diff --git a/tests/shells/test_fish.py b/tests/shells/test_fish.py
index 5e3e7665..ba71edf5 100644
--- a/tests/shells/test_fish.py
+++ b/tests/shells/test_fish.py
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ class TestFish(object):
         assert 'TF_ALIAS=fuck PYTHONIOENCODING' in shell.app_alias('fuck')
         assert 'PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8 thefuck' in shell.app_alias('fuck')
 
+    def test_app_alias_alter_history(self, settings, shell):
+        settings.alter_history = True
+        assert 'history --delete' in shell.app_alias('FUCK')
+        assert 'history --merge' in shell.app_alias('FUCK')
+        settings.alter_history = False
+        assert 'history --delete' not in shell.app_alias('FUCK')
+        assert 'history --merge' not in shell.app_alias('FUCK')
+
     def test_get_history(self, history_lines, shell):
         history_lines(['- cmd: ls', '  when: 1432613911',
                        '- cmd: rm', '  when: 1432613916'])
diff --git a/thefuck/shells/fish.py b/thefuck/shells/fish.py
index a2a487e3..7284867b 100644
--- a/thefuck/shells/fish.py
+++ b/thefuck/shells/fish.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import six
 from .. import logs
+from ..conf import settings
 from ..utils import DEVNULL, memoize, cache
 from .generic import Generic
 
@@ -18,17 +19,20 @@ class Fish(Generic):
         return default
 
     def app_alias(self, fuck):
+        if settings.alter_history:
+            alter_history = ('    history --delete $fucked_up_command\n'
+                             '    history --merge ^ /dev/null\n')
+        else:
+            alter_history = ''
         # It is VERY important to have the variables declared WITHIN the alias
         return ('function {0} -d "Correct your previous console command"\n'
                 '  set -l fucked_up_command $history[1]\n'
                 '  env TF_ALIAS={0} PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8'
                 ' thefuck $fucked_up_command | read -l unfucked_command\n'
                 '  if [ "$unfucked_command" != "" ]\n'
-                '    eval $unfucked_command\n'
-                '    history --delete $fucked_up_command\n'
-                '    history --merge ^ /dev/null\n'
+                '    eval $unfucked_command\n{1}'
                 '  end\n'
-                'end').format(fuck)
+                'end').format(fuck, alter_history)
 
     @memoize
     @cache('.config/fish/config.fish', '.config/fish/functions')