diff --git a/.bash_profile b/.bash_profile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e567ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bash_profile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#
+# ~/.bash_profile
+#
+
+[[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc
+
+export DATA="/media/me/dataDrive"