1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sh/shrc b/sh/shrc
index 26f69c0c..353120f5 100644
--- a/sh/shrc
+++ b/sh/shrc
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ command -p mesg n 2>/dev/null
 # Turn off flow control and control character echo
 command -p stty -ixon -ctlecho 2>/dev/null
 
-# Keep around 4K lines of history in memory
-HISTSIZE=$((1 << 12))
+# Keep around 16K lines of history in memory
+HISTSIZE=16384
 
 # If HOSTNAME isn't set by this shell, we'll do it
 if [ -z "$HOSTNAME" ] ; then