diff --git a/scripts/bashrc b/scripts/bashrc
index 6b3ba5a..0a5c8fc 100644
--- a/scripts/bashrc
+++ b/scripts/bashrc
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ lisp() {
 
 # Git commit wrapper
 commit() {
-    git commit -m "$@"
+    msg="$@"
+    git commit -m "$msg"
 }
 
 commitall() {