diff --git a/misc/install.func b/misc/install.func
index ece22871..84c27829 100644
--- a/misc/install.func
+++ b/misc/install.func
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ msg_error() {
 
 setting_up_container() {
   msg_info "Setting up Container OS"
+  echo "export HOME=/root" >>/root/.bashrc
+  echo "export TERM='xterm-256color'" >>/root/.bashrc
+  . ~/.bashrc
   sed -i "/$LANG/ s/\(^# \)//" /etc/locale.gen
   locale-gen >/dev/null
   echo $tz >/etc/timezone
@@ -106,7 +109,6 @@ update_os() {
 }
 
 motd_ssh() {
-  echo "export TERM='xterm-256color'" >>/root/.bashrc
   echo -e "$APPLICATION LXC provided by https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/\n" >/etc/motd
   chmod -x /etc/update-motd.d/*
   if [[ "${SSH_ROOT}" == "yes" ]]; then