diff --git a/.tmux.conf b/.tmux.conf
index ad68c13..74e70f4 100644
--- a/.tmux.conf
+++ b/.tmux.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## make tmux display things in 256 colors
-set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
+## Getting italics working correctly in tmux
+## https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/745718
+set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color"
 
 ## set scrollback history to 10000 (10k)
 set -g history-limit 10000
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ set -g window-style bg=default
 set -g window-active-style bg=default
 
 ## Status Bar: color
-set-option -g status-style bg=colour0,fg=colour8,bright
+set-option -g status-style bg=colour0,fg=colour8,bright 
 
 ## Status Bar: Left - hostname
 set -g status-left-length 70
@@ -91,10 +93,10 @@ set -g visual-activity on
 
 # ## use send-prefix to pass C-a through to application
 # #bind C-a send-prefix
-#
+# 
 # ## Make the current window the first window
 # bind T swap-window -t 1
-#
+# 
 # set-option -g display-panes-active-colour colour2
 # set-option -g display-panes-colour colour1
-#
+#