diff --git a/link/nix/zshrc b/link/nix/zshrc
index 2fa4b95..86dc05a 100644
--- a/link/nix/zshrc
+++ b/link/nix/zshrc
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
 
 # User configuration
 
+# make tab completions work right
+autoload -Uz compinit && compinit
+
 [ -f ~/.private-env ] && source ~/.private-env || echo '~/.private-env is missing'
 
 # Start GPG agent