diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index 7ae0083..a0f532b 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash user && usermod -aG wheel user && sed -i '/NOPASSWD/s/
 USER user
 WORKDIR /home/user
 COPY config/user/bashrc /home/user/.bashrc
+COPY config/user/profile /home/user/.bash_profile
 
 # === setup neovim ===
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/LazyVim/starter ~/.config/nvim
@@ -19,5 +20,5 @@ COPY config/nvim/lazyvim.json /home/user/.config/nvim/lazyvim.json
 
 # === setup container ===
 ENV TZ="Europe/Amsterdam"
-VOLUME /home/user/.local /home/user/.cache /home/user/.config/github-copilot
-CMD ["bash"]
+VOLUME /home/user/.local /home/user/.cache
+CMD ["bash", "-l"]
diff --git a/config/user/profile b/config/user/profile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..683af33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/user/profile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+. ~/.bashrc
+
+# === persist copilot auth files inside .local volume ===
+if [ ! -d ~/.config/github-copilot ]; then
+  mkdir -p ~/.local/share/github-copilot
+  ln -s ~/.local/share/github-copilot ~/.config
+fi