diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 630695e..192f482 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ log
 /gps_log.txt
 /config/*.json
 
+/.tmtc-history.txt
 /scex_conf.json
 /tmtc_conf.json
 /seqcnt*.txt
diff --git a/eive_tmtc/config/hook.py b/eive_tmtc/config/hook.py
index b499a30..8088464 100644
--- a/eive_tmtc/config/hook.py
+++ b/eive_tmtc/config/hook.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 from typing import Optional
+from prompt_toolkit.history import FileHistory
 
 from tmtccmd import CcsdsTmtcBackend, HookBase
 from tmtccmd.com import ComInterface
 from tmtccmd.config import CmdTreeNode
+from tmtccmd.config.hook import History
 from tmtccmd.util import ObjectIdDictT, RetvalDictT
 
 from eive_tmtc.config.definitions import SPACE_PACKET_IDS
@@ -168,3 +170,6 @@ class EiveHookObject(HookBase):
 
     def get_retval_dict(self) -> RetvalDictT:
         return get_retval_dict()
+
+    def get_cmd_history(self) -> Optional[History]:
+        return FileHistory(".tmtc-history.txt")