diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/README b/README
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 816cf791..8dc56ee0
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -144,7 +144,13 @@ if [ -f ~/.bash_environment ]; then
     source ~/.bash_environment
 fi
 
-# Things after this are just examples and should be put to some other file, which issourced above.
+# More colours :D
+if [[ $TERM == 'xterm' ]]; then
+export TERM=xterm-256color
+fi
+
+
+# Things after this are just examples and should be put to some other file, which is sourced above.
 
 # Sets the default editor. I prefer nano to vim and so on, so I want it to be nano. If you don't like terminal based text editors, change "nano" to gedit (Gnome) or Kate (KDE).
 #export EDITOR=nano
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b523d3b0..7a315fd7
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -71,7 +71,12 @@ if [ -f ~/.zshenv ]; then
     source ~/.zshenv
 fi
 
-# Things after this are just examples and should be put to some other file, which issourced above.
+#More colours :D
+if [[ $TERM == 'xterm' ]]; then
+export TERM=xterm-256color
+fi
+
+# Things after this are just examples and should be put to some other file, which is sourced above.
 
 # Sets the default editor. I prefer nano to vim and so on, so I want it to be nano. If you don't like terminal based text editors, change "nano" to gedit (Gnome) or Kate (KDE).
 #export EDITOR=nano