diff --git a/vim/settings/syntastic.vim b/vim/settings/syntastic.vim
index 95f2c533..a9eeb371 100644
--- a/vim/settings/syntastic.vim
+++ b/vim/settings/syntastic.vim
@@ -6,3 +6,18 @@ let g:syntastic_auto_jump=0
 let g:syntastic_auto_loc_list=1
 "don't care about warnings
 let g:syntastic_quiet_messages = {'level': 'warnings'}
+
+" I have no idea why this is not working, as it used to
+" be a part of syntastic code but was apparently removed
+" This will make syntastic find the correct ruby specified by mri
+function! s:FindRubyExec()
+    if executable("rvm")
+        return system("rvm tools identifier")
+    endif
+
+    return "ruby"
+endfunction
+
+if !exists("g:syntastic_ruby_exec")
+    let g:syntastic_ruby_exec = s:FindRubyExec()
+endif
diff --git a/zsh/aliases.zsh b/zsh/aliases.zsh
index 41bc0269..8f72568f 100644
--- a/zsh/aliases.zsh
+++ b/zsh/aliases.zsh
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ alias gfch='git fetch'
 alias gd='git diff'
 alias gb='git b'
 alias gbd='git b -D -w'
+# Staged and cached are the same thing
 alias gdc='git diff --cached -w'
+alias gds='git diff --staged -w'
 alias gpub='grb publish'
 alias gtr='grb track'
 alias gpl='git pull'