diff --git a/shell_setup.sh b/shell_setup.sh
index d30d9a9..eae09bf 100644
--- a/shell_setup.sh
+++ b/shell_setup.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,43 @@ ${SUDO} echo "source /usr/share/doc/fzf/examples/key-bindings.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc
 ${SUDO} echo 'alias vi="vim"' >> ~/.zshrc
 
 # Configure screen
-echo "defshell -zsh" > ~/.screenrc
+echo "# Allow bold colors - necessary for some reason
+attrcolor b ".I"
+
+# Tell screen how to set colors. AB = background, AF=foreground
+termcapinfo xterm 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm'
+
+# Enables use of shift-PgUp and shift-PgDn
+#termcapinfo xterm|xterms|xs|rxvt ti@:te@
+
+# Erase background with current bg color
+#defbce "on"
+
+# Enable 256 color term
+#term xterm-256color
+
+# Cache 30000 lines for scroll back
+defscrollback 300000
+
+# New mail notification
+#backtick 101 30 15 $HOME/bin/mailstatus.sh
+
+hardstatus alwayslastline 
+# Very nice tabbed colored hardstatus line
+hardstatus string '%{= Kd} %{= Kd}%-w%{= Kr}[%{= KW}%n: %H%{= Kr} %{= Kr}]%{= Kd}%+w %-= %{KG} %H %{KW}|%{KY}%110`%{KW}|%D %M %d %Y%{= Kc} %C%A%{-}'
+
+#hardstatus string "%{= KW} %H [%` %h] %{= Kw}|%{-} %-Lw%{= bW}%n%f %t%{-}%+Lw %=%C%a %Y-%M-%d" 
+#hardstatus string '%?%F%{;4}%?%3n %t%? [%h]%?'
+#hardstatus alwayslastline "%{rk}%H %{gk}%c %{yk}%M%d %{wk}%?%-Lw%?%{bw}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{wk}%?%+Lw%?"
+
+# change command character from ctrl-a to ctrl-b (emacs users may want this)
+#escape ^Bb
+
+# Hide hardstatus: ctrl-a f 
+bind f eval "hardstatus ignore"
+# Show hardstatus: ctrl-a F
+bind F eval "hardstatus alwayslastline"
+defshell -zsh" > ~/.screenrc
 
 # Configure VIM
 curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim