diff --git a/tmux/install.sh b/tmux/install.sh
index bfcc5e5..a4872c2 100755
--- a/tmux/install.sh
+++ b/tmux/install.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 ln -svrf tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf
+tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf
  
diff --git a/tmux/tmux.conf b/tmux/tmux.conf
index e858059..bac96e8 100644
--- a/tmux/tmux.conf
+++ b/tmux/tmux.conf
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'
 set -g @plugin 'seebi/tmux-colors-solarized'
 set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-battery'
 
+set -g @colors-solarized 'dark'
+
 # Other examples:
 # set -g @plugin 'github_username/plugin_name'
 # set -g @plugin 'git@github.com/user/plugin'