diff --git a/dotfiles/screenrc b/dotfiles/screenrc
index e25a1f8..eed7ab5 100644
--- a/dotfiles/screenrc
+++ b/dotfiles/screenrc
@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
-escape ^]a
-
-#bell_msg '^GBell in window %n'
-
-#width 80
-#height 24
-defscrollback 1000000
-
-#shell -/bin/bash
-
-#screen -t editor
-#screen -t shell
-#screen -t other
-#select 1
-#select 0
-
-startup_message off
+vbell off
+escape ``
+autodetach on
+altscreen on
+defflow auto
+defscrollback 5000
+screen -t bash 1
+#change the hardstatus settings to give an window list at the bottom of the
+#screen, with the time and date and with the current window highlighted
 hardstatus alwayslastline
-hardstatus string '%{gk}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{wk}%?%-Lw%?%{=b kR} (%{W}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{=b kR})%{= kw}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{Y}%l%{g}] %{=b C}[ %m/%d %c ]%{W}'
+hardstatus string '%{= kG}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{= kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{B} %d/%m %{W}%c %{g}]'
diff --git a/z_myoldsettings.conf b/z_myoldsettings.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d58bd18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/z_myoldsettings.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
+# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
+# exists.
+# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
+# the files are located in the bash-doc package.
+
+# the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask
+# for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package.
+#umask 022
+
+# if running bash
+#if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
+    ## include .bashrc if it exists
+    #if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
+	#. "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    #fi
+#fi
+
+## set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+#if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
+    #PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
+#fi