diff --git a/home/apps/starship/config.toml b/home/apps/starship/config.toml
index fd60813..e6ecfea 100644
--- a/home/apps/starship/config.toml
+++ b/home/apps/starship/config.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "$schema" = "https://starship.rs/config-schema.json"
 
 format = """
-[ ](bg:red)\
+[](fg:red)\
 $directory\
 $username\
 $hostname\
diff --git a/home/apps/wezterm/extra.lua b/home/apps/wezterm/extra.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index ae9aaba..0000000
--- a/home/apps/wezterm/extra.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-local wezterm = require("wezterm")
-local utils = require("utils")
-
-local nonpadded_apps = { "nvim", "btop", "btm" }
-
-wezterm.on("smartpadding", function(window, pane)
-  local fgp = pane:get_foreground_process_info()
-  if fgp == nil then
-    return
-  elseif utils.tableContains(nonpadded_apps, fgp.name) then
-    window:set_config_overrides({
-      window_padding = { left = 0, right = 0, top = 0, bottom = 0 },
-    })
-  else
-    window:set_config_overrides({
-      window_padding = wezterm.GLOBAL.smart_padding,
-    })
-  end
-end)
-
-wezterm.on("update-status", function(window, pane)
-  if wezterm.GLOBAL.smart_padding ~= nil then
-    wezterm.emit("smartpadding", window, pane)
-  end
-end)
diff --git a/home/apps/wezterm/smartpadding.lua b/home/apps/wezterm/smartpadding.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..510a5a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/apps/wezterm/smartpadding.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+local wezterm = require("wezterm")
+
+local M = {}
+M.apply_to_config = function(c)
+  local default_padding = c.window_padding
+
+  wezterm.on("smart-padding", function(window, pane)
+    if pane:is_alt_screen_active() then
+      window:set_config_overrides({
+        window_padding = { left = 0, right = 0, top = 0, bottom = 0 },
+      })
+    else
+      window:set_config_overrides({
+        window_padding = default_padding,
+      })
+    end
+  end)
+
+  wezterm.on("update-status", function(window, pane)
+    wezterm.emit("smart-padding", window, pane)
+  end)
+end
+return M
diff --git a/home/apps/wezterm/wezterm.lua b/home/apps/wezterm/wezterm.lua
index 1ca88da..9c95e18 100644
--- a/home/apps/wezterm/wezterm.lua
+++ b/home/apps/wezterm/wezterm.lua
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ end
 
 require("fonts").apply(c)
 require("keys").apply(c)
+c.window_padding = {
+  left = 10,
+  right = 10,
+  top = 10,
+  bottom = 10,
+}
+require("smartpadding").apply_to_config(c)
 
 -- set up terminfo on nix
 c.set_environment_variables = {