diff --git a/tag-zsh/zshrc b/tag-zsh/zshrc
index a5185b3..9fa867c 100644
--- a/tag-zsh/zshrc
+++ b/tag-zsh/zshrc
@@ -7,13 +7,39 @@ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin
 export PATH=$PATH:"$HOME/.platformsh/bin"
 export PATH="$HOME/.bin:$PATH"
 
-for zsh_source in $HOME/.zsh/configs/*.zsh; do
-  source $zsh_source
-done
-
 for function in $HOME/.zsh/functions/*; do
   source $function
 done
+# extra files in ~/.zsh/configs/pre , ~/.zsh/configs , and ~/.zsh/configs/post
+# these are loaded first, second, and third, respectively.
+_load_settings() {
+  _dir="$1"
+  if [ -d "$_dir" ]; then
+    if [ -d "$_dir/pre" ]; then
+      for config in "$_dir"/pre/**/*~*.zwc(N-.); do
+        . $config
+      done
+    fi
+
+    for config in "$_dir"/**/*(N-.); do
+      case "$config" in
+        "$_dir"/(pre|post)/*|*.zwc)
+          :
+          ;;
+        *)
+          . $config
+          ;;
+      esac
+    done
+
+    if [ -d "$_dir/post" ]; then
+      for config in "$_dir"/post/**/*~*.zwc(N-.); do
+        . $config
+      done
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+_load_settings "$HOME/.zsh/configs"
 
 ensure_tmux_is_running