diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68f6f9c..a60697b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ For the remote server please configure a config file (default file name: server-
 fqdn: "myhostname.com"
 node:
   ipv4: "192.168.56.123"   # ip address
-echo: true                 # for demo reasons only - deploy an echo app 
+echo: true                 # for demo reasons only - deploys an echo app 
 ```
 
 To add a grafana agent to your k3s installation add the following to the config:
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt
index ca7e650..22e56cc 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ fun Prov.fileContentLargeFile(file: String, sudo: Boolean = false, chunkSize: In
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * Appends text at the end of the specified file. Creates the file if not yet existing.
+ * If doNotAddIfExisting is true, then the text is not added (again) if already contained somewhere in the file.
+ */
 fun Prov.addTextToFile(
     text: String,
     file: File,
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/infrastructure/K3s.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/infrastructure/K3s.kt
index 09803b1..1dcb8ab 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/infrastructure/K3s.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/infrastructure/K3s.kt
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ fun Prov.installK3s(k3sConfig: K3sConfig): ProvResult {
         cmd("kubectl set env deployment -n kube-system local-path-provisioner DEPLOY_DATE=\"$(date)\"")
 
         cmd("ln -sf $k3sKubeConfig " + k8sCredentialsDir + "admin.conf", sudo = true)
+
+        configureShellAliases()
     }
 }
 
@@ -205,3 +207,7 @@ private fun Prov.createK3sFileFromResourceTemplate(
 private fun File.templateName(): String {
     return this.name.replace(".yaml", ".template.yaml")
 }
+
+internal fun Prov.configureShellAliases() = task {
+    addTextToFile( "\nalias k=kubectl\n", File(".bash_aliases",))
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/FilesystemKtTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/FilesystemKtTest.kt
index 4741e4d..82d1c23 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/FilesystemKtTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/FilesystemKtTest.kt
@@ -494,4 +494,61 @@ internal class FilesystemKtTest {
         assertTrue(linkExists)
         assertEquals("textinlinkfilesudo", content)
     }
+
+    @ContainerTest
+    fun test_addTextToFile() {
+        // given
+        val prov = defaultTestContainer()
+        val file = "testfile_with_added_text"
+        val text1 = "added text"
+        val text2 = "\nadded text2\n"
+        prov.deleteFile(file)
+
+        // when
+        val res = prov.addTextToFile(text1, File(file))     // add text to non-existing file
+        val containsText = prov.fileContainsText(file, text1)
+        val res2 = prov.addTextToFile(text1, File(file))     // test idempotence
+        val fileContent2 = prov.fileContent(file)
+
+        val res3 = prov.addTextToFile(text2, File(file))     // add second text
+        val containsText3 = prov.fileContainsText(file, text1)
+        val res4 = prov.addTextToFile(text1, File(file))     // test idempotence
+        val fileContent4 = prov.fileContent(file)
+
+        // then
+        assertTrue(res.success)
+        assertTrue(containsText)
+        assertTrue(res2.success)
+        assertEquals(text1, fileContent2)
+
+        assertTrue(res3.success)
+        assertTrue(containsText3)
+        assertTrue(res4.success)
+        assertEquals(text1 + text2, fileContent4)
+    }
+    @ContainerTest
+    fun test_addTextToFile_with_doNotAddIfExisting_false() {
+        // given
+        val prov = defaultTestContainer()
+        val file = "testfile_with_added_text_2"
+        val text1 = "added text1"
+        val text2 = "\nadded text2\n"
+        prov.deleteFile(file)
+
+        // when
+        val res = prov.addTextToFile(text1, File(file), doNotAddIfExisting = false)     // add text to non-existing file
+        val res2 = prov.addTextToFile(text1, File(file), doNotAddIfExisting = false)     // add again
+
+        val res3 = prov.addTextToFile(text2, File(file), doNotAddIfExisting = false)     // add second text
+        val res4 = prov.addTextToFile(text1, File(file), doNotAddIfExisting = false)     // add first text again
+        val fileContent = prov.fileContent(file)
+
+        // then
+        assertTrue(res.success)
+        assertTrue(res2.success)
+
+        assertTrue(res3.success)
+        assertTrue(res4.success)
+        assertEquals(text1 + text1 + text2 + text1, fileContent)
+    }
 }