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diff --git a/infobase/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-root b/infobase/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-root
index 453a0fbd..b3ff3381 100644
--- a/infobase/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-root
+++ b/infobase/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-root
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 
 ##############
 
-# drag in the default version of this file.  this may not be needed if your
-# .bashrc script already has substantial code or already does this.
-source /etc/bash.bashrc
+if [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ]; then
+  # drag in the default version of this file.  this may not be needed if your
+  # .bashrc script already has substantial code or already does this.
+  source /etc/bash.bashrc
+fi
 
 ##############
 
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ export FEISTY_MEOW_APEX="/opt/feistymeow.org/feisty_meow"
 
 # the "fredme" macro enables the feisty_meow environment.
 alias fredme='source "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"'
-# synonym for fredme.
+# synonym for fredme which makes more sense to most people.
 alias feistyme='source "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"'
 
 # if not commented out, then feisty meow will run all the unit tests during builds.