diff --git a/bin/fzf-tmux b/bin/fzf-tmux
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..e47790f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/fzf-tmux
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/home/keegan/.dotfiles/src/fzf/bin/fzf-tmux
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install.conf.yaml b/install.conf.yaml
index ebeb90d..254729e 100644
--- a/install.conf.yaml
+++ b/install.conf.yaml
@@ -13,14 +13,12 @@
 - clean:
     ~/.vim:
       recursive: true
-    ~/.tmux:
-      recurive: true
     ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom:
       recursive: true
 
 - shell:
     - [bin/pre-install.sh]
-    - [git submodule update --init --recursive, Installing submodules]
+    - [git submodule update --init --recursive --remote, Installing submodules]
     - [cd src/tmux-mem-cpu-load && cmake . && make, Building tmux-mem-cpu-load]
     - [cd src/fzf && make, Building fzf]
 
@@ -29,7 +27,6 @@
     ~/.vimrc:
     ~/.zshrc:
         force: true
-    ~/.tmux:
     ~/.tmux.conf:
     ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom:
       path: oh-my-zsh/custom
@@ -48,8 +45,3 @@
     ~/bin/fzf-tmux: src/fzf/bin/fzf-tmux
     # custom systemd for time tracking
     ~/.config/systemd/user/timesheet.service: src/timetracker/timesheet.service
-
-# need to do after folders linked
-- shell:
-    - [~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/bin/install_plugins, Installing Tmux Plugins]
-    - [~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/bin/update_plugins all, Updating Tmux Plugins]
diff --git a/tmux.conf b/tmux.conf
index 2f41818..cbc07a7 100644
--- a/tmux.conf
+++ b/tmux.conf
@@ -41,5 +41,8 @@ set -g status-left-length 100
 #set -g @continuum-systemd-start-cmd 'new-session -d -s doormat'
 
 
+# auto install plugins
+if "test ! -d ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm" \
+    "run 'git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm && ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/bin/install_plugins'"
 # run tpm
 run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'
diff --git a/tmux/plugins/tpm b/tmux/plugins/tpm
deleted file mode 160000
index b699a7e..0000000
--- a/tmux/plugins/tpm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b699a7e01c253ffb7818b02d62bce24190ec1019