diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 5aa9855..3fd3af1 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ if [ ! -f $OMF ]; then
     sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
 fi
 
+#install tmux plugin manager
+git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm
+
 #install git flow completion
 git clone https://github.com/bobthecow/git-flow-completion ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/git-flow-completion
 
diff --git a/tmux.conf b/tmux.conf
index 5603740..2a866f7 100644
--- a/tmux.conf
+++ b/tmux.conf
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
 set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'
 set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect'
 
-if "test ! -d ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm" \
-   "run 'git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm && ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/bin/install_plugins'"
-
 run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'
+
+