diff --git a/home/shell/default.nix b/home/shell/default.nix
index 7c48c90..5967ab9 100644
--- a/home/shell/default.nix
+++ b/home/shell/default.nix
@@ -27,9 +27,16 @@ in
     initExtraBeforeCompInit = with pkgs; ''
       source ${zsh-syntax-highlighting}/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
       source ${zsh-history-substring-search}/share/zsh-history-substring-search/zsh-history-substring-search.zsh
+      source ${./first-tab-completion.zsh}
     '';
     initExtra = ''
+      zmodload zsh/complist
       zstyle ':completion:*' menu select
+      zstyle ':completion:*' insert-tab false
+      bindkey '^I' first-tab-completion
+      bindkey -M menuselect '\e' send-break
+      bindkey -M menuselect '^[[Z' reverse-menu-complete
+
       setopt histignoredups
       bindkey '^[[A' history-substring-search-up
       bindkey '^[[B' history-substring-search-down
diff --git a/home/shell/first-tab-completion.zsh b/home/shell/first-tab-completion.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..938aa70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/shell/first-tab-completion.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+first-tab-completion() {
+  if [[ $#BUFFER == 0 ]]; then
+    BUFFER="cd "
+    CURSOR=3
+    zle list-choices
+    # zle backward-kill-word # breaks completion
+  else
+    zle expand-or-complete
+  fi
+}
+zle -N first-tab-completion