diff --git a/files/.bashrc b/files/.bashrc
index d4403ba..8c68201 100644
--- a/files/.bashrc
+++ b/files/.bashrc
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ fi
 
 # source misc user scripts
 if [ -d ~/git/dotfiles/files ] ; then
-	(cd ~/git/dotfiles
-	for f in ./files/.*; do if [[ -f $f ]]; then ln ./$f ../../ ; fi; done) 
+	for f in ~/git/dotfiles/files/.*; do if [[ -f $f ]]; then . ~/git/dotfiles/files/$f ; fi; done
 fi
 
 # source headscale autocompletion script