diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index d5592df1ab816ba88bfc52eee3605d73bcfb03a5..50204fd8d43f286ffd13691dfd120fa92eb4c146 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:ignorespace
 shopt -s histappend
 
 # for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
-HISTSIZE=1000
+HISTSIZE=2000
 HISTFILESIZE=2000
 
 # check the window size after each command and, if necessary,