diff --git a/lua/zellij-nav/health.lua b/lua/zellij-nav/health.lua
index cf70c1f..9a2f408 100644
--- a/lua/zellij-nav/health.lua
+++ b/lua/zellij-nav/health.lua
@@ -1,13 +1,33 @@
 local M = {}
 
+
+M._check = function()
+    vim.health.start("zellij-nav.nvim")
+    local version = vim.fn.system("zellij --version")
+    if vim.v.shell_error ~= 0 then
+        vim.health.error("zellij executable not found in user's path")
+    else
+        vim.health.ok("found zellij version " .. string.gsub(version, "zellij ", ""))
+    end
+end
+
+M.deprecated_check = function()
+    vim.health.report_start("zellij-nav.nvim")
+    local version = vim.fn.system("zellij --version")
+    if vim.v.shell_error ~= 0 then
+        vim.health.report_error("zellij executable not found in user's path")
+    else
+        vim.health.report_ok("found zellij version " .. string.gsub(version, "zellij ", ""))
+    end
+end
+
 M.check = function()
-  vim.health.report_start("zellij-nav.nvim")
-  local version = vim.fn.system("zellij --version")
-  if vim.v.shell_error ~= 0 then
-    vim.health.report_error("zellij executable not found in user's path")
-  else
-    vim.health.report_ok("found zellij version " .. string.gsub(version, "zellij ", ""))
-  end
+    local vim_version = vim.version()
+    if vim_version.minor > 10 then
+        M._check()
+    else
+        M.deprecated_check()
+    end
 end
 
 return M