diff --git a/home/.config/zellij/top-bar.kdl b/home/.config/zellij/top-bar.kdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcc6c0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/.config/zellij/top-bar.kdl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+layout {
+    pane size=1 borderless=true {
+        plugin location="compact-bar"
+    }
+    pane
+}
diff --git a/home/.zshrc b/home/.zshrc
index 997f2f1..5117076 100644
--- a/home/.zshrc
+++ b/home/.zshrc
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ eval "$(zoxide init --cmd cd zsh)"
 
 # Make sure that zellij isn't recursively started on shell startup
 if [[ -z $ZELLIJ ]]; then
-    zellij
+    zellij --layout ~/.config/zellij/top-bar.kdl
 fi
 
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