diff --git a/ruby/irbrc b/ruby/irbrc
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 2afd40c..4bc90c6
--- a/ruby/irbrc
+++ b/ruby/irbrc
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 require 'irb/completion'
 
-# interactive editor: use vim from within irb
-begin
-  require 'interactive_editor'
-rescue LoadError => err
-  warn "Couldn't load interactive_editor: #{err}"
-end
-
-# awesome print
-begin
-  require 'awesome_print'
-rescue LoadError => err
-  warn "Couldn't load awesome_print: #{err}"
-end
-
 # configure irb
 IRB.conf[:AUTO_INDENT]=true
 
@@ -22,25 +8,4 @@ IRB.conf[:EVAL_HISTORY] = 1000
 IRB.conf[:SAVE_HISTORY] = 1000
 IRB.conf[:HISTORY_FILE] = File.expand_path("~/.irb_history")
 
-# load .irbrc_rails in rails environments
-railsrc_path = File.expand_path('~/.irb-railsrc')
-if (ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || defined? Rails) && File.exist?(railsrc_path)
-  begin
-    load railsrc_path
-  rescue Exception
-    warn "Could not load: #{ railsrc_path } because of #{$!.message}"
-  end
-end
-
-class Object
-  def interesting_methods
-    case self.class
-    when Class
-      self.public_methods.sort - Object.public_methods
-    when Module
-      self.public_methods.sort - Module.public_methods
-    else
-      self.public_methods.sort - Object.new.public_methods
-    end
-  end
-end
+load "#{ENV['HOME']}/.rubyrc" if File.exist?("#{ENV['HOME']}/.rubyrc")
diff --git a/ruby/pryrc b/ruby/pryrc
index e2da235..8903fad 100644
--- a/ruby/pryrc
+++ b/ruby/pryrc
@@ -1,34 +1,4 @@
 # vim FTW
 Pry.config.editor = 'vim'
 
-# Repeat last command on enter
-# https://github.com/pry/pry/issues/607
-Pry::Commands.command(/^$/, "repeat last command") do
-  _pry_.input = StringIO.new(Pry.history.to_a.last)
-end
-
-# Toys methods
-# See https://gist.github.com/807492
-class Array
-  def self.toy(n=10, &block)
-    block_given? ? Array.new(n,&block) : Array.new(n) {|i| i+1}
-  end
-end
-
-class Hash
-  def self.toy(n=10)
-    Hash[Array.toy(n).zip(Array.toy(n){|c| (96+(c+1)).chr})]
-  end
-end
-
-# Ask for Apartment tenant
-if defined?(Rails::Console) && defined?(Apartment)
-  available_tenants = Apartment.tenant_names.sort
-  default_tenant = available_tenants.first
-
-  puts "Available tenants: #{available_tenants.join(',')}"
-  print "Select tenant (#{default_tenant}): "
-  tenant = gets.strip
-
-  Apartment::Tenant.switch(available_tenants.include?(tenant) ? tenant : default_tenant)
-end
+load "#{ENV['HOME']}/.rubyrc" if File.exist?("#{ENV['HOME']}/.rubyrc")
diff --git a/ruby/rubyrc b/ruby/rubyrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcb0290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/rubyrc
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+class Array
+  def self.toy(n=10, &block)
+    block_given? ? Array.new(n,&block) : Array.new(n) {|i| i+1}
+  end
+end
+
+class Hash
+  def self.toy(n=10)
+    Hash[Array.toy(n).zip(Array.toy(n){|c| (96+(c+1)).chr})]
+  end
+end
+
+class Object
+  def interesting_methods
+    case self.class
+    when Class
+      self.public_methods.sort - Object.public_methods
+    when Module
+      self.public_methods.sort - Module.public_methods
+    else
+      self.public_methods.sort - Object.new.public_methods
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# Ask for Apartment tenant
+if defined?(Rails::Console) && defined?(Apartment)
+  available_tenants = Apartment.tenant_names.sort
+  default_tenant = available_tenants.first
+
+  puts "Available tenants: #{available_tenants.join(',')}"
+  print "Select tenant (#{default_tenant}): "
+  tenant = gets.strip
+
+  Apartment::Tenant.switch!(available_tenants.include?(tenant) ? tenant : default_tenant)
+end