diff --git a/base/user_setup.sh b/base/user_setup.sh
index 651feb507e69402b73e963de560e814ea9d4a53f..263cab4c655351171d5893e736f917537f4849b7 100644
--- a/base/user_setup.sh
+++ b/base/user_setup.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 # user setup script
+
+# Disable core dumps
+ulimit -c 0
+
 # set git config
 if [ ! "$(git config --get user.name)" ]
 then