diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 35883c6..5497dd9 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ man() {
 	man "$@"
 }
 
+# colored GCC warnings and errors
+export GCC_COLORS='error=01;31:warning=01;35:note=01;36:caret=01;32:locus=01:quote=01'
+
 # Set default options
 alias ls='ls ${LS_OPTS}'
 alias grep='grep ${GREP_OPTS}'
@@ -81,6 +84,12 @@ yay() {
 # Create and cd to tmp dir
 alias cdtmp='cd $(mktemp -d -p ~/tmp/)'
 
+# Make dir and cd to it (from Mara)
+function mkcd {
+	mkdir -p "$1"
+	cd "$1"
+}
+
 calc() {
 	echo "$@" | bc
 }