diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index f8ea0c1..91c1c14 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/zsh
 # Blake's ZSH config file
 
-# vim:fdm=marker:fmr=>>>,<<<:expandtab:sw=3
+# vim:fdm=marker:fmr=>>>,<<<:et:ft=zsh:sw=3
 
 ### Basic shell configuration >>>
 ### Environment variables >>>
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@
    alias \
       nvc="(cd ~/.config/nvim && nvim)" \
       zshrc="$EDITOR ~/.zshrc" \
-      todo="$EDITOR ~/todo" \
       fstab="sudo $EDITOR /etc/fstab" \
 
    # Git cLONE
@@ -157,6 +156,13 @@
       done
    }
 
+   # an improved way to manage the todo list
+   todo() {
+      cd "$(dirname "$(realpath ~/todo)")"
+      test -d .git || git rev-parse --git-dir > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo 'pulling repository' && git pull
+      "$EDITOR" ~/todo 
+   }
+
    # Simple extraction script. Taken from manjaro's .bashrc
    ex() {
       if [ -f $1 ] ; then