diff --git a/home/lukas/alacritty.nix b/home/lukas/alacritty.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc60fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/lukas/alacritty.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  programs.alacritty = {
+    enable = true;
+    settings = {
+
+      terminal.shell = {
+        program = "${pkgs.tmux}/bin/tmux";
+        args = [ "new-session" "-A" "-s" "main" ];
+      };
+
+      window = {
+          opacity = 0.85;
+     };
+    };
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/home/lukas/default.nix b/home/lukas/default.nix
index a8863b0..0fb26b1 100644
--- a/home/lukas/default.nix
+++ b/home/lukas/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     ./git.nix
     ./packages.nix
     ./shell.nix
-    ./terminal.nix
+    ./alacritty.nix
+    ./tmux.nix
     ./xgd.nix
     ./hyprland.nix
     ./rofi.nix
diff --git a/home/lukas/terminal.nix b/home/lukas/tmux.nix
similarity index 53%
rename from home/lukas/terminal.nix
rename to home/lukas/tmux.nix
index 0df1299..4f65bdb 100644
--- a/home/lukas/terminal.nix
+++ b/home/lukas/tmux.nix
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@
       set-option -g history-limit 50000
       set -g default-shell "${pkgs.zsh}/bin/zsh"
       set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color"
+
+      # split bindings: prefix+v = vertical split (side-by-side)
+      bind v split-window -h
+
+      # split bindings: prefix+h = horizontal split (top/bottom)
+      bind h split-window -v
+
+      # hide the status bar
+      set -g status off
+
     '';
   };
-
-
-  programs.alacritty = {
-    enable = true;
-    settings.terminal.shell = {
-        program = "${pkgs.tmux}/bin/tmux";
-        args = [ "new-session" "-A" "-s" "main" ];
-      };
-  };
 }
-