diff --git a/base/.profile b/base/.profile
index 9236d192..8dd5f8aa 100755
--- a/base/.profile
+++ b/base/.profile
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ if [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ] || has brew; then
 else
 	# Else only assume POSIX/BSD
 	lsarguments='-F'
-	alias l="ls -$lsarguments"
+	alias l="ls $lsarguments"
 	alias la="ls -A $lsarguments"
 	alias ls="ls $lsarguments"
 	alias ll="ls -Ahl $lsarguments"