then
+    PATH="$NODE_PATH/bin:$PATH"
+    export NODE_PATH
 fi