diff --git a/bin/qemush b/bin/qemush
index c3c3be8..cd360c1 100755
--- a/bin/qemush
+++ b/bin/qemush
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ fi
 
 bin=bin
 images=images
+
 PATH="./${bin}:${PATH}"
 
+alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+shopt -s expand_aliases
+
 perror() {
     >&2 printf '\033[1;31mERROR:\033[0m \033[1m%s\033[0m\n' "$*"
 }
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ public_active() {
 
 public_ls() {
     echo "Available machines:"
-    ls --color=auto "$bin"
+    ls "$bin"
 }
 
 diskpath() {
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ public_diskrm() {
 
 public_diskls() {
     echo "Available disks:"
-    ls --color=auto "$images"
+    ls "$images"
 }
 
 public_edit() {