diff --git a/home-manager/shared/shell/zellij.nix b/home-manager/shared/shell/zellij.nix
index 191b852..69297ce 100644
--- a/home-manager/shared/shell/zellij.nix
+++ b/home-manager/shared/shell/zellij.nix
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
         children
         pane size=1 borderless=true {
           plugin location="file:${inputs.zjstatus.packages.${pkgs.system}.default}/bin/zjstatus.wasm" {
-            format_left   "{mode} #[fg=cyan,bold]{session}"
-            format_center "{tabs}"
+            format_left   "{mode} Zellij #[fg=yellow,bold]({session})"
+            format_left "{tabs}"
             format_right  "{command_git_branch} {datetime}"
-            format_space  ""
+            format_space  " "
 
             border_enabled  "true"
             border_char     "─"
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
             tab_normal_sync         "#[fg=green] {index} :: {name} <> "
 
             // formatting for the current active tab
-            tab_active              "#[fg=blue,bold,italic] {name} {floating_indicator}"
-            tab_active_fullscreen   "#[fg=blue,bold,italic] {name} {fullscreen_indicator}"
-            tab_active_sync         "#[fg=blue,bold,italic] {name} {sync_indicator}"
+            tab_active              "#[fg=white,bold,italic] {name} {floating_indicator}"
+            tab_active_fullscreen   "#[fg=white,bold,italic] {name} {fullscreen_indicator}"
+            tab_active_sync         "#[fg=white,bold,italic] {name} {sync_indicator}"
 
             // separator between the tabs
             tab_separator           "#[fg=green,bg=orange] | "
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@
             tab_floating_indicator   "⬚ "
 
             command_git_branch_command     "git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD"
-            command_git_branch_format      "#[fg=blue] {stdout} "
+            command_git_branch_format      "#[fg=yellow] {stdout} "
             command_git_branch_interval    "10"
             command_git_branch_rendermode  "static"
 
-            datetime        "#[fg=#green,bold] {format} "
+            datetime        "#[fg=#yellow,bold] {format} "
             datetime_format "%Y-%M-%d %H:%M"
             datetime_timezone "Europe/Amsterdam"
           }