diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/users.pp b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/users.pp
index 5a571fd..076aed6 100644
--- a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/users.pp
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/users.pp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 class rhizo_base::users {
 
   $password_hash = $rhizo_base::password_hash
+  $pgsql_pwd     = $rhizo_base::pgsql_pwd
 
   user { 'rhizomatica':
       ensure   => present,
@@ -46,4 +47,11 @@ class rhizo_base::users {
       mode     => '0600'
   }
 
+  file { '/home/tic/.bash_aliases':
+      content  => template('rhizo_base/bash_aliases.erb'),
+      owner    => 'tic',
+      group    => 'tic',
+      mode     => '0640'
+  }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/templates/bash_aliases.erb b/modules/rhizo_base/templates/bash_aliases.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f9039f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/templates/bash_aliases.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+alias psql='psql postgresql://rhizomatica:<%= @pgsql_pwd %>@localhost/rhizomatica'