diff --git a/home-manager/modules/tmux.nix b/home-manager/modules/tmux.nix
index e4de974..0f018bd 100644
--- a/home-manager/modules/tmux.nix
+++ b/home-manager/modules/tmux.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
     shell = "/home/felix/.nix-profile/bin/zsh";
     terminal = "xterm-256color";
     extraConfig = ''
+      # switch panes using Alt-hjkl without prefix
+      bind -n M-h select-pane -L
+      bind -n M-l select-pane -R
+      bind -n M-k select-pane -U
+      bind -n M-j select-pane -D
 
       '';