diff --git a/.chezmoi.toml.tmpl b/.chezmoi.toml.tmpl
index fdb83d6..e9eb1a7 100644
--- a/.chezmoi.toml.tmpl
+++ b/.chezmoi.toml.tmpl
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 {{- $installGo := promptBool "installGo" true -}}
 {{- $installNode := promptBool "installNode" true -}}
 {{- $installRust := promptBool "installRust" true -}}
+{{- $enableTmux := promptBool "enableTmux" true -}}
+
+[data.shell]
+  tmux = {{ $enableTmux }}
 
 [data.gitconfig]
   email = {{ $email | quote }}
diff --git a/dot_zshrc b/dot_zshrc.tmpl
similarity index 97%
rename from dot_zshrc
rename to dot_zshrc.tmpl
index b1332af..b94329f 100644
--- a/dot_zshrc
+++ b/dot_zshrc.tmpl
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+{{ if .shell.tmux }}
 export ZSH_TMUX_AUTOSTART=true
 export ZSH_TMUX_AUTOSTART_ONCE=true
 export ZSH_TMUX_AUTOCONNECT=true
+{{ end }}
+
 # install zinit 
 # git clone https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit.git ~/.zinit/bin
 source ~/.zinit/bin/zinit.zsh