diff --git a/cprt_bash_aliases b/cprt_bash_aliases
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..763eeb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cprt_bash_aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# CPRT bash aliases
+# firstTimeInstall.sh will handle adding code to bashrc to source this file
+
+cprt_bash_alias_dir=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+export BASH_ALIASES_CPRT="$cprt_bash_alias_dir/cprt_bash_aliases"
+alias eaCPRT='vim $BASH_ALIASES_CPRT && source ~/.bashrc && echo "CPRT Bash Aliases Updated"'
diff --git a/firstTimeInstall.sh b/firstTimeInstall.sh
index e7b86c3..acea8f9 100755
--- a/firstTimeInstall.sh
+++ b/firstTimeInstall.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 locale  # check for UTF-8
 
 set -e
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 
 sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y locales
 sudo locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8
@@ -39,6 +40,15 @@ if ! grep -q "source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash" ~/.bashrc; then
   echo "ROS 2 sourced in bashrc"
 fi
 
+# Add lines in .bashrc to source the cprt_bash_aliases file if it exists
+if ! grep -qF "cprt_bash_aliases" ~/.bashrc; then
+   {
+      echo "if [ -f $SCRIPT_DIR/cprt_bash_aliases ]; then"
+      echo "   . $SCRIPT_DIR/cprt_bash_aliases"
+      echo "fi"
+   } >> ~/.bashrc
+fi
+
 pip3 install black
 
 echo "ROS2 humble install complete!"