diff --git a/bin/bashrc b/bin/bashrc
index f3efbedae..d79b97f85 100755
--- a/bin/bashrc
+++ b/bin/bashrc
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ alias web='hledger web'
 export FINDIR=~/finance
 export LEDGER_FILE=$FINDIR/2024/2024.journal
 alias f=$FINDIR/justfile
+alias bser='hledger -f $LEDGER_FILE -f <(hledger close --retain) bse'
 alias all='hledger -f $FINDIR/all.journal'
 alias 2020='hledger -f $FINDIR/2020/2020.journal'
 alias 2021='hledger -f $FINDIR/2021/2021.journal'
@@ -57,6 +58,11 @@ alias oct="hledger -p oct"
 alias nov="hledger -p nov"
 alias dec="hledger -p dec"
 
+# query hledger with sqlite
+hq() {
+    (hledger print -O sql; echo "$1") | sqlite3 -column -header;
+}
+
 # list likely hledger-readable files in current directory
 hledgerfiles() {
     ls $@ *.{journal,j,timelog,csv,ledger,lgr,dat} 2>/dev/null