diff --git a/home-manager/desktop.nix b/home-manager/desktop.nix
index 828f54e..2b74953 100644
--- a/home-manager/desktop.nix
+++ b/home-manager/desktop.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 {
   imports = [
     (import "${custom.inputs.self}/home-manager/common" { inherit custom; })
+    "${custom.inputs.self}/home-manager/software/alacritty"
     "${custom.inputs.self}/home-manager/software/calibre"
     "${custom.inputs.self}/home-manager/software/czkawka"
     "${custom.inputs.self}/home-manager/software/emacs"
diff --git a/home-manager/software/alacritty/default.nix b/home-manager/software/alacritty/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5afc2ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home-manager/software/alacritty/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{ ... }:
+{
+  programs.alacritty = {
+    enable = true;
+    settings = {
+      env.TERM = "xterm-256color";
+      colors = {
+        primary = {
+          background = "#fdf6e3";
+          foreground = "#657b83";
+        };
+        cursor = {
+          text = "#fdf6e3";
+          cursor = "#657b83";
+        };
+        normal = {
+          black = "#073642";
+          red = "#dc322f";
+          green = "#859900";
+          yellow = "#b58900";
+          blue = "#268bd2";
+          magenta = "#d33682";
+          cyan = "#2aa198";
+          white = "#eee8d5";
+        };
+        bright = {
+          black = "#002b36";
+          red = "#cb4b16";
+          green = "#586e75";
+          yellow = "#657b83";
+          blue = "#839496";
+          magenta = "#6c71c4";
+          cyan = "#93a1a1";
+          white = "#fdf6e3";
+        };
+      };
+      font = {
+        normal = {
+          family = "Source Code Pro";
+          style = "Regular";
+        };
+        bold = {
+          family = "Source Code Pro";
+          style = "Regular";
+        };
+        italic = {
+          family = "Source Code Pro";
+          style = "Italic";
+        };
+        bold_italic = {
+          family = "Source Code Pro";
+          style = "Bold Italic";
+        };
+        size = 12;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/desktop/default.nix b/modules/desktop/default.nix
index 19d3148..c3a0697 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/default.nix
+++ b/modules/desktop/default.nix
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
   environment = {
     systemPackages = with pkgs; [
       # what I consider to be system packages
+      alacritty
       appimage-run
       brightnessctl
       firefox
diff --git a/modules/gnome/default.nix b/modules/gnome/default.nix
index dbb8711..5c672a3 100644
--- a/modules/gnome/default.nix
+++ b/modules/gnome/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       gnomeExtensions.switcheroo
     ];
     gnome.excludePackages = (with pkgs; [
+      gnome-console
       gnome-text-editor
       gnome-tour
     ]) ++ (with pkgs.gnome; [