diff --git a/tmux.normal.conf b/tmux.normal.conf
index 9e02f30..8ed84db 100644
--- a/tmux.normal.conf
+++ b/tmux.normal.conf
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ set-option -g pane-base-index 1 #start counting panes at 1 instead of 0
 set-option -g renumber-windows on #when a window is closed, renumber the remaining windows
 set-option -g set-titles on #attempt to set the terminal title
 set-option -g set-titles-string "#I:#P - #W - #T" #string used to set the terminal title
-set-option -g history-limit 10000 #maximum number of lines kept in history
+set-option -g history-limit 100000 #maximum number of lines kept in history
 set-option -g display-time 2000 #number of ms for status line messages and other on-screen indicators to display
 set-option -g display-panes-time 2000 #number of ms to show indicators from the display-panes command
 set-option -sg escape-time 0 #allow commands immediately following send-prefix
diff --git a/tmux.powerline.conf b/tmux.powerline.conf
index 0cb8904..cf0f95d 100644
--- a/tmux.powerline.conf
+++ b/tmux.powerline.conf
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ set-option -g pane-base-index 1 #start counting panes at 1 instead of 0
 set-option -g renumber-windows on #when a window is closed, renumber the remaining windows
 set-option -g set-titles on #attempt to set the terminal title
 set-option -g set-titles-string "#I:#P - #W - #T" #string used to set the terminal title
-set-option -g history-limit 10000 #maximum number of lines kept in history
+set-option -g history-limit 100000 #maximum number of lines kept in history
 set-option -g display-time 2000 #number of ms for status line messages and other on-screen indicators to display
 set-option -g display-panes-time 2000 #number of ms to show indicators from the display-panes command
 set-option -sg escape-time 0 #allow commands immediately following send-prefix