diff --git a/zsh/zshrc b/zsh/zshrc
index f637bd9..46789a9 100644
--- a/zsh/zshrc
+++ b/zsh/zshrc
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 export PURE_GIT_PULL=0
 export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
 
-# set zsh options
+# set zsh options and features
 setopt autocd
+autoload -Uz compinit && compinit
 
 # load zsh plugins
 [ -f "$HOME/.local/share/zap/zap.zsh" ] && source "$HOME/.local/share/zap/zap.zsh"