diff --git a/home-manager/shared/shell/zellij.nix b/home-manager/shared/shell/zellij.nix
index 783c582..dc479a1 100644
--- a/home-manager/shared/shell/zellij.nix
+++ b/home-manager/shared/shell/zellij.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
     pkgs.writeText "default.kdl"
     ''
       layout {
+          pane size=1 borderless=true {
+            plugin location="tab-bar"
+          }
+        pane
+          pane size=2 borderless=true {
+            plugin location="status-bar"
+          }
+
           default_tab_template {
               children
               pane size=1 borderless=false {