diff --git a/zsh/zshrc b/zsh/zshrc
index db5a379..d7d6e28 100644
--- a/zsh/zshrc
+++ b/zsh/zshrc
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# start the x server if we're on tty0 and nothing is running
+[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx
+
+# Bring "xterm" up to "xterm-256color", fairly well expected this should work
+[[ "$TERM" == "xterm" ]] && export TERM="xterm-256color"
+
 # Enable Powerlevel10k instant prompt. Should stay close to the top of ~/.zshrc.
 # Initialization code that may require console input (password prompts, [y/n]
 # confirmations, etc.) must go above this block; everything else may go below.
@@ -5,12 +11,6 @@ if [[ -r "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/p10k-instant-prompt-${(%):-%n}.zsh" ]]
   source "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/p10k-instant-prompt-${(%):-%n}.zsh"
 fi
 
-# start the x server if we're on tty0 and nothing is running
-[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx
-
-# Bring "xterm" up to "xterm-256color", fairly well expected this should work
-[[ "$TERM" == "xterm" ]] && export TERM="xterm-256color"
-
 # make sure antigen exists
 if [[ ! -a ~/.antigen.zsh ]]; then
   wget https://git.io/antigen -O ~/.antigen.zsh