diff --git a/init/keys.vim b/init/keys.vim
index dccd09a..529dc51 100644
--- a/init/keys.vim
+++ b/init/keys.vim
@@ -80,11 +80,15 @@ inoremap <Esc> <nop>
 nnoremap <leader>a <C-^>
 
 " Terminal keybindings
+" I use the terminal inside Neovim a lot, so I have some keybindings to easily
+" open one
 " Use jk in terminal as well
 tnoremap <silent> jk <C-\><C-n>
-" Open terminal in different locations
-nnoremap <silent> <leader>rr :terminal<CR>
-nnoremap <silent> <leader>rh :vsp<CR>:wincmd h<CR>:term<CR>
-nnoremap <silent> <leader>rl :vsp<CR>:term<CR>
-nnoremap <silent> <leader>rk :sp<CR>:wincmd k<CR>:term<CR>
-nnoremap <silent> <leader>rj :sp<CR>:term<CR>
+
+" I explicitely use $SHELL, because my main shell is not necessarily Bash, and
+" I want to use my main shell inside Vim as well
+nnoremap <silent> <leader>rr :e term://$SHELL<CR>
+nnoremap <silent> <leader>rh :vsp<CR>:wincmd h<CR>:e term://$SHELL<CR>
+nnoremap <silent> <leader>rl :vsp<CR>:e term://$SHELL<CR>
+nnoremap <silent> <leader>rk :sp<CR>:wincmd k<CR>:e term://$SHELL<CR>
+nnoremap <silent> <leader>rj :sp<CR>:e term://$SHELL<CR>
diff --git a/init/plugins/nerdtree.vim b/init/plugins/nerdtree.vim
index a06d8fb..c185ecb 100644
--- a/init/plugins/nerdtree.vim
+++ b/init/plugins/nerdtree.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 " Listing of paths to ignore. I think I could use something similar to CtrlP
 " here as well, but I want NERDTree to also show some non-version
-" controlled files
+" controlled files. It ignores the following files:
 " Vim
 " Other IDEs
 " Python
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
 let NERDTreeIgnore = [
     \ '^\.vim$[[dir]]',
     \ '^\.vscode$[[dir]]', '.*\.code-workspace$[[file]]', '^\.idea$[[dir]]',
-    \ '^__pycache__$[[dir]]', '^\.pytest_cache$[[dir]]', '^venv$[[dir]]', '\.egg-info$[[dir]]', '^dist$[[dir]]', 
-        \ '^build$[[dir]]', '^\.eggs$[[dir]]',
+    \ '^__pycache__$[[dir]]', '^\.pytest_cache$[[dir]]', '^venv$[[dir]]',
+        \ '\.egg-info$[[dir]]', '^dist$[[dir]]', '^build$[[dir]]',
+        \ '^\.eggs$[[dir]]',
     \ '^out$[[dir]]',
     \ '^\.git$[[dir]]',
     \ '^\.stack-work$[[dir]]', '\.lock$',
diff --git a/init/settings.vim b/init/settings.vim
index 4579bfe..61a1fe4 100644
--- a/init/settings.vim
+++ b/init/settings.vim
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+" Terminal
+" As I often use non-standard shells, certain things can break if this isn't
+" explicitely set
+" TODO maybe use which to find the executable?
+set shell=/bin/bash
+
 " Colorscheme
 " This forces (Neo)Vim to assume the terminal supports 256 colors.
 " Without this, some colorschemes (including mine) don't work properly.