diff --git a/tmux/tmux.conf b/tmux/tmux.conf
index 69c914a..45b8e93 100644
--- a/tmux/tmux.conf
+++ b/tmux/tmux.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# force SHELL ENV variable as shell
+set-option -g default-shell ${SHELL}
+set-option -g default-command "${SHELL} -"
+#set-option -g default-command "${SHELL} --init-file .bashrc"
+
 # Some tweaks to the status line
 set -g status-right "%H:%M"    
 #set -g window-status-current-attr "underscore"