diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 128d6e2..70e9ed6 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
-# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc)
-# for examples
+#
 # If not running interactively, don't do anything
 case $- in
     *i*) ;;
@@ -96,7 +95,12 @@ fi
 # this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
 # sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
 if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
-. /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
+    . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
 elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
-. /etc/bash_completion
+    . /etc/bash_completion
+fi
+
+# load specific options from override file
+if [ -f ~/.bashrc.override ]; then
+    . ~/.bashrc.override
 fi