diff --git a/home_external/.bashrc b/home_external/.bashrc
index 386b07d..f897189 100644
--- a/home_external/.bashrc
+++ b/home_external/.bashrc
@@ -134,16 +134,12 @@ alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo
 # See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.
 
 if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
-   . ~/.bash_aliases
+   source ~/.bash_aliases
 fi
 
-if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases_extra ]; then
-   . ~/.bash_aliases_extra
-fi
-
-if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases_local ]; then
-   . ~/.bash_aliases_local
-fi
+for file in ~/.bash_aliases_*; do
+   source $file
+done
 
 # enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
 # this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile