diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index e17ffb7..d0094cf 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -28,14 +28,7 @@ rm -rf .oh-my-zsh
 # git clone https://github.com/dcreager/dotfiles-public -b codespaces --recurse-submodules .dotfiles.public
 # $HOME/.dotfiles.base/bin/dotfiles.symlink install
 
-echo >&2 "====================================================================="
-echo >&2 " >> installing tmux"
-TMUX_VERSION=3.3a
-curl -LO https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/${TMUX_VERSION}/tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
-tar -zxf tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
-cd tmux-*/
-./configure
-make && sudo make install
+/bin/bash install_tmux.sh
 
 # I'd like to use fish, please
 echo >&2 "====================================================================="
diff --git a/install_tmux.sh b/install_tmux.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..23c6892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install_tmux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+echo >&2 "====================================================================="
+echo >&2 " >> installing tmux"
+TMUX_VERSION=3.3a
+curl -LO https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/${TMUX_VERSION}/tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
+tar -zxf tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
+cd tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}/
+./configure
+make && sudo make install