diff --git a/states/tmux/defaults.yaml b/states/tmux/defaults.yaml
index f1274b2..cb23ec3 100644
--- a/states/tmux/defaults.yaml
+++ b/states/tmux/defaults.yaml
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ tmux:
       - "pane-border-style": "fg=colour50"
       - "default-terminal": "screen-256color"
       - "history-limit": "1000000"
+      - "status-right": "\"%H:%M:%S %d-%b-%y\""
+      - "status-interval": "5"