diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 1743379..145feb2 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 /* }}} */
 
 static const char clipboard_cmd[] = "echo ^ | xsel -ib --trim"; /*used in yank_text*/
+static const char rename_cmd[] = "mv"; /* as used in rename_hovered, makedir and makefile */
+static const char makefile_cmd[] = "touch"; /*as of now both only do ``rename_cmd new_name``*/
+static const char makedir_cmd[] = "mkdir";
 
 static const mimetype mimetype_default_cmd[] = {
 	/* mimetype	shell command
@@ -120,9 +123,9 @@ static const char ui_btm_text_storage_left[] = "total free";
 static const char ui_btm_current_dir_size[] = "sum of dir,";
 static const char ui_open_with_text[] = "open "SETTINGS_COMMAND_REPLACE_STR" with:";
 static const char ui_rename_text[] = "rename "SETTINGS_COMMAND_REPLACE_STR" to:";
-static const char ui_mkdir_text[] = "mkdir:";
-static const char ui_touch_text[] = "touch:";
-static const char ui_delete_text[] = "delete: "SETTINGS_COMMAND_REPLACE_STR;
+static const char ui_makefile_text[] = "makedir:";
+static const char ui_makedir_text[] = "makefile:";
+static const char ui_delete_text[] = "delete:";
 
 /* {{{ */
 static const unsigned long binding_count = sizeof(key_binding) / sizeof(binding);
@@ -131,6 +134,9 @@ static const unsigned long file_extension_default_count = sizeof(file_extension_
 static const char size_unit_count = (sizeof(size_unit) / sizeof(size_unit[0])) - 1;
 #else
 static const char clipboard_cmd[];
+static const char rename_cmd[];
+static const char makefile_cmd[];
+static const char makedir_cmd[];
 static const mimetype mimetype_default_cmd[];
 static const extension file_extension_default_cmd[];
 static const binding key_binding[];
@@ -140,9 +146,9 @@ static const unsigned long file_extension_default_count;
 static const char size_unit[];
 static const char size_unit_count;
 static const char ui_open_with_text[];
+static const char ui_makedir_text[];
+static const char ui_makefile_text[];
 static const char ui_rename_text[];
-static const char ui_mkdir_text[];
-static const char ui_touch_text[];
 static const char ui_delete_text[];
 #endif
 /* }}} */
diff --git a/interactions.c b/interactions.c
index 49d06e2..0d4b501 100644
--- a/interactions.c
+++ b/interactions.c
@@ -284,7 +284,22 @@ void open_with(){
 	TODO;
 }
 void rename_hovered(){
-	TODO;
+	wclear(win_b);
+	file tmp;
+	tmp.file_name = malloc(INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE);
+	char *parsed_ui_text = parse_cmd(ui_rename_text, mid_dir.current_file);
+	mvwprintw(win_b, 0, 0, parsed_ui_text);
+	if (read_string(win_b, 0, strlen(parsed_ui_text)+1, tmp.file_name) == 0) {
+		char *cmd0 = parse_cmd(rename_cmd, mid_dir.current_file);
+		char *cmd1 = parse_cmd(cmd0, &tmp);
+		system(cmd1);
+		free(cmd0);
+		free(cmd1);
+	}
+	free(parsed_ui_text);
+	free(tmp.file_name);
+	status |= (STATUS_RUN_BACKEND | STATUS_RELOAD_DIRECTORY);
+
 }
 void delete(){
 	TODO;
@@ -293,9 +308,9 @@ void makedir(){
 	wclear(win_b);
 	file tmp;
 	tmp.file_name = malloc(INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE);
-	mvwprintw(win_b, 0, 0, ui_mkdir_text);
-	if (read_string(win_b, 0, strlen(ui_mkdir_text)+1, tmp.file_name) == 0) {
-		char *cmd = parse_cmd("mkdir ", &tmp);
+	mvwprintw(win_b, 0, 0, ui_makedir_text);
+	if (read_string(win_b, 0, strlen(ui_makedir_text)+1, tmp.file_name) == 0) {
+		char *cmd = parse_cmd(makedir_cmd, &tmp);
 		system(cmd);
 		free(cmd);
 	}
@@ -306,9 +321,9 @@ void makefile(){
 	wclear(win_b);
 	file tmp;
 	tmp.file_name = malloc(INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE);
-	mvwprintw(win_b, 0, 0, ui_touch_text);
-	if (read_string(win_b, 0, strlen(ui_touch_text)+1, tmp.file_name) == 0) {
-		char *cmd = parse_cmd("touch ", &tmp);
+	mvwprintw(win_b, 0, 0, ui_makefile_text);
+	if (read_string(win_b, 0, strlen(ui_makefile_text)+1, tmp.file_name) == 0) {
+		char *cmd = parse_cmd(makefile_cmd, &tmp);
 		system(cmd);
 		free(cmd);
 	}