diff --git a/home/.zshrc b/home/.zshrc
index f9b63f1..aaf8ecc 100644
--- a/home/.zshrc
+++ b/home/.zshrc
@@ -1,105 +1,17 @@
-# If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH.
-# export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
+# plugins
+source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
+source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh # this has to be before zsh-history-substring-search
+source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-history-substring-search/zsh-history-substring-search.zsh
 
-# Path to your oh-my-zsh installation.
-export ZSH="/home/diak/.oh-my-zsh"
+# keybinds
+bindkey '^[[A' history-substring-search-up
+bindkey '^[[B' history-substring-search-down
 
-# Set name of the theme to load --- if set to "random", it will
-# load a random theme each time oh-my-zsh is loaded, in which case,
-# to know which specific one was loaded, run: echo $RANDOM_THEME
-# See https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Themes
-ZSH_THEME="half-life"
+# prompt
+eval "$(starship init zsh)"
 
-# Set list of themes to pick from when loading at random
-# Setting this variable when ZSH_THEME=random will cause zsh to load
-# a theme from this variable instead of looking in $ZSH/themes/
-# If set to an empty array, this variable will have no effect.
-# ZSH_THEME_RANDOM_CANDIDATES=( "robbyrussell" "agnoster" )
-
-# Uncomment the following line to use case-sensitive completion.
-# CASE_SENSITIVE="true"
-
-# Uncomment the following line to use hyphen-insensitive completion.
-# Case-sensitive completion must be off. _ and - will be interchangeable.
-# HYPHEN_INSENSITIVE="true"
-
-# Uncomment one of the following lines to change the auto-update behavior
-# zstyle ':omz:update' mode disabled  # disable automatic updates
-# zstyle ':omz:update' mode auto      # update automatically without asking
-zstyle ':omz:update' mode reminder # just remind me to update when it's time
-
-# Uncomment the following line to change how often to auto-update (in days).
-# zstyle ':omz:update' frequency 13
-
-# Uncomment the following line if pasting URLs and other text is messed up.
-# DISABLE_MAGIC_FUNCTIONS="true"
-
-# Uncomment the following line to disable colors in ls.
-# DISABLE_LS_COLORS="true"
-
-# Uncomment the following line to disable auto-setting terminal title.
-# DISABLE_AUTO_TITLE="true"
-
-# Uncomment the following line to enable command auto-correction.
-# ENABLE_CORRECTION="true"
-
-# Uncomment the following line to display red dots whilst waiting for completion.
-# You can also set it to another string to have that shown instead of the default red dots.
-# e.g. COMPLETION_WAITING_DOTS="%F{yellow}waiting...%f"
-# Caution: this setting can cause issues with multiline prompts in zsh < 5.7.1 (see #5765)
-COMPLETION_WAITING_DOTS="true"
-
-# Uncomment the following line if you want to disable marking untracked files
-# under VCS as dirty. This makes repository status check for large repositories
-# much, much faster.
-# DISABLE_UNTRACKED_FILES_DIRTY="true"
-
-# Uncomment the following line if you want to change the command execution time
-# stamp shown in the history command output.
-# You can set one of the optional three formats:
-# "mm/dd/yyyy"|"dd.mm.yyyy"|"yyyy-mm-dd"
-# or set a custom format using the strftime function format specifications,
-# see 'man strftime' for details.
-# HIST_STAMPS="mm/dd/yyyy"
-
-# Would you like to use another custom folder than $ZSH/custom?
-# ZSH_CUSTOM=/path/to/new-custom-folder
-
-# Which plugins would you like to load?
-# Standard plugins can be found in $ZSH/plugins/
-# Custom plugins may be added to $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/
-# Example format: plugins=(rails git textmate ruby lighthouse)
-# Add wisely, as too many plugins slow down shell startup.
-plugins=(git aliases zsh-autosuggestions node nvm)
-
-source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
-
-# User configuration
-
-# export MANPATH="/usr/local/man:$MANPATH"
-
-# You may need to manually set your language environment
-# export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-
-# Preferred editor for local and remote sessions
-# if [[ -n $SSH_CONNECTION ]]; then
-#   export EDITOR='vim'
-# else
-#   export EDITOR='nvim'
-# fi
-
-# Compilation flags
-# export ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64"
-
-# Set personal aliases, overriding those provided by oh-my-zsh libs,
-# plugins, and themes. Aliases can be placed here, though oh-my-zsh
-# users are encouraged to define aliases within the ZSH_CUSTOM folder.
-# For a full list of active aliases, run `alias`.
+# aliases
 alias c="clear"
 alias v="vim"
 alias r="ranger"
 alias rr="omz reload"
-
-# Example aliases
-# alias zshconfig="mate ~/.zshrc"
-# alias ohmyzsh="mate ~/.oh-my-zsh"
diff --git a/scripts/postinstall.sh b/scripts/postinstall.sh
index 57592c3..780b00b 100644
--- a/scripts/postinstall.sh
+++ b/scripts/postinstall.sh
@@ -68,8 +68,12 @@ pacman -Syu --noconfirm --needed \
     python2-pip \
     bind-tools \
     tree \
+    github-cli \
     zsh \
-    github-cli
+    zsh-autosuggestions \
+    zsh-syntax-highlighting \
+    zsh-history-substring-search \
+    starship
 
 # run user script
 echo "running user script"
diff --git a/scripts/userspace.sh b/scripts/userspace.sh
index 6538092..96eb7b3 100644
--- a/scripts/userspace.sh
+++ b/scripts/userspace.sh
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ fi
 
 cd ~
 
-# install oh my zsh (https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh)
-sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" "" --unattended --keep-zshrc
-# also install some plugins
-git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
-
 # install nvm (https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) and the latest stable node version
 curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.0/install.sh | NODE_VERSION="node" bash
 export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"