diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 64efcc2..b72ab68 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ zinit ice as"command" from"gh-r" \
           atpull"%atclone" src"init.zsh"
 zinit light starship/starship
 
-# async dotfiles pull (once/day, after prompt)
-zinit ice wait'1' silent nocompile atload'
+# async dotfiles pull (once/day)
+{
+  sleep 1
   local marker=~/.cache/.dotfiles-pull
   [[ -f $marker && $(($(date +%s) - $(stat -c %Y $marker))) -lt 86400 ]] && return
   mkdir -p ~/.cache && touch $marker
   git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotgit/ --work-tree=$HOME pull --ff-only -q 2>/dev/null
-'
-zinit light zdharma-continuum/null
+} &!
 
 # paths
 typeset -U path
@@ -138,6 +138,15 @@ alias tmuxr="tmux new-session -A -s auto"
 alias tmuxn="tmux new-session -A -s auto \; new-window"
 alias tmuxa="tmux new-session -A -s"
 
+# yazi wrapper (cd to dir on exit)
+function y() {
+  local tmp="$(mktemp -t "yazi-cwd.XXXXXX")" cwd
+  command yazi "$@" --cwd-file="$tmp"
+  IFS= read -r -d '' cwd < "$tmp"
+  [ "$cwd" != "$PWD" ] && [ -d "$cwd" ] && builtin cd -- "$cwd"
+  rm -f -- "$tmp"
+}
+
 # aliases: misc
 alias zshreload="exec zsh"
 alias -g LATEST='*(om[1])'            # glob: most recently modified