diff --git a/plugins/zeus/_zeus b/plugins/zeus/_zeus
index 5a13bd9ec..78f0c545e 100644
--- a/plugins/zeus/_zeus
+++ b/plugins/zeus/_zeus
@@ -2,33 +2,97 @@
 #autoload
 
 # in order to make this work, you will need to have the gem zeus installed
-
-# zeus zsh completion, based on adb completion
+# zeus zsh completion
 
 local -a _1st_arguments
-_1st_arguments=(
-'console:Lets you interact with your Rails application from the command line. (alias = c)'
-'cucumber:Runs cucumber.'
-'dbconsole:Figures out which database you are using and drops you into whichever command line interface.'
-'destroy:Figures out what generate did, and undoes it. (alias = d)'
-'generate:Uses templates to create a whole lot of things. (alias = g)'
-'rake:Execute rake tasks.'
-'runner:Runs Ruby code in the context of Rails non-interactively. (alias = r)'
-'server:Launches a small web server named WEBrick which comes bundled with Ruby. (alias = s)'
-'start:Preloads the zeus environment'
-'test:Runs RSpec tests. (alias = rspec, testrb)'
-'version:Shows the version number.'
-)
-
-local expl
-local -a pkgs installed_pkgs
-
-_arguments \
-	'*:: :->subcmds' && return 0
-
-if (( CURRENT == 1 )); then
-	_describe -t commands "zeus subcommand" _1st_arguments
-	return
+if [[ -e .zeus.sock ]]; then
+  _1st_arguments=(
+  'console:Lets you interact with your Rails application from the command line. (alias = c)'
+  'cucumber:Runs cucumber.'
+  'dbconsole:Figures out which database you are using and drops you into whichever command line interface.'
+  'destroy:Figures out what generate did, and undoes it. (alias = d)'
+  'generate:Uses templates to create a whole lot of things. (alias = g)'
+  'rake:Execute rake tasks.'
+  'runner:Runs Ruby code in the context of Rails non-interactively. (alias = r)'
+  'server:Launches a small web server named WEBrick which comes bundled with Ruby. (alias = s)'
+  'test:Runs RSpec tests. (alias = rspec, testrb)'
+  'version:Shows the version number.'
+  )
+else
+  _1st_arguments=(
+  'start:Preloads the zeus environment'
+  'init:Generate a zeus.json file'
+  )
 fi
 
-_files
+_rails_generate_arguments() {
+    generate_arguments=(
+      controller
+      generator
+      helper
+      integration_test
+      mailer
+      migration
+      model
+      observer
+      performance_test
+      plugin
+      resource
+      scaffold
+      scaffold_controller
+      session_migration
+      stylesheets
+    )
+}
+
+_rake_does_task_list_need_generating () {
+  if [ ! -f .rake_tasks ]; then return 0;
+  else
+    accurate=$(stat -f%m .rake_tasks)
+    changed=$(stat -f%m Rakefile)
+    return $(expr $accurate '>=' $changed)
+  fi
+}
+
+_zrake ()
+{
+    local expl
+    declare -a tasks
+
+    if [ -f Rakefile ]; then
+      if _rake_does_task_list_need_generating; then
+        echo "\nGenerating .rake_tasks..." > /dev/stderr
+        rake --silent --tasks | cut -d " " -f 2 > .rake_tasks
+      fi
+      tasks=(`cat .rake_tasks`)
+      _wanted tasks expl 'rake' compadd $tasks
+    fi
+}
+
+local expl
+local curcontext="$curcontext" state line
+typeset -A opt_args
+
+_arguments -C \
+    ':command:->command' \
+    '*::options:->options'
+
+
+case $state in
+  (command)
+    _describe -t commands "zeus subcommand" _1st_arguments
+    return
+  ;;
+
+  (options)
+    case $line[1] in
+      (rake)
+        _zrake
+      ;;
+      (generate|g|destroy|d)
+        _rails_generate_arguments
+        _wanted generate_arguments expl 'all generate' compadd -a generate_arguments
+      ;;
+    esac
+  ;;
+esac