diff --git a/modules/zellij/config.kdl b/modules/zellij/config.kdl
index bc1e058..ebeab95 100644
--- a/modules/zellij/config.kdl
+++ b/modules/zellij/config.kdl
@@ -283,7 +283,9 @@ themes {
 
 plugins {
     about location="zellij:about"
-    compact-bar location="zellij:compact-bar"
+    compact-bar location="zellij:compact-bar" {
+        tooltip "F1"
+    }
     configuration location="zellij:configuration"
     filepicker location="zellij:strider" {
         cwd "/"
@@ -301,8 +303,10 @@ plugins {
 load_plugins {
 }
  
+simplified_ui true
 default_mode "locked"
 default_shell "fish"
+default_layout "compact"
 pane_frames true
 scroll_buffer_size 100000
 copy_on_select true
diff --git a/modules/zellij/layouts/default.kdl b/modules/zellij/layouts/default.kdl
index 8ce2ddf..0ac57ee 100644
--- a/modules/zellij/layouts/default.kdl
+++ b/modules/zellij/layouts/default.kdl
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 layout {
-    pane size=1 borderless=true {
-        plugin location="tab-bar"
-    }
     pane
     pane size=1 borderless=true {
-        plugin location="status-bar"
+        plugin location="compact-bar"
     }
 }