diff --git a/tmux/tmux.conf b/tmux/tmux.conf
index d63ced6..8be2c6e 100644
--- a/tmux/tmux.conf
+++ b/tmux/tmux.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,80 @@
-set -as terminal-overrides ',*:Smulx=\E[4::%p1%dm'  # undercurl support
-set -as terminal-overrides ',*:Setulc=\E[58::2::%p1%{65536}%/%d::%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d::%p1%{255}%&%d%;m'  # underscore colours - needs tmux-3.0
+# don't automatically rename windows
+set-option -g allow-rename off
+
+# Reload the file with Prefix r.
+bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf \; display "Reloaded!"
+
+######################
+### DESIGN CHANGES ###
+######################
+
+# panes
+set -g pane-border-style fg=black
+set -g pane-active-border-style fg=brightred
+
+## Status bar design
+set -g status-justify left
+set -g status-bg default
+set -g status-fg colour12
+set -g status-interval 2
+
+# messaging
+set -g message-style fg=black,bg=yellow
+set -g message-command-style fg=blue,bg=black
+
+#window mode
+setw -g mode-style fg=colour0,bg=colour6
+
+# window status
+setw -g window-status-format " #F#I:#W#F "
+setw -g window-status-current-format " #F#I:#W#F "
+setw -g window-status-format "#[fg=magenta]#[bg=black] #I #[bg=cyan]#[fg=colour8] #W "
+setw -g window-status-current-format "#[bg=brightmagenta]#[fg=colour8] #I #[fg=colour8]#[bg=colour14] #W "
+setw -g window-status-current-style fg=colour11,bg=colour0,dim
+setw -g window-status-style fg=black,bg=green,reverse
+
+# Info on left (I don't have a session display for now)
+set -g status-left ''
+
+# loud or quiet?
+set-option -g visual-activity off
+set-option -g visual-bell off
+set-option -g visual-silence off
+set-window-option -g monitor-activity off
+set-option -g bell-action none
+
+set -g default-terminal "xterm"
+
+# The modes
+setw -g clock-mode-colour colour135
+setw -g mode-style fg=colour196,bg=colour238,bold
+
+# The panes
+set -g pane-border-style fg=colour238,bg=colour235
+set -g pane-active-border-style fg=colour51,bg=colour236
+
+# The statusbar
+set -g status-position bottom
+set -g status-style fg=colour137,bg=colour234,dim
+set -g status-left ''
+set -g status-right '#[fg=colour233,bg=colour241,bold] %d %b %Y #[fg=colour233,bg=colour245,bold] %H:%M:%S '
+set -g status-right-length 50
+set -g status-left-length 20
+
+setw -g window-status-current-style fg=colour81,bg=colour238,bold
+setw -g window-status-current-format ' #I#[fg=colour250]:#[fg=colour255]#W#[fg=colour50]#F '
+
+setw -g window-status-style fg=colour138,bg=colour235,none
+setw -g window-status-format ' #I#[fg=colour237]:#[fg=colour250]#W#[fg=colour244]#F '
+
+setw -g window-status-bell-style fg=colour255,bg=colour1,bold
+
+# The messages
+set -g message-style fg=colour232,bg=colour166,bold
+
+# undercurl support
+set -as terminal-overrides ',*:Smulx=\E[4::%p1%dm'
+# underscore colours - needs tmux-3.0
+set -as terminal-overrides ',*:Setulc=\E[58::2::%p1%{65536}%/%d::%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d::%p1%{255}%&%d%;m'
 
 set -g default-terminal 'wezterm'