diff --git a/zsh/.config/zsh/.p10k._zsh b/zsh/.config/zsh/.p10k._zsh
index a1422a8..ddaab13 100644
--- a/zsh/.config/zsh/.p10k._zsh
+++ b/zsh/.config/zsh/.p10k._zsh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   typeset -g POWERLEVEL9K_LEFT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(
     # =========================[ Line #1 ]=========================
     # os_icon               # os identifier
+    vi_mode                 # vi mode (you don't need this if you've enabled prompt_char)
     dir                     # current directory
     # =========================[ Line #2 ]=========================
     newline
@@ -87,7 +88,6 @@
     vim_shell               # vim shell indicator (:sh)
     midnight_commander      # midnight commander shell (https://midnight-commander.org/)
     nix_shell               # nix shell (https://nixos.org/nixos/nix-pills/developing-with-nix-shell.html)
-    vi_mode                 # vi mode (you don't need this if you've enabled prompt_char)
     # vpn_ip                # virtual private network indicator
     # load                  # CPU load
     # disk_usage            # disk usage
diff --git a/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc b/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc
index 127d395..01a0b1d 100644
--- a/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -105,6 +105,29 @@ bindkey " " globalias
 bindkey "^ " magic-space           # control-space to bypass completion
 bindkey -M isearch " " magic-space # normal space during searches
 
+# VIM MODE for the shell
+# enable vim mode on pressing escape
+bindkey -v
+# remove the delay for switching modes
+export KEYTIMEOUT=1
+# space puts a space, even in cmd mode
+bindkey -a ' ' magic-space
+# always allow backspace/delete to remove letters
+bindkey '^?' backward-delete-char
+bindkey -a '^?' backward-delete-char
+bindkey '^h' backward-delete-char
+bindkey -a '^h' backward-delete-char
+# and forward with delete
+bindkey '^[[3~' delete-char
+bindkey -a '^[[3~' delete-char
+# always allow removing words with <c-w>
+bindkey -a '^w' backward-kill-word
+# enable cycling through previous commands with <c-p/n>
+bindkey '^P' up-line-or-history
+bindkey '^N' down-line-or-history
+# search history backwards <c-r>
+bindkey '^r' history-incremental-search-backward
+
 # Deduplicate PATH - remove any duplicate entries from PATH
 # from: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/40749/remove-duplicate-path-entries-with-awk-command
 get_var() {