diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 024db631..56e7d4f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 
 And others I forgot about...
 
+
+# Applied Changes
+
+- Changed opening the window popup from `ctrl + w` to `ctrl + v`
+- Added an auto select for files in the tree explorer when jumping through opened buffers 
+- Changed some default settings (enabling bufferline, indent guides, the embedded explorer, cursor modes etc.)
+
 - - -
 
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diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
index fbab360c..b94e01ad 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
@@ -1370,6 +1370,11 @@ impl Component for EditorView {
 
         if let Some(explore) = self.explorer.as_mut() {
             if !explore.content.is_focus() && config.explorer.is_embed() {
+                let current_doc = view!(cx.editor).doc;
+                let current_doc = cx.editor.document(current_doc).unwrap();
+                if let Some(path) = current_doc.path() {
+                    explore.content.set_selection(&path);
+                }
                 explore.content.render(area, surface, cx);
             }
         }
diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/explore.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/explore.rs
index 951a2ebc..929cccf4 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/explore.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/explore.rs
@@ -321,6 +321,16 @@ impl Explorer {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn set_selection(&mut self, path: &Path) {
+        let info = if path.is_file() {
+            FileInfo::new(path.into(), FileType::File)
+        } else {
+            FileInfo::new(path.into(), FileType::Dir)
+        };
+        self.tree.select(&info);
+        self.tree.save_view();
+    }
+
     pub fn new_explorer_recursion() -> Result<Self> {
         let current_root = std::env::current_dir().unwrap_or_else(|_| "./".into());
         let parent = FileInfo::parent(&current_root);
diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/tree.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/tree.rs
index 1a3ec01d..4379bbac 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/tree.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/tree.rs
@@ -431,6 +431,19 @@ impl<T: TreeItem> Tree<T> {
         self.items[self.selected].item = item;
     }
 
+    pub fn select(&mut self, select_item: &T) {
+        let selected = self
+            .items
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter(|(_, i)| i.item.cmp(select_item) == Ordering::Equal)
+            .next();
+        if let Some((idx, _)) = selected {
+            self.selected = idx;
+            self.row = idx;
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn insert_current_level(&mut self, item: T) {
         let current = self.current();
         let level = current.level;