diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 194b749..cb6267f 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -82,3 +82,10 @@ source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
 # Example aliases
 # alias zshconfig="mate ~/.zshrc"
 # alias ohmyzsh="mate ~/.oh-my-zsh"
+
+# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
+[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(lesspipe)"
+
+# load functions 
+[[ -f "$HOME/.dotfiles/functions" ]] && source "$HOME/.dotfiles/functions"
+[[ -f "$HOME/.dotfiles/.commonrc" ]] && source "$HOME/.dotfiles/.commonrc"
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