diff --git a/home/tmux.conf b/home/tmux.conf
index a528542..b24d243 100644
--- a/home/tmux.conf
+++ b/home/tmux.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# set status bar appearance
-set -g status-bg black
-set -g status-fg white
-set -g window-status-current-fg green
+# tweak colors used by tmux
+set -g status-style bg=cyan,fg=black
+set -g window-status-current-style bg=black,fg=white
+set -g mode-style bg=cyan
 
 # replace default prefix key
 set -g prefix C-Space
@@ -16,12 +16,18 @@ setw -g mode-keys vi
 set -sg escape-time 0
 
 # automatically set terminal titles (not tmux windows)
-# TODO: instead of this ugly thing, is there a way to let title codes passthru?
-set-option -g set-titles on
+set -g set-titles on
+set -g set-titles-string '#T'
+
+# set right-hand status line text, default: "#{=21:pane_title}" %H:%M %d-%b-%y
+set -g status-right "#{=21:pane_title}   %R   %B %e, '%y "
 
 # increase scrollback lines from 2000
 set -g history-limit 10000
 
+# increase message time from 750ms
+set -g display-time 2500
+
 # jump into copy-mode for Shift+PgUp, scroll half a page instead of a full page
 # switching modes is not ideal but it's the only way to scroll within tmux
 bind -n S-PgUp copy-mode \; send-keys -X halfpage-up