diff --git a/.zsh_functions b/.zsh_functions
index deafbf6..7254b1d 100644
--- a/.zsh_functions
+++ b/.zsh_functions
@@ -102,11 +102,26 @@ function docker-container-exec () {
 }
 
 # git functions (need to handle ??)
+# tmux new-session -d -s foo 'exec pfoo'
+# tmux send-keys 'bundle exec thin start' 'C-m'
+# tmux rename-window 'Foo'
+# tmux select-window -t foo:0
+# tmux split-window -h 'exec pfoo'
+# tmux send-keys 'bundle exec compass watch' 'C-m'
+# tmux split-window -v -t 0 'exec pfoo'
+# tmux send-keys 'rake ts:start' 'C-m'
+# tmux split-window -v -t 1 'exec pfoo'
+# tmux -2 attach-session -t foo
+
+function split-and-execute() {
+  for i in $*; do;
+    echo "split and execute $i"
+  done;
+}
 function git-diff-unstaged() {
   preview="git diff $@ --color=always -- {-1}"
   git diff $@ --name-only | fzf -m --ansi --preview $preview
 }
-
 function git-diff-staged() {
   preview="git diff --cached $@ --color=always -- {-1}"
   git diff --cached $@ --name-only | fzf -m --ansi --preview $preview
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 15c6aff..4aad0e6 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@ source ~/.oh-my-zsh/oh-my-zsh.sh
 source ~/.zsh_env
 source ~/.zsh_aliases
 source ~/.zsh_functions
-source $(brew --prefix)/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
 source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/zsh-syntax-highlighting/themes/catppuccin_frappe-zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
-# source $(brew --prefix)/Cellar/fzf/**/shellcompletion.zsh
-# source $(brew --prefix)/Cellar/fzf/**/shell/key-bindings.zsh
-eval "$(fzf --zsh)"
 # source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/scripts/fzf-git.sh
 if [[ ! -z ~/.zsh_local ]]; then ; for i in ~/.zsh_local/.*; do source $i; done ; fi
 # [ -f ~/.fzf.zsh ] && source ~/.fzf.zsh
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index a012a7d..d01bc66 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -12,28 +12,28 @@ read distro
 if [[ "$distro" == *"M"* ]] || [[ "$distro" == *"m"* ]];
   then
     OS_NAME='mac'
-    PACKAGE_MANAGER='brew'
+    PACKAGE_MANAGER='brew install'
 fi
 
 if [[ "$distro" == *"L"* ]] || [[ "$distro" == *"l"* ]];
   then
     OS_NAME='linux'
-    PACKAGE_MANAGER='sudo apt'
+    PACKAGE_MANAGER='sudo apt install -y'
 fi
 
 if [[ "$distro" == *"W"* ]] || [[ "$distro" == *"w"* ]];
   then
     OS_NAME='pc'
-    PACKAGE_MANAGER='sudo apt'
+    PACKAGE_MANAGER='sudo apt install -y'
 fi
 
-ln -s $(pwd)/$OS_NAME/.env_vars ~/.zsh_local/.env_vars
-ln -s $(pwd)/$OS_NAME/.functions ~/.zsh_local/.functions
-if [ -f $(pwd)/$OS_NAME/.aliases ]
-  then ln -s $(pwd)/$OS_NAME/.aliases ~/.zsh_local/.aliases
+ln -s "$(pwd)"/$OS_NAME/.env_vars ~/.zsh_local/.env_vars
+ln -s "$(pwd)"/$OS_NAME/.functions ~/.zsh_local/.functions
+if [ -f "$(pwd)"/$OS_NAME/.aliases ]
+  then ln -s "$(pwd)"/$OS_NAME/.aliases ~/.zsh_local/.aliases
 fi
-ln -s $(pwd)/$OS_NAME/.env_vars ~/.zsh_env
-ln -s $(pwd)/$OS_NAME/.zprofile ~/.zprofile
+ln -s "$(pwd)"/$OS_NAME/.env_vars ~/.zsh_env
+ln -s "$(pwd)"/$OS_NAME/.zprofile ~/.zprofile
 
 echo '----------------------------'
 echo 'running distro-specific install steps'
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ echo '----------------------------'
 echo 'creating symlinks'
 echo '----------------------------'
 
-ln -s $(pwd)/.gitignore_global ~/.gitignore_global
-ln -s $(pwd)/.config ~/.config
-ln -s $(pwd)/.tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf
-ln -s $(pwd)/.zshrc ~/.zshrc
-ln -s $(pwd)/.zsh_aliases ~/.zsh_aliases
-ln -s $(pwd)/.zsh_functions ~/.zsh_functions
-ln -s $(pwd)/joe2.zsh-theme ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/joe2.zsh-theme
+ln -s "$(pwd)"/.gitignore_global ~/.gitignore_global
+ln -s "$(pwd)"/.config ~/.config
+ln -s "$(pwd)"/.tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf
+ln -s "$(pwd)"/.zshrc ~/.zshrc
+ln -s "$(pwd)"/.zsh_aliases ~/.zsh_aliases
+ln -s "$(pwd)"/.zsh_functions ~/.zsh_functions
+ln -s "$(pwd)"/joe2.zsh-theme ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/joe2.zsh-theme
 
 echo '----------------------------'
 echo 'symlink aws functions? (y/Y) or (n/N)'
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ read aws_func
 # need to create ~/.aws
 
 if [[ "${aws_func}" == "Y" ]] || [[ "${aws_func}" == "y" ]]
-  then ln -s $(pwd)/util_functions/.aws_functions ~/.zsh_local/.aws_functions
+  then ln -s "$(pwd)"/util_functions/.aws_functions ~/.zsh_local/.aws_functions
 fi
 
 echo
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ read kafka_func
 echo
 
 if [[ "${kafka_func}" == "Y" ]] || [[ "${kafka_func}" == "y" ]]
-  then ln -s $(pwd)/util_functions/.kafka_functions ~/.zsh_local/.kafka_functions
+  then ln -s "$(pwd)"/util_functions/.kafka_functions ~/.zsh_local/.kafka_functions
   brew install kafka
 fi
 
-if [ -f ~/.gitconfig ] 
+if [ -f ~/.gitconfig ]
   then
-    echo "~/.gitconfig already exists."
-  else 
+    echo "$HOME/.gitconfig already exists."
+  else
 tee -a ~/.gitconfig << EOF
 [core]
 	excludesfile = ~/.gitignore_global
@@ -114,10 +114,31 @@ echo '----------------------------'
 echo 'contents of ~/.gitconfig'
 echo '----------------------------'
 cat ~/.gitconfig
-echo
+
+# install basic dependencies
+echo '----------------------------'
+echo 'installing software packages'
+echo '----------------------------'
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER zsh
+(cd ~ && sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)")
 echo '----------------------------'
 echo "installing fzf-tab. may still be broken on most recent release"
 echo "may need to undo commits from main. Do so at ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/fzf-tab"
 echo '----------------------------'
-git clone https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/fzf-tab
+git clone https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/fzf-tab
 # git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER micro
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER maven
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER fzf
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER tmuxinator
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER bat
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER ripgrep
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER btop
+#$PACKAGE_MANAGER zsh-syntax-highlighting
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER rectangle
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER gron
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER jq
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER jnv
+git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
+git clone https://github.com/catppuccin/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/zsh-syntax-highlighting
+git clone https://github.com/junegunn/fzf-git.sh.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/scripts
diff --git a/mac/.zprofile b/mac/.zprofile
index 379651e..d0e8f35 100644
--- a/mac/.zprofile
+++ b/mac/.zprofile
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
+
+source $(brew --prefix)/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
+# source $(brew --prefix)/Cellar/fzf/**/shellcompletion.zsh
+# source $(brew --prefix)/Cellar/fzf/**/shell/key-bindings.zsh
+eval "$(fzf --zsh)"
 #M1 ^
 # eval "$(/usr/local/Homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
-#intel ^
\ No newline at end of file
+#intel ^
diff --git a/mac/install.sh b/mac/install.sh
index b28c9a0..f7051d6 100644
--- a/mac/install.sh
+++ b/mac/install.sh
@@ -8,29 +8,6 @@ mkdir ~/temp
 # alias update="brew update --auto-update && brew upgrade && (cd ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/fzf-tab && git pull) && (cd ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions && git pull)"
 # alias update="brew update --auto-update && brew upgrade && (cd ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions && git pull)"
 
-echo '----------------------------'
-echo 'installing software packages'
-echo '----------------------------'
-
-brew install zsh
-(cd ~ && sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)")
-brew install micro
-brew install maven
-brew install fzf
-brew install tmuxinator
-brew install bat
-brew install ripgrep
-brew install btop
-brew install zsh-syntax-highlighting
-git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
-git clone https://github.com/catppuccin/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/zsh-syntax-highlighting
-git clone https://github.com/junegunn/fzf-git.sh.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/scripts
-brew install bat
-brew install rectangle
-brew install gron
-brew install jq
-brew install jnv
-
 echo '----------------------------'
 echo 'install openjdk 8? (y/Y) or (n/N)'
 read install8
diff --git a/pc/install.sh b/pc/install.sh
index f0f5ef5..e22b391 100644
--- a/pc/install.sh
+++ b/pc/install.sh
@@ -2,25 +2,11 @@
 
 sudo apt -y update && sudo apt -y upgrade && sudo apt -y dist-upgrade && sudo apt -y autoremove
 
-ln -s /mnt/c/Users/$(cd /mnt/c && /mnt/c/Windows/System32/cmd.exe /c 'echo %USERNAME%' | sed -e 's/\r//g')/Documents ~/Documents
-ln -s /mnt/c/Users/$(cd /mnt/c && /mnt/c/Windows/System32/cmd.exe /c 'echo %USERNAME%' | sed -e 's/\r//g')/Downloads ~/Downloads
+ln -s /mnt/c/Users/"$(cd /mnt/c && /mnt/c/Windows/System32/cmd.exe /c 'echo %USERNAME%' | sed -e 's/\r//g')"/Documents ~/Documents
+ln -s /mnt/c/Users/"$(cd /mnt/c && /mnt/c/Windows/System32/cmd.exe /c 'echo %USERNAME%' | sed -e 's/\r//g')"/Downloads ~/Downloads
 mkdir /mnt/c/repos && ln -s /mnt/c/repos ~/repos
 mkdir /mnt/c/temp && ln -s /mnt/c/temp ~/temp
 
-echo '----------------------------'
-echo 'installing software packages'
-echo '----------------------------'
-
-sudo apt install -y zsh
-(cd ~ && sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)")
-sudo apt install -y micro
-sudo apt install -y maven
-sudo apt install -y fzf
-sudo apt install -y tmuxinator
-sudo apt install -y bat
-sudo apt install -y ripgrep
-sudo apt install -y btop
-
 echo 'install openjdk 8? (y/Y) or (n/N)'
 read install8
 echo 'install openjdk 11? (y/Y) or (n/N)'