diff --git a/scripts/resume_read b/scripts/resume_read
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7fb144ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/resume_read
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+leftoff=7
+
+# Look for current read in either .bashrc or .zshrc
+
+gobble mupdf -I -r 204 "${CURRENT_READ}" "${leftoff}"
diff --git a/zshrc.txt b/zshrc.txt
index 844d33b5..d7d0b278 100644
--- a/zshrc.txt
+++ b/zshrc.txt
@@ -208,3 +208,6 @@ bindkey '^f' fex-widget
 # bun
 export BUN_INSTALL="$HOME/.bun"
 export PATH="$BUN_INSTALL/bin:$PATH"
+
+# current book being read (used in resume_read script)
+export CURRENT_READ=""