diff --git a/common/_global.el b/common/_global.el
index fc8bf6c..9fc99da 100644
--- a/common/_global.el
+++ b/common/_global.el
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@
 (setq ido-enable-flex-matching t)
 (setq ido-everywhere t)
 (ido-mode 1)
+(defun ido-kill-emacs-hook ()
+      (ignore-errors (ido-save-history)))
 (setq-default tab-width 4) ; sanity!
 (electric-indent-mode 0) ; return should NOT fuck with the indentation of the previous line