diff --git a/cli/cli.go b/cli/cli.go
index e4d9557..8f4e998 100644
--- a/cli/cli.go
+++ b/cli/cli.go
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ func New(cfg *config.XCConfig, backend store.Backend) (*Cli, error) {
 	cli.doMode("mode", "mode", cfg.Mode)
 
 	cli.setPrompt()
+	cli.runRC(cfg.RCfile)
+
 	return cli, nil
 }
 
@@ -487,3 +489,22 @@ func (c *Cli) setDistributeType(dtr string) {
 	}
 	remote.SetDistributeType(c.distributeType)
 }
+
+func (c *Cli) runRC(rcfile string) {
+	f, err := os.Open(rcfile)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			term.Errorf("Error loading rcfile: %s\n", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	term.Successf("Running rcfile %s...", rcfile)
+	sc := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	for sc.Scan() {
+		cmd := sc.Text()
+		fmt.Println(term.Green(cmd))
+		c.OneCmd(cmd)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cli/handlers.go b/cli/handlers.go
index fb3d052..6670de7 100644
--- a/cli/handlers.go
+++ b/cli/handlers.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"syscall"
 
+	"github.com/viert/xc/config"
+
 	"github.com/viert/xc/passmgr"
 	"github.com/viert/xc/remote"
 	"github.com/viert/xc/term"
@@ -365,9 +367,10 @@ func (c *Cli) doOutput(name string, argsLine string, args ...string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	err := c.setOutput(argsLine)
+	outputFilename := config.ExpandPath(argsLine)
+	err := c.setOutput(outputFilename)
 	if err == nil {
-		c.outputFileName = argsLine
+		c.outputFileName = outputFilename
 		term.Successf("Output is copied to %s\n", c.outputFileName)
 	} else {
 		term.Errorf("Error setting output file to %s: %s\n", argsLine, err)