diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aae6bcf559..d2f400c53d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+## [0.40.0] - 2024-04-16
 * feat(plugins): skip plugin cache flag when loading plugins (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/2971)
 * fix(grid): recover from various errors (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/2972)
 * fix(grid): flaky scroll with scroll region (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/2935)
diff --git a/example/default.kdl b/example/default.kdl
index 04879ecf42..0d49686e23 100644
--- a/example/default.kdl
+++ b/example/default.kdl
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ keybinds {
         bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Scroll"; }
         bind "d" { Detach; }
         bind "w" {
-            LaunchOrFocusPlugin "zellij:session-manager" {
+            LaunchOrFocusPlugin "session-manager" {
                 floating true
                 move_to_focused_tab true
             };
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ keybinds {
         bind "Ctrl g" { SwitchToMode "Locked"; }
         bind "Ctrl q" { Quit; }
         bind "Alt n" { NewPane; }
+        bind "Alt i" { MoveTab "Left"; }
+        bind "Alt o" { MoveTab "Right"; }
         bind "Alt h" "Alt Left" { MoveFocusOrTab "Left"; }
         bind "Alt l" "Alt Right" { MoveFocusOrTab "Right"; }
         bind "Alt j" "Alt Down" { MoveFocus "Down"; }
@@ -184,11 +186,17 @@ keybinds {
 }
 
 plugins {
-    tab-bar { path "tab-bar"; }
-    status-bar { path "status-bar"; }
-    strider { path "strider"; }
-    compact-bar { path "compact-bar"; }
-    session-manager { path "session-manager"; }
+    tab-bar location="zellij:tab-bar"
+    status-bar location="zellij:status-bar"
+    strider location="zellij:strider"
+    compact-bar location="zellij:compact-bar"
+    session-manager location="zellij:session-manager"
+    welcome-screen location="zellij:session-manager" {
+        welcome_screen true
+    }
+    filepicker location="zellij:strider" {
+        cwd "/"
+    }
 }
 
 // Choose what to do when zellij receives SIGTERM, SIGINT, SIGQUIT or SIGHUP
@@ -349,3 +357,9 @@ plugins {
 // Default: true
 //
 // styled_underlines false
+
+// Enable or disable writing of session metadata to disk (if disabled, other sessions might not know
+// metadata info on this session)
+// Default: false
+//
+// disable_session_metadata true
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diff --git a/zellij-utils/assets/plugins/fixture-plugin-for-tests.wasm b/zellij-utils/assets/plugins/fixture-plugin-for-tests.wasm
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