diff --git a/bash/history b/bash/history
index 3a1c90a..69664d3 100644
--- a/bash/history
+++ b/bash/history
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # ignore repeated, space-started, and casual commands
-export HISTIGNORE="&:[ ]*:l[sl]:[bf]g:exit"
+export HISTIGNORE="&:[ ]*:l[sl]:[bf]g:exit:cd .."
 
 # enable multiline historization as a single line
 shopt -s cmdhist
diff --git a/zsh/history b/zsh/history
index 38316ae..6d15dec 100644
--- a/zsh/history
+++ b/zsh/history
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ setopt hist_verify
 HISTSIZE=100000
 SAVEHIST=100000
 HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history
+HISTORY_IGNORE="(^ +|ls|bg|fg|pwd|exit|cd ..)"
 
 # vim: ft=zsh