diff --git a/2-core.sh b/2-core.sh
index d424680..e82ac62 100644
--- a/2-core.sh
+++ b/2-core.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
 cp -a config/. ~/.config
 
 # echo "source ~/.config/bash/bashrc" >> ~/.bashrc
 # actually, I want this command to be indempotent, mmh
 
+# install core packages
 bash packages/core/1-lf.sh
 bash packages/core/2-tmux.sh
 bash packages/core/3-gnome-extensions.sh
 bash packages/core/4-alacritty.sh
 
-alacritty --config-file ./config/alacritty/alacritty-autostart.yml --command "/usr/bin/bash"
+# hand off to alacritty
+chmod +x 3-tmux.sh
+alacritty --config-file ./config/alacritty/alacritty-autostart.yml --command "$HOME/nunOS/3-tmux.sh" &
diff --git a/3-finegrained.sh b/3-finegrained.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/3-tmux.sh b/3-tmux.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d4ecae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3-tmux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+chmod +x 4-finegrained.sh
+/usr/bin/tmux new-session -d -s nunos "bash 4-finegrained.sh"
+/usr/bin/tmux attach -t nunos
+# -c "4-finegrained.sh"
diff --git a/4-finegrained.sh b/4-finegrained.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..638a1bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/4-finegrained.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+echo 1 && sleep 2 && bash
diff --git a/4-launch.sh b/4-launch.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/config/alacritty/alacritty-autostart.yml b/config/alacritty/alacritty-autostart.yml
index 8c21493..083e3c4 100644
--- a/config/alacritty/alacritty-autostart.yml
+++ b/config/alacritty/alacritty-autostart.yml
@@ -442,12 +442,12 @@ cursor:
 #   - (macOS) /bin/bash --login
 #   - (Linux/BSD) user login shell
 #   - (Windows) powershell
-shell:
-  program: /bin/bash
-  args:
-    - -l
-    - -c
-    - "bash" #tmuxp load desk"
+#shell:
+#  program: /bin/bash
+#  args:
+#    - -l
+#    - -c
+#    - "bash" #tmuxp load desk"
 # - "tmux"
 # Startup directory
 #