diff --git a/files/files/etc/skel/.bashrc b/files/files/etc/skel/.bashrc
index 2b1781e..6f984da 100644
--- a/files/files/etc/skel/.bashrc
+++ b/files/files/etc/skel/.bashrc
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
 #Change directories without using cd
 shopt -s autocd
 
-#load Aliases and functions
+# Automatically start screen
+[[ -z "$STY" ]] && screen -xRR gnu_screen
+
+# load Aliases and functions
 [[ -f ".bash_aliases" ]] && . .bash_aliases
 [[ -f ".bash_functions" ]] && . .bash_functions
-[[ -f ".preferences" ]] && . .preferences
 #Invironment variables
 export QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
 export QT_LINUX_ACCESSIBILITY_ALWAYS_ON=1