diff --git a/dotfiles/lib/shellenv.sh b/dotfiles/lib/shellenv.sh
index 73176646..d9c04bcf 100644
--- a/dotfiles/lib/shellenv.sh
+++ b/dotfiles/lib/shellenv.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ function add_to_back_of_path {
 
 add_to_back_of_path "$HOME/.local/lib/python2.6/site-packages"
 add_to_back_of_path "$HOME/.rvm/bin"
+add_to_front_of_path "$HOME/bin"
 hash brew 2>/dev/null && add_to_front_of_path "$(brew --prefix coreutils)/libexec/gnubin"
 add_to_front_of_path "/usr/local/bin"
 hash brew 2>/dev/null && add_to_front_of_path "$(brew --prefix emacs)/libexec/gnubin"