diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/zsh/functions/pmodload b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/functions/pmodload
deleted file mode 100644
index a04c5de..0000000
--- a/home/private_dot_config/zsh/functions/pmodload
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# function pmodload {
-  # if you are using Prezto, you'll need an empty pmodload function
-# }
-
-# vim: ft=zsh sw=2 ts=2 et
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/zsh/functions/tn b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/functions/tn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61062ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/functions/tn
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env zsh
+##? create a new tmux session
+##? use current directory name as a fallback
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+	tmux new-session -s "${PWD:A:t2}"
+else
+	tmux new-session -s "$1"
+fi
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/zsh/zexists.d/cmd/tmux.zsh b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/zexists.d/cmd/tmux.zsh
index 0582d8b..40eede2 100644
--- a/home/private_dot_config/zsh/zexists.d/cmd/tmux.zsh
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/zexists.d/cmd/tmux.zsh
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ alias t-labbook="$DOTFILES_DIR/tmux/labbook.sh"
 alias tmux="tmux -f $HOME/.config/tmux/tmux.conf"
 alias t='tmux'
 alias ta='tmux attach -t'
-alias tn='tmux new-session -s'
+# alias tn='tmux new-session -s'
 alias tl='tmux list-sessions'