diff --git a/.config/aliasrc b/.config/aliasrc
index 2634dee..9763271 100644
--- a/.config/aliasrc
+++ b/.config/aliasrc
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ alias upmutt="mbsync -a && neomutt"
 # mv
 alias mv="mv -i"
 
+# octave
+alias octave="octave --persist"
+alias matlab="octave --persist"
+
 # pacman
 alias pac="sudo pacman"
 
diff --git a/.local/bin/tools/nvim/compiler b/.local/bin/tools/nvim/compiler
index f36cf42..57a5530 100755
--- a/.local/bin/tools/nvim/compiler
+++ b/.local/bin/tools/nvim/compiler
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ case "$file" in
 	*\.[0-9]) refer -PS -e "$file" | groff -mandoc -T pdf > "$base".pdf ;;
 	*\.rmd) echo "require(rmarkdown); render('$file')" | R -q --vanilla ;;
 	*\.tex) textype "$file" ;;
+        *\.m) octave --no-window-system "$file" ;;
 	*\.md) pandoc "$file" --pdf-engine=xelatex -o "$base".pdf ;;
 	*config.h) sudo make install ;;
         *\.c) if [ -f Makefile ]; then make run; else cc "$file" -o "$base" && "$base"; fi ;;