diff --git a/sshcode.go b/sshcode.go
index 6334f02..f1a0e2f 100644
--- a/sshcode.go
+++ b/sshcode.go
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ func sshCode(host, dir string, o options) error {
 	dlScript := downloadScript(codeServerPath)
 
 	// Downloads the latest code-server and allows it to be executed.
-	sshCmdStr := fmt.Sprintf("ssh %v %v '/usr/bin/env bash'", o.sshFlags, host)
+	sshCmdStr := fmt.Sprintf("ssh %v %v '/usr/bin/env bash -l'", o.sshFlags, host)
 
-	sshCmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", sshCmdStr)
+	sshCmd := exec.Command("sh", "-l", "-c", sshCmdStr)
 	sshCmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	sshCmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	sshCmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader(dlScript)
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func sshCode(host, dir string, o options) error {
 		)
 
 	// Starts code-server and forwards the remote port.
-	sshCmd = exec.Command("sh", "-c", sshCmdStr)
+	sshCmd = exec.Command("sh", "-l", "-c", sshCmdStr)
 	sshCmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
 	sshCmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	sshCmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ func parseHost(host string) (parsedHost string, additionalFlags string, err erro
 func parseGCPSSHCmd(instance string) (ip, sshFlags string, err error) {
 	dryRunCmd := fmt.Sprintf("gcloud compute ssh --dry-run %v", instance)
 
-	out, err := exec.Command("sh", "-c", dryRunCmd).CombinedOutput()
+	out, err := exec.Command("sh", "-l", "-c", dryRunCmd).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", xerrors.Errorf("%s: %w", out, err)
 	}
diff --git a/sshcode_test.go b/sshcode_test.go
index fc6eb7d..096bff6 100644
--- a/sshcode_test.go
+++ b/sshcode_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func TestSSHCode(t *testing.T) {
 	waitForSSHCode(t, remotePort, time.Second*30)
 
 	// Typically we'd do an os.Stat call here but the os package doesn't expand '~'
-	out, err := exec.Command("sh", "-c", "stat "+codeServerPath).CombinedOutput()
+	out, err := exec.Command("sh", "-l", "-c", "stat "+codeServerPath).CombinedOutput()
 	require.NoError(t, err, "%s", out)
 
 	out, err = exec.Command("pkill", filepath.Base(codeServerPath)).CombinedOutput()
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func handleSession(ch ssh.Channel, in <-chan *ssh.Request, t *testing.T) {
 			return
 		}
 
-		cmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", exReq.Command)
+		cmd := exec.Command("sh", "-l", "-c", exReq.Command)
 
 		stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
 		require.NoError(t, err)