diff --git a/.bash_profile b/.bash_profile
index 37f2848..201c55f 100644
--- a/.bash_profile
+++ b/.bash_profile
@@ -14,3 +14,14 @@ eval "$(register-python-argcomplete conda)"
 bind 'set show-all-if-ambiguous on'
 #bind 'TAB:menu-complete'
 bind 'set colored-completion-prefix on'
+
+# Add paths
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+fi