diff --git a/config.example.yaml b/config.example.yaml
index 25edcfcb..470f93d2 100644
--- a/config.example.yaml
+++ b/config.example.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ right_prompt:
 # ---- misc ----
 serve_addr: 127.0.0.1:8000                  # Default serve listening address 
 user_agent: null                            # Set User-Agent HTTP header, use `auto` for aichat/<current-version>
-append_command_to_history_file: true        # Weather to append shell execute command to the history file
+save_shell_history: true                    # Whether to save shell execution command to the history file
 
 # ---- clients ----
 clients:
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index 4c6a321a..f82ceccd 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ pub struct Config {
 
     pub serve_addr: Option<String>,
     pub user_agent: Option<String>,
-    pub append_command_to_history_file: bool,
+    pub save_shell_history: bool,
 
     pub clients: Vec<ClientConfig>,
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
 
             serve_addr: None,
             user_agent: None,
-            append_command_to_history_file: true,
+            save_shell_history: true,
 
             clients: vec![],
 
@@ -2258,8 +2258,8 @@ impl Config {
         if let Some(v) = read_env_value::<String>(&get_env_name("user_agent")) {
             self.user_agent = v;
         }
-        if let Some(Some(v)) = read_env_bool(&get_env_name("append_command_to_history_file")) {
-            self.append_command_to_history_file = v;
+        if let Some(Some(v)) = read_env_bool(&get_env_name("save_shell_history")) {
+            self.save_shell_history = v;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 97fbf72d..11fea86a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ async fn shell_execute(
                 "e" => {
                     debug!("{} {:?}", shell.cmd, &[&shell.arg, &eval_str]);
                     let code = run_command(&shell.cmd, &[&shell.arg, &eval_str], None)?;
-                    if code == 0 && config.read().append_command_to_history_file {
+                    if code == 0 && config.read().save_shell_history {
                         let _ = append_to_shell_history(&shell.name, &eval_str, code);
                     }
                     process::exit(code);