diff --git a/zellij/files/config.kdl b/zellij/files/config.kdl
index 6dcec42..cf84274 100644
--- a/zellij/files/config.kdl
+++ b/zellij/files/config.kdl
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ keybinds clear-defaults=true {
 // changing these requires a restart to take effect
 plugins {
     about location="zellij:about"
-compact-bar location="zellij:compact-bar" { // replace it with these lines
-    tooltip "F1" // choose a keybinding to toggle the hints
-}
+		compact-bar location="zellij:compact-bar" { 
+			tooltip "F1" 
+		}
     configuration location="zellij:configuration"
     filepicker location="zellij:strider" {
         cwd "/"
diff --git a/zellij/files/layouts/dev.kdl b/zellij/files/layouts/dev.kdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb0b53a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zellij/files/layouts/dev.kdl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+layout {
+    default_tab_template {
+        children
+        pane size=1 borderless=true {
+            plugin location="zellij:compact-bar"
+        }
+    }
+
+    tab name="dotfiles" cwd="/home/thomasgl/.dotfiles" {
+        pane split_direction="vertical" {
+            pane stacked=true {
+                pane
+                pane command="nvim"
+            }
+            pane size="30%" command="pi"
+        }
+    }
+
+    tab name="NixOS" cwd="/home/thomasgl/etc/nixos" {
+        pane split_direction="vertical" {
+            pane stacked=true {
+                pane
+                pane command="nvim"
+            }
+            pane size="30%" command="pi"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/zellij/files/layouts/dotfiles.kdl b/zellij/files/layouts/dotfiles.kdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a9fc3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zellij/files/layouts/dotfiles.kdl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+layout {
+    cwd "/home/thomasgl/.dotfiles"
+    pane split_direction="vertical" {
+        pane stacked=true {
+            pane
+            pane command="nvim"
+        }
+        pane size="30%" command="pi"
+    }
+    pane size=1 borderless=true {
+        plugin location="zellij:compact-bar"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/zellij/files/layouts/nixos.kdl b/zellij/files/layouts/nixos.kdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3876dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zellij/files/layouts/nixos.kdl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+layout {
+    cwd "/home/thomasgl/etc/nixos"
+    pane split_direction="vertical" {
+        pane stacked=true {
+            pane
+            pane command="nvim"
+        }
+        pane size="30%" command="pi"
+    }
+    pane size=1 borderless=true {
+        plugin location="zellij:compact-bar"
+    }
+}