diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 9e169f0..1fb96df 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ fi
 
 export COLORTERM=1
 
+# change darkblue dir-colors to lightgrey because it's unreadable with black background
+LS_COLORS="di=01;90"
+export LS_COLORS
+
 # prefered editor
 export EDITOR=vi
 
diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index 4f13bf7..259bb5c 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ set ignorecase		      " Do case insensitive matching
 set smartcase						" When searching with Uppercase Letters be Case-Sensitive, otherwise don't be
 set incsearch		        " Incremental search
 set hlsearch            " Search highlight
+hi Search ctermbg=LightGrey " change color for search hints
 
 set noexpandtab