diff --git a/dot_bashrc b/dot_bashrc
index 9b8f2f0..433f574 100644
--- a/dot_bashrc
+++ b/dot_bashrc
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 # If not running interactively, don't do anything
 [[ $- != *i* ]] && return
 
+# start in home directory
 # shellcheck disable=SC2164
 if [ "$PWD" != "$HOME" ] && [ "$PWD" -ef "$HOME" ] ; then cd ; fi
+# change $HOME on FreeBSD to /usr/home/andrew
 # shellcheck disable=SC2164
 if [ -d "/usr$HOME" ] ; then export HOME=/usr$HOME ; cd ; fi
 
+# load system bashrc
 for BASHRC in /etc/bashrc /etc/bash.bashrc /etc/bash/bashrc ; do
   if [ -f "$BASHRC" ] ; then
     # shellcheck source=/dev/null
@@ -14,8 +17,10 @@ for BASHRC in /etc/bashrc /etc/bash.bashrc /etc/bash/bashrc ; do
 done
 unset BASHRC
 
+# this assumes nvim is always installed for $EDITOR
 EDITOR=nvim; export EDITOR
 
+# local paths
 if ! [[ "$PATH" =~ $HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin: ]]
 then
     PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin:$PATH"
@@ -31,5 +36,9 @@ if [ -d ~/.bashrc.d ]; then
     fi
   done
 fi
-
 unset rc
+
+# direnv hook
+if which direnv > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+  eval "$(direnv hook bash)"
+fi
diff --git a/private_dot_bashrc.d/direnv.sh b/private_dot_bashrc.d/direnv.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 7781a99..0000000
--- a/private_dot_bashrc.d/direnv.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-eval "$(direnv hook bash)"