diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ef1eaeb..5953112 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -10,3 +10,9 @@
 [submodule "vim/bundle/supertab"]
 	path = vim/bundle/supertab
 	url = git://github.com/ervandew/supertab.git
+[submodule "vim/bundle/tagbar"]
+	path = vim/bundle/tagbar
+	url = git://github.com/majutsushi/tagbar.git
+[submodule "vim/bundle/solarized"]
+	path = vim/bundle/solarized
+	url = git://github.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized.git
diff --git a/vim/bundle/solarized b/vim/bundle/solarized
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..528a59f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/bundle/solarized
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 528a59f26d12278698bb946f8fb82a63711eec21
diff --git a/vim/bundle/tagbar b/vim/bundle/tagbar
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..3c07565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/bundle/tagbar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3c075654d424c6e3c20521bd4567b517a2410593
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index a1ad816..8274cc9 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -38,3 +38,11 @@ set ruler
 set nohls
 
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.less set filetype=less
+
+" solarized colors
+set background=dark
+let g:solarized_termtrans=1
+let g:solarized_termcolors=256
+let g:solarized_contrast="high"
+let g:solarized_visibility="high"
+colorscheme solarized
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 44d070f..6fc79ca 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ compinit
 alias vi=vim
 alias grep='grep --color=auto'
 alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+
+export TERM="xterm-256color"