diff --git a/dot_config/zsh/dot_zshrc.tmpl b/dot_config/zsh/dot_zshrc.tmpl
index 3f8fdb2..6359f41 100644
--- a/dot_config/zsh/dot_zshrc.tmpl
+++ b/dot_config/zsh/dot_zshrc.tmpl
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ setopt autopushd
 
 ## ASSUME these will always exist
 
-alias ls='ls --color'
+alias ls='LC_COLLATE=C ls --color --group-directories-first'
 
 alias d='dirs -v | head -10'
 alias d1='cd -'