diff --git a/.bash_aliases b/.bash_aliases
index cf62999..e65f80f 100644
--- a/.bash_aliases
+++ b/.bash_aliases
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ go(){
 	ls -l
 }
 
+# directly cd into the latest modified directory
+cdla(){
+	cd  "$(\ls -1dt ./*/ | head -n 1)"
+}
+
 # making git-life easier
 gitc(){
 	git commit -a -m "$1"