diff --git a/templates/.zimrc b/templates/.zimrc
index e1d4a7b..9aad0e6 100644
--- a/templates/.zimrc
+++ b/templates/.zimrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# .zimrc
+
 
 #################
 # CORE SETTINGS #
diff --git a/templates/.zlogin b/templates/.zlogin
index be4235a..5709052 100644
--- a/templates/.zlogin
+++ b/templates/.zlogin
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# .zlogin
+
+
+#
 #
 # startup file read in interactive login shells
 #
@@ -6,53 +8,53 @@
 # This includes zcompile, zcompdump, etc.
 #
 
-# # # old settings go here
-
 (
   # Function to determine the need of a zcompile. If the .zwc file
   # does not exist, or the base file is newer, we need to compile.
   # These jobs are asynchronous, and will not impact the interactive shell
   zcompare() {
     if [[ -s ${1} && ( ! -s ${1}.zwc || ${1} -nt ${1}.zwc) ]]; then
-      zcompile ${1};
-    fi;
+      zcompile ${1}
+    fi
   }
 
-  ZIM_MODS=${ZDOTDIR:-${HOME}}/.zim/modules
+  zim_mods=${ZDOTDIR:-${HOME}}/.zim/modules
   setopt EXTENDED_GLOB
 
   # zcompile the completion cache; siginificant speedup.
   for file in ${ZDOTDIR:-${HOME}}/.zcomp^(*.zwc)(.); do
-    zcompare ${file};
-  done;
+    zcompare ${file}
+  done
 
   # zcompile .zshrc
   zcompare ${ZDOTDIR:-${HOME}}/.zshrc
 
   # zcompile some light module init scripts
-  zcompare ${ZIM_MODS}/git/init.zsh
-  zcompare ${ZIM_MODS}/utility/init.zsh
-  zcompare ${ZIM_MODS}/pacman/init.zsh
-  zcompare ${ZIM_MODS}/spectrum/init.zsh
-  zcompare ${ZIM_MODS}/completion/init.zsh
-  zcompare ${ZIM_MODS}/fasd/init.zsh
+  zcompare ${zim_mods}/git/init.zsh
+  zcompare ${zim_mods}/utility/init.zsh
+  zcompare ${zim_mods}/pacman/init.zsh
+  zcompare ${zim_mods}/spectrum/init.zsh
+  zcompare ${zim_mods}/completion/init.zsh
+  zcompare ${zim_mods}/fasd/init.zsh
 
   # zcompile all .zsh files in the custom module
-  for file in ${ZIM_MODS}/custom/**/^(README.md|*.zwc)(.); do
-    zcompare ${file};
-  done;
+  for file in ${zim_mods}/custom/**/^(README.md|*.zwc)(.); do
+    zcompare ${file}
+  done
 
   # zcompile all autoloaded functions
-  for file in ${ZIM_MODS}/**/functions/^(*.zwc)(.); do
-    zcompare ${file};
-  done;
+  for file in ${zim_mods}/**/functions/^(*.zwc)(.); do
+    zcompare ${file}
+  done
 
   # syntax-highlighting
-  for file in ${ZIM_MODS}/syntax-highlighting/external/highlighters/**/*.zsh; do
-    zcompare ${file};
-  done;
-  zcompare ${ZIM_MODS}/syntax-highlighting/external/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
+  for file in ${zim_mods}/syntax-highlighting/external/highlighters/**/*.zsh; do
+    zcompare ${file}
+  done
+  zcompare ${zim_mods}/syntax-highlighting/external/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
 
   # zsh-histery-substring-search
-  zcompare ${ZIM_MODS}/history-substring-search/external/zsh-history-substring-search.zsh
+  zcompare ${zim_mods}/history-substring-search/external/zsh-history-substring-search.zsh
 ) &!
+
+# # # personal configuration below this line # # #
diff --git a/templates/.zshrc b/templates/.zshrc
index efd64e4..2de53a9 100644
--- a/templates/.zshrc
+++ b/templates/.zshrc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# .zshrc
 
-# # # old settings go here # # #
 
 # # # load Zim # # #
 if [[ -s ${ZDOTDIR:-${HOME}}/.zim/init.zsh ]]; then
-  source ${ZDOTDIR:-${HOME}}/.zim/init.zsh;
-fi;
+  source ${ZDOTDIR:-${HOME}}/.zim/init.zsh
+fi
+
+# # # personal configuration below this line # # #