diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 12abb25..bdf59ae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ If you have any bug reports, please feel free to submit a PR, or a bug report.
 
 ## Installing
 
+### Git
+
 Clone this repository to your `$HOME/.tmux` directory, and add the following line to your `~/.tmux.conf`:
 
 ```bash
@@ -29,6 +31,22 @@ set -g status-right "#(/bin/bash $HOME/.tmux/kube.tmux 250 red cyan)"
 250 is the color selection for the default foreground, red for the context,
 and cyan for the namespace.
 
+### TPM
+
+It can be installed using the [Tmux Plugin Manager](https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm)
+
+```bash
+set -g status-right "#(/bin/bash ~/.tmux/plugins/kube-tmux/kube.tmux 250 red cyan)"
+
+set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
+set -g @plugin 'jonmosco/kube-tmux'
+
+run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'
+```
+
+250 is the color selection for the default foreground, red for the context,
+and cyan for the namespace.
+
 ## Requirements
 
 * tmux
diff --git a/kube.tmux b/kube.tmux
index a88055a..6520141 100644
--- a/kube.tmux
+++ b/kube.tmux
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # Default values for the plugin
 KUBE_TMUX_BINARY="${KUBE_TMUX_BINARY:-kubectl}"
 KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL_ENABLE="${KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL_ENABLE:-true}"
-KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL_DEFAULT="${KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL_DEFAULT:-\u2388 }"
+KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL_CUSTOM="${KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL_CUSTOM}"
 KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL_USE_IMG="${KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL_USE_IMG:-false}"
 KUBE_TMUX_NS_ENABLE="${KUBE_TMUX_NS_ENABLE:-true}"
 KUBE_TMUX_DIVIDER="${KUBE_TMUX_DIVIDER-:}"
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ _kube_tmux_symbol() {
     KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL="${KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL_IMG}"
   fi
 
+  if [ -n $KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL_CUSTOM ]; then
+    KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL="${KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL_CUSTOM}"
+  fi
+
   echo "${KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL}"
 }