diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b91c5996f..7bfb879c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ __pycache__
 coverage
 .hpc
 loadtest
+.history
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 95fe15b7f..1eb663765 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ lib.overrideDerivation postgrest.env (
 
     shellHook =
       ''
+        export HISTFILE=.history
+
         source ${pkgs.bashCompletion}/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh
         source ${pkgs.git}/share/git/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
         source ${postgrest.hsie.bashCompletion}