diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 3e2bd44..cb0d9ed 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T '
 shopt -s histverify # don't immediately execute commands from history but copy them onto command line
 shopt -s histappend # append to bash history instead of overwriting
 
-export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS="--cycle --layout=reverse --border --height=90% --preview-window=wrap --marker='*'"
+export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS_FILE="$HOME/.config/fzf"
 
 test -e "${HOME}/.iterm2_shell_integration.bash" && source "${HOME}/.iterm2_shell_integration.bash"
 
diff --git a/.config/fish/config.fish b/.config/fish/config.fish
index e0e42fd..162962d 100644
--- a/.config/fish/config.fish
+++ b/.config/fish/config.fish
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ set -g fish_greeting
 fzf_configure_bindings --directory=\cf --git_log=\cl --git_status=\cs --processes=\cp
 set fzf_diff_highlighter delta --paging=never --width=20
 
-set -x FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS --cycle --layout=reverse --border --height=90% --preview-window=wrap --marker="*"
+set -x FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS_FILE ~/.config/fzf
 
 # n: start in type-to-nav mode
 # A: disable automatically jumping into directories when in type-to-nav mode
diff --git a/.config/fzf b/.config/fzf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7364c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/fzf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--cycle --layout=reverse --border --height=90% --preview-window=wrap --marker="*"
\ No newline at end of file