diff --git a/scripts/run_gpg.sh b/scripts/run_gpg.sh
index 05043a4..1671e29 100755
--- a/scripts/run_gpg.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_gpg.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 #could be placed in .profile c.f man page
 gpg-agent --daemon --enable-ssh-support \
-	                   --write-env-file "${HOME}/.gpg-agent-info"
+        --write-env-file "${HOME}/.gpg-agent-info"
+
+if [ -f "${HOME}/.gpg-agent-info" ]; then
+    . "${HOME}/.gpg-agent-info"
+    export GPG_AGENT_INFO
+    export SSH_AUTH_SOCK
+    export SSH_AGENT_PID
+fi
+
diff --git a/scripts/run_mutt.sh b/scripts/run_mutt.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e29cf3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run_mutt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+
+is_running=`ps aux| grep gpg-agent| grep -v grep`
+
+if [ $is_running ] ; then
+	echo "gpg is running";
+else
+	env=`./run_gpg.sh`
+	source $env
+fi
+mutt