diff --git a/bashrc.txt b/bashrc.txt
index c957eeef..23ceb5ef 100644
--- a/bashrc.txt
+++ b/bashrc.txt
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ alias Code="cd ~/Documents/Code"
 alias cplus="cd ~/Documents/Code/cpp"
 alias js="cd ~/Documents/Code/javascript"
 alias py="cd ~/Documents/Code/python"
-alias li="ls -l"
+alias li="ls -l --color=auto"
 alias ll="ls -liasSh --color=auto"
 alias {lsdir,lsd}="ls -t -1" # list only the directories
 alias {ex,esc}="exit"