diff --git a/tmux/tmux.conf.symlink b/tmux/tmux.conf.symlink
index 63a89b3..aa79ff7 100644
--- a/tmux/tmux.conf.symlink
+++ b/tmux/tmux.conf.symlink
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 set -g default-command "zsh"
-set -g default-terminal "tmux"
+set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color"
 set -g history-limit 20000
 
 # automatically renumber tmux windows