diff --git a/docs/todo.md b/docs/todo.md
index f843885..3c3bed5 100644
--- a/docs/todo.md
+++ b/docs/todo.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # todo items
 
-- config for shell (using zsh for now, but considering oksh)
 - config for calcurse
 - config for mpd, and client(s), (mpd clients to consider: mpc, ncmpcpp, ncmpc, inori)
 - hyprland config and install on linux
diff --git a/src_files/.config/tmux/.tmux-session-hydrate-default b/src_files/.config/tmux/.tmux-session-hydrate-default
index b1903ca..0039b2f 100644
--- a/src_files/.config/tmux/.tmux-session-hydrate-default
+++ b/src_files/.config/tmux/.tmux-session-hydrate-default
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ tmux_omitted_dirs=(
 [[ ! ${tmux_omitted_dirs[(re)$(pwd)]} ]] && {
     tmux new-window -d -n $EDITOR
     tmux send-keys -t :$EDITOR "$EDITOR ." c-M
-    tmux new-window -d -n daa
+    tmux new-window -d -n debug
+    tmux new-window -d -n agt
     tmux new-window -d -n procs
     tmux rename-window cmd
     tmux send-keys -t :cmd "clear; [[ -d .git ]] && git status" c-M
diff --git a/src_files/.config/tmux/theme.conf b/src_files/.config/tmux/theme.conf
deleted file mode 120000
index 1d70802..0000000
--- a/src_files/.config/tmux/theme.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/Users/david/.config/z-this-box/themes/.current-theme/tmux.conf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src_files/.config/tmux/tmux.conf b/src_files/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
index c31bb9a..73145b4 100644
--- a/src_files/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
+++ b/src_files/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ bind-key C-Space send-prefix
 set-option -g base-index 1
 set-option -g status-position 'bottom'
 set-option -g status-left-length 28
-set-option -Fg status-right '#{host} | %Y%m%d %H:%M' # or maybe host_short
+set-option -Fg status-right '#{host} | %Y-%m-%d %H:%M' # or maybe host_short
 
 # theme settings
 set-option -g status-style "bg=default fg=default" # default, theme files can overwrite
diff --git a/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshrc b/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshrc
index 21ba80e..0dd3d40 100644
--- a/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 [ -r "$HOME/.config/profile" ] && . "$HOME/.config/profile"
 [ -r "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rc" ] && . "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rc"
+
+# overwrite PS1 here, since zsh decided to use different special chars
+export PS1="%n@%m ${PWD##*/} %# "
diff --git a/src_files/.config/zz-this-box/themes/gruvbox/tmux.conf b/src_files/.config/zz-this-box/themes/gruvbox/tmux.conf
index 127c7b3..00c2eab 100644
--- a/src_files/.config/zz-this-box/themes/gruvbox/tmux.conf
+++ b/src_files/.config/zz-this-box/themes/gruvbox/tmux.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 set-window-option -g window-style bg=default # transparency
-set-option -g status-style 'bg=default fg=#22cc00'
+set-option -g status-style 'bg=default fg=#98971a'
diff --git a/src_files/.config/zz-this-box/themes/jade/tmux.conf b/src_files/.config/zz-this-box/themes/jade/tmux.conf
index 27b6e6f..777f86e 100644
--- a/src_files/.config/zz-this-box/themes/jade/tmux.conf
+++ b/src_files/.config/zz-this-box/themes/jade/tmux.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 set-window-option -g window-style bg=default # transparency
-set-option -g status-style 'bg=#549E6A fg=#000000'
+set-option -g status-style 'bg=default fg=#549e6a'
diff --git a/src_files/shell/rc b/src_files/shell/rc
index 13f856b..e59231e 100644
--- a/src_files/shell/rc
+++ b/src_files/shell/rc
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ export PATH=$PATH:/opt/homebrew/opt/ccache/libexec:/opt/homebrew/bin
 # set env vars specific to this box, if any
 [[ -a $HOME/.local-box-vars ]] && . $HOME/.local-box-vars
 
+# prompt settings
+export PS1="\u@\h \W \\$ "
+
 # shortcuts for common commands
 alias 3e='echo;echo;echo'
 alias 12e='3e;3e;3e;3e'