diff --git a/.shenanigans.sh b/.shenanigans.sh
index d771d8d9db3adcbc5fea03d5725cb5e0f07dc32b..773851479712af8688c550ec44a1ed811886c6cb 100755
--- a/.shenanigans.sh
+++ b/.shenanigans.sh
@@ -17,14 +17,17 @@ 	export TERM=xterm-256color
 	export VISUAL=vim
 	export EDITOR=vim
 
+	export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+	export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+
 	# Customized Bash prompt.
 	SYMBOL='\[\e[38;5;214m\]\$\[\e[0m\]'
 	git_branch() { git branch 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's/^\* \(.*\)/(\1)/p'; }
 	export PS1="\n$SYMBOL \u@\h \t \w \$(git_branch)\n$SYMBOL "
 
 	# General aliases.
-	alias l='ls -lh'
-	alias ll='ls -lha'
+	alias l='ls -lh --group-directories-first'
+	alias ll='ls -lha --group-directories-first'
 	alias t='tree -L 2'
 	alias ..='cd ..'
 	alias less='less -R'
diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index ff6fe2a4af79c99e3eba1cc830f3414148784281..6eddbff377db14cb39be5cd927b65dfdae362f11 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@   Plug 'dense-analysis/ale'
   Plug 'airblade/vim-gitgutter'
 call plug#end()
 
-set laststatus=2 encoding=utf8 spelllang=en_us tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 path=**
+set laststatus=2 encoding=utf8 spelllang=en_us tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4
 set number relativenumber autoindent cursorline ignorecase signcolumn=yes
 set hidden nowrap nobackup noswapfile noundofile autoread updatetime=300
-set hlsearch incsearch
+set hlsearch incsearch backspace=indent,eol,start path=**
 colorscheme wildcharm
 
 nnoremap <C-Right> :bnext<cr>