diff --git a/_home.macos/private_dot_config/sz.env/zza_lsd.env b/_home.macos/private_dot_config/sz.env/zza_lsd.env
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..7d969f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_home.macos/private_dot_config/sz.env/zza_lsd.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../_src.posix/private_dot_config/sz.env/zza_lsd.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_src.posix/private_dot_config/sz.env/aliases.env.tmpl b/_src.posix/private_dot_config/sz.env/aliases.env.tmpl
index 18b954d..c4b0225 100644
--- a/_src.posix/private_dot_config/sz.env/aliases.env.tmpl
+++ b/_src.posix/private_dot_config/sz.env/aliases.env.tmpl
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S bash -c 'echo "Not a user script. source(aka .) only"'
 
+alias _ls='command ls '
 {{- if eq .chezmoi.os "darwin" }}
-alias l='ls -lahF --color=auto '
+alias ls='_ls -hF --color=auto '
+alias l='ls -la '
 alias lold='l -t '
 alias lnew='l -tr '
 {{ else }}
-alias l='ls -lahF --color=auto --group-directories-first '
+alias ls='_ls -hF --color=auto --group-directories-first '
+alias l='ls -la '
 alias lold='l --sort=time '
 alias lnew='l --sort=time --reverse '
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/_src.posix/private_dot_config/sz.env/zza_lsd.env b/_src.posix/private_dot_config/sz.env/zza_lsd.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..680b003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_src.posix/private_dot_config/sz.env/zza_lsd.env
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env -S bash -c 'echo "Not a user script. source(aka .) only"'
+
+if is_cmd lsd; then
+
+    alias _ls="$(command -v lsd) "
+
+    [[ -n "${DBG}" ]] && echo "assigned lsd as ls alias."
+
+fi
+