diff --git a/dotfiles/alacritty.yml b/dotfiles/alacritty.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98f5b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/alacritty.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+font:
+  normal:
+    family: Cascadia Code
+  size: 12
+
+background_opacity: 0.9
+draw_bold_text_with_bright_colors: true
+
+colors:
+  primary:
+    background: "0x2D2A2E"
+    foreground: "0xFCFCFA"
+
+  normal:
+    black: "0x2d2a2e"
+    red: "0xcc6666"
+    green: "0xa9dc76"
+    yellow: "0xffd866"
+    blue: "0x78dce8"
+    magenta: "0xff6181"
+    cyan: "0x55dbbe"
+    white: "0xd6d6d6"
+  bright:
+    black: "0x757878"
+    red: "0xcc6666"
+    green: "0xa9dc76"
+    yellow: "0xffd866"
+    blue: "0x78dce8"
+    magenta: "0xff6181"
+    cyan: "0x55dbbe"
+    white: "0xd6d6d6"
+
+window:
+  dynamic_title: true
+
+env:
+  TERM: xterm-256color
diff --git a/roles/base.nix b/roles/base.nix
index cc944d0..e454748 100644
--- a/roles/base.nix
+++ b/roles/base.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
       . "$(fzf-share)/completion.bash"
       . <(z --init bash)
     '';
+
     shellAliases = {
       cat = "bat -pp";
       less = "bat -p";
diff --git a/roles/desktop.nix b/roles/desktop.nix
index 74e35dd..95c7514 100644
--- a/roles/desktop.nix
+++ b/roles/desktop.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     etc = {
       "sway/config".source = ../dotfiles/sway/config;
       "sway/status.toml".source = ../dotfiles/sway/status.toml;
+      "xdg/alacritty/alacritty.yml".source = ../dotfiles/alacritty.yml;
     };
   };