diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f11f51c..9b78f55 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 - config for ghostty
 - config for mpd, mpc, ncmpcpp
 - config for mpv
-    - also, on macos, get it to open within terminal or just don't install it
 - config for gimp, `src_files/.config/GIMP` (dir)
     - set things in gtkrc only? still need to nest that within a sub dir?
     - or maybe just configure in gimp's gui, copy the whole resulting dir into
diff --git a/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshenv b/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshenv
index 3e4904d..ecf4149 100644
--- a/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshenv
+++ b/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshenv
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export EDITOR='nvim'
 # env vars used for my organization structure
 export DIR_HOME_BOX="$HOME/dbox"
 export DIR_DEV="$HOME/dev"
+export DIR_GIT_PROJECTS="$DIR_DEV/git"
 
 # util dirs; do not change without checking impact on xdg base dirs
 export DIR_LOCAL="$HOME/.local"
diff --git a/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshrc b/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshrc
index d56a233..9e5b097 100644
--- a/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ alias tms='tmux-sessionizer'
 
 # executable name overrides
 alias ls='ls -F'
-alias youtube-dl='youtube-dl --write-info-json'
+alias yt-dlp='yt-dlp --write-info-json'
 
 # misc commands
+alias cal='khal calendar'
 alias pdt='ping -c 2 drinkingtea.net'
 alias ppw='ping -c 2 pinewoods.xyz'
 alias weather='curl wttr.in'
diff --git a/src_files/.local/scripts/.tmux-session-hydrate-default b/src_files/.local/scripts/.tmux-session-hydrate-default
index 6a4a5b0..d958de9 100644
--- a/src_files/.local/scripts/.tmux-session-hydrate-default
+++ b/src_files/.local/scripts/.tmux-session-hydrate-default
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ local omitted_dirs=(
     $HOME
     $DIR_HOME_BOX
     $DIR_DEV
-    $DIR_DEV/git
+    $DIR_GIT_PROJECTS
 )
 [[ ! ${omitted_dirs[(re)$(pwd)]} ]] &&
     tmux new-window -d -n cmd &&
diff --git a/src_files/.local/scripts/tmux-sessionizer b/src_files/.local/scripts/tmux-sessionizer
index 7e7e9d0..446a9cc 100755
--- a/src_files/.local/scripts/tmux-sessionizer
+++ b/src_files/.local/scripts/tmux-sessionizer
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ switch_to() {
 hydrate() {
     local tmux_hydrate_path="$DIR_SCRIPTS/.tmux-session-hydrate-default"
     [[ -f $2/.tmux-session-hydrate ]] && tmux_hydrate_path="$2/.tmux-session-hydrate"
-    # TODO: add special case: [[ "$1" = "hub" ]] && tmux_hydrate_path="$DIR_SCRIPTS/.tmux-session-hydrate-hub"
     [[ -f $tmux_hydrate_path ]] && tmux send-keys -t $1 "source $tmux_hydrate_path" c-M
 }
 
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ local existing_sessions=$([[ -n $(pgrep tmux) ]] && tmux list-sessions | sed "s/
 local search_dirs=(
     $DIR_HOME_BOX
     $DIR_DEV
-    $DIR_DEV/git/*
+    $DIR_GIT_PROJECTS/*
 )
 local target_name=''
 local target_path=''