diff --git a/.tmux.conf b/.tmux.conf
index cf8544c..6c4e740 100644
--- a/.tmux.conf
+++ b/.tmux.conf
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 # make tmux display things in 256 colors
 set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color"
 
+# make tmux use the default terminal
+set -g default-command "${SHELL}"
+
 # set scrollback history to 10000 (10k)
 set -g history-limit 10000