diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6aaa2ff..4a4662e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Below, a list of applications that are managed and of their prerequisites to mak
 - ZSH
     oh-my-zsh (automatically fetched by dotdrop)
 - tmux
+    acpi
 - neovim
     plug (automatically fetched by dotdrop)
     fonts-powerline
diff --git a/dotfiles/tmux.conf b/dotfiles/tmux.conf
index a219470..9ecde4c 100644
--- a/dotfiles/tmux.conf
+++ b/dotfiles/tmux.conf
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-# remap prefix to Control + a
+# remap prefix to Control + a
 set -g prefix C-a
 unbind C-b
 bind C-a send-prefix
 
-set-option -g status-position top
-
 # force a reload of the config file
 unbind r
 bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf
@@ -30,3 +28,15 @@ bind -n M-Left select-pane -L
 bind -n M-Right select-pane -R
 bind -n M-Up select-pane -U
 bind -n M-Down select-pane -D
+
+# tabs
+setw -g window-status-format "#[fg=white]#[bg=blue] #I #[bg=blue]#[fg=white] #W "
+setw -g window-status-current-format "#[bg=white]#[fg=black] *#I #[fg=black,bold]#[bg=white] [#W] "
+
+# status bar
+set-option -g status-position top
+set -g status-fg white
+set -g status-bg blue
+set -g status-left ''
+set -g status-right-length 60
+set -g status-right '♥ #(acpi | cut -d ',' -f 2) | %a %m-%d %H:%M'