diff --git a/environment.zsh b/environment.zsh
index 6a348d9..e9c1914 100644
--- a/environment.zsh
+++ b/environment.zsh
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ export ZSH_CACHE="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/zsh"
 mkdir -p $ZSH_CACHE
 
 # executable search path
+export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:$PATH
 export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
+export PATH=$HOME/.local/sbin:$PATH
 
-
+# https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/11182
+export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH
diff --git a/linux.zsh b/linux.zsh
index 8d590a8..c163fa2 100644
--- a/linux.zsh
+++ b/linux.zsh
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# if we have a screen, we can try a colored screen
+if [[ "$TERM" == "screen" ]]; then
+    export TERM="screen-256color"
+fi
 
 # activate ls colors, (private if possible)
 export ZSH_DIRCOLORS="$ZSH_CONFIG/dircolors-solarized/dircolors.256dark"