diff --git a/home-manager/common/software/cli/fish.nix b/home-manager/common/software/cli/fish.nix
index c4f8badb..d597c6f0 100644
--- a/home-manager/common/software/cli/fish.nix
+++ b/home-manager/common/software/cli/fish.nix
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@
     enable = true;
     interactiveShellInit = ''
       set EDITOR vim
-      set ZELLIJ_AUTO_ATTACH true 
-      set ZELLIJ_AUTO_EXIT true
       ssh-add > /dev/null &> /dev/null
       if set -q ZELLIJ 
       else 
-        zellij attach MAIN
+        zellij attach -c "MAIN"; exit
       end
-    '';
+      '';
+      
     functions = {
       update_secrets = ''
         pushd /etc/nixos/git 
diff --git a/home-manager/common/software/cli/zellij.nix b/home-manager/common/software/cli/zellij.nix
index 75c66464..068b940f 100644
--- a/home-manager/common/software/cli/zellij.nix
+++ b/home-manager/common/software/cli/zellij.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
     enableBashIntegration = true;
     enableFishIntegration = true;
     settings = {
+      mirror_session = true;
+      simplified_ui = true;
+      ui.pane_frames.rounded_corners = true;
+      ui.pane_frames.hide_session_name = false;
       theme = "stylix";
       themes.stylix = with config.lib.stylix.colors.withHashtag; {
         bg = base02;