diff --git a/plugins/available/history.plugin.bash b/plugins/available/history.plugin.bash
index 512bbf92..386e05d1 100644
--- a/plugins/available/history.plugin.bash
+++ b/plugins/available/history.plugin.bash
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # enter a few characters and press UpArrow/DownArrow
 # to search backwards/forwards through the history
-bind '"":history-search-backward'
-bind '"":history-search-forward'
+if [ -t 1 ]; 
+then
+    bind '"":history-search-backward'
+    bind '"":history-search-forward'
+fi