diff --git a/bash_profile b/bash_profile
index a6a1d40..1f8f570 100644
--- a/bash_profile
+++ b/bash_profile
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 # Load ~/.private, ~/.bash_prompt
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-for file in ~/.{bash_prompt,aliases,private}; do
+for file in ~/.{bash_prompt,aliases,private,inputrc}; do
 	[ -r "$file" ] && [ -f "$file" ] && source "$file"
-done
-unset file
+done;
+unset file;
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  SHELL OPTIONS
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ shopt -s nocaseglob
 # Autocorrect typos in path names when using `cd`
 shopt -s cdspell
 
+# Enable some Bash 4 features when possible:
+# * `autocd`, e.g. `**/qux` will enter `./foo/bar/baz/qux`
+# * Recursive globbing, e.g. `echo **/*.txt`
+for option in autocd globstar; do
+	shopt -s "$option" 2> /dev/null;
+done;
+
 # Add tab completion for many Bash commands
 if which brew > /dev/null && [ -f "$(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion" ]; then
 	source "$(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion";
@@ -51,21 +58,21 @@ export ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64"
 #  PATH
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin";
+# we want the various sbins on the path along with /usr/local/bin
+PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
+PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
 
 # if these bins exist, then add them to the PATH
 ANDROID_HOME="/usr/local/opt/android-sdk"
-[ -d "$ANDROID_HOME" ] && PATH="$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools";
+[ -d "$ANDROID_HOME" ] && PATH="$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools"
 
-# add to beginning of PATH so that it always take precedence over /usr/bin
-[ -d "/usr/local/bin" ] && PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH";
-[ -d "/usr/local/mysql/bin" ] && PATH="/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH";
-[ -d "/usr/local/share/npm/bin" ] && PATH="/usr/local/share/npm/bin:$PATH";
+[ -d "/usr/local/mysql/bin" ] && PATH="/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH"
+[ -d "/usr/local/share/npm/bin" ] && PATH="/usr/local/share/npm/bin:$PATH"
 
-[ -d "$HOME/.rvm/bin" ] && PATH="$HOME/.rvm/bin:$PATH"; # Add RVM to PATH for scripting
+[ -d "$HOME/.rvm/bin" ] && PATH="$HOME/.rvm/bin:$PATH" # Add RVM to PATH for scripting
 [[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM into a shell session *as a function*
 
-export PATH
+export PATH;
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # LSCOLORS
diff --git a/inputrc b/inputrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5760a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inputrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Use case-insensitive TAB autocompletion
+set completion-ignore-case on
+
+# Auto list tab completions (use instead of TAB-cycling)
+set show-all-if-ambiguous on
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
index 55f479c..0a5da86 100755
--- a/make.sh
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # dotfiles directory
 dir=~/Projects/dotfiles
 # list of files/folders to symlink in homedir
-files="aliases bashrc bash_profile bash_prompt gemrc gitconfig gitignore_global hushlogin private tm_properties generator.json npmrc"
+files="aliases bashrc bash_profile bash_prompt gemrc gitconfig gitignore_global hushlogin inputrc private tm_properties generator.json npmrc"
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # change to the dotfiles directory
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index 5081e0f..106a960 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # dotfiles directory
 dir=~/Projects/dotfiles
 # list of files/folders to symlink in homedir
-files="aliases bashrc bash_profile bash_prompt gemrc gitconfig gitignore_global hushlogin private tm_properties generator.json npmrc"
+files="aliases bashrc bash_profile bash_prompt gemrc gitconfig gitignore_global hushlogin inputrc private tm_properties generator.json npmrc"
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # change to the dotfiles directory