diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 161e455..a89eab8 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ plugins=(
     systemd
     k
     extract
-    z
     sudo
     fzf-tab
     # web-search
@@ -226,4 +225,7 @@ source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
 [ -f ~/.fzf.zsh ] && source ~/.fzf.zsh
 export FZF_DEFAULT_OPS="--extended"
 
+# Initialize zoxide (smarter cd command)
+eval "$(zoxide init zsh)"
+
 alias k="k -h"       # show human readable file sizes, in kb, mb etc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index b601456..d7183ea 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ install_packages() {
                 echo "Homebrew is not installed. Installing Homebrew..."
                 /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
             fi
-            brew install zsh git wget fontconfig eza
+            brew install zsh git wget fontconfig eza zoxide
             ;;
         ubuntu|debian)
             sudo apt-get update
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ install_packages() {
                 sudo apt update
                 sudo apt install -y eza
             fi
+            
+            # Install zoxide if not already installed
+            if ! command -v zoxide &> /dev/null; then
+                echo "Installing zoxide..."
+                curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/main/install.sh | sh
+            fi
             ;;
         fedora)
             sudo dnf install -y zsh git wget fontconfig
@@ -90,6 +96,16 @@ install_packages() {
                     fi
                 fi
             fi
+            
+            # Install zoxide if not already installed
+            if ! command -v zoxide &> /dev/null; then
+                echo "Installing zoxide..."
+                # zoxide is available in Fedora 32+
+                if ! sudo dnf install -y zoxide; then
+                    echo "zoxide not available in official repository, installing from install script..."
+                    curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/main/install.sh | sh
+                fi
+            fi
             ;;
         centos|rhel)
             sudo yum install -y zsh git wget fontconfig
@@ -108,9 +124,19 @@ install_packages() {
                     sudo mv eza /usr/local/bin/eza
                 fi
             fi
+            
+            # Install zoxide if not already installed
+            if ! command -v zoxide &> /dev/null; then
+                echo "Installing zoxide..."
+                # Try dnf first (RHEL 8+ and CentOS Stream have zoxide in EPEL), fallback to install script
+                if ! (command -v dnf &> /dev/null && sudo dnf install -y zoxide); then
+                    echo "Installing zoxide from install script..."
+                    curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/main/install.sh | sh
+                fi
+            fi
             ;;
         arch|manjaro)
-            sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm zsh git wget fontconfig eza
+            sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm zsh git wget fontconfig eza zoxide
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Unsupported operating system. Please install zsh, git, wget, and fontconfig manually."
@@ -122,6 +148,12 @@ install_packages() {
                 sudo chown root:root eza
                 sudo mv eza /usr/local/bin/eza
             fi
+            
+            # Try to install zoxide for unsupported systems
+            if ! command -v zoxide &> /dev/null; then
+                echo "Installing zoxide from install script..."
+                curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/main/install.sh | sh
+            fi
             exit 1
             ;;
     esac
@@ -130,12 +162,12 @@ install_packages() {
 
 
 # Check if required packages are installed, if not, install them
-if command -v zsh &> /dev/null && command -v git &> /dev/null && command -v wget &> /dev/null && command -v fc-cache &> /dev/null && command -v eza &> /dev/null; then
-    echo -e "ZSH, Git, wget, fontconfig, and eza are already installed\n"
+if command -v zsh &> /dev/null && command -v git &> /dev/null && command -v wget &> /dev/null && command -v fc-cache &> /dev/null && command -v eza &> /dev/null && command -v zoxide &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -e "ZSH, Git, wget, fontconfig, eza, and zoxide are already installed\n"
 else
     echo "Installing required packages..."
     install_packages
-    echo -e "zsh, wget, git, fontconfig, and eza Installed\n"
+    echo -e "zsh, wget, git, fontconfig, eza, and zoxide Installed\n"
 fi
 
 if [ -f ~/.gitconfig.backup ]; then
@@ -248,6 +280,17 @@ else
     git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab $ZSH/custom/plugins/fzf-tab
 fi
 
+# Import existing z data into zoxide if available
+if command -v zoxide &> /dev/null; then
+    for z_file in ~/.z ~/.local/share/z/data ~/.zlua ~/.fasd; do
+        if [ -f "$z_file" ]; then
+            echo -e "Importing existing z data from $z_file into zoxide\n"
+            zoxide import --from=z "$z_file" 2>/dev/null || echo "Failed to import $z_file, continuing..."
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+fi
+
 
 
 # if git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt-cli.git ~/.config/ezsh/todo; then :