diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index f4f1afa..15ca7d0 100755
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -1,19 +1,30 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
+# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
+# exists.
+# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
+# the files are located in the bash-doc package.
 
+# the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask
+# for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package.
+#umask 022
 
+# if running bash
+if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
+    # include .bashrc if it exists
+    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
+	. "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    fi
+fi
 
-export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/ssh-agent.socket"
-export PATH=$PATH:/home/ltc/bin
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
+fi
 
-export TERMINAL="kitty"
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+fi
 
-export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
-export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
-
-
-[ "$SHELL" = "bash" ]  && [ -f ~/.bashrc ] && source "$HOME/.bashrc"
-
-[ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" ] && ! pgrep -x i3 > /dev/null && exec startx
-
-[[ -n "$TMUX" ]] && source .zshrc
+export TZ='America/New_York'