diff --git a/nvim/catppuccin.lua b/nvim/catppuccin.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ebe647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nvim/catppuccin.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+require("catppuccin").setup({
+	compile_path = vim.env.out .. "/lua/colors",
+	integrations = {
+		telescope = {
+			enabled = true,
+			style = "nvchad"
+		},
+		blink_cmp = true,
+		harpoon = true,
+		nvim_surround = true,
+		which_key = true,
+		navic = true,
+		leap = true,
+		noice = true,
+	},
+})
diff --git a/nvim/default.nix b/nvim/default.nix
index d898d33..a67b5f0 100644
--- a/nvim/default.nix
+++ b/nvim/default.nix
@@ -24,61 +24,90 @@ in
 
     config = ./.;
 
-    plugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; {
-      start = [
-        (mkPlugin lz-nvim "lz-n")
-        # TODO: use catppuccin's compile feature. see: https://github.com/stasjok/dotfiles/blob/36037f523185ba1409dd953999fda0f0db0dbd4f/nvim/default.nix#L136C8-L148C12
-        catppuccin-nvim
-        nvim-treesitter.withAllGrammars
-        nvim-treesitter-textobjects
-        vim-illuminate
-        nvim-lspconfig
-        oil-nvim
-        nvim-surround
-        telescope-fzf-native-nvim
-        vim-sleuth
-        auto-save-nvim
+    plugins = let
+      catppuccin-nvim = let
+        neovim = pkgs.neovim.override {
+          configure.packages.catppuccin-nvim.start = [pkgs.vimPlugins.catppuccin-nvim];
+        };
+      in
+        pkgs.runCommand "catppuccin-nvim" {} ''
+          mkdir -p $out
+          cp -r --no-preserve=mode,ownership ${pkgs.vimPlugins.catppuccin-nvim}/* $out
+          rm -rf $out/doc $out/colors/*
 
-        gitsigns-nvim
-        git-conflict-nvim
+          ${neovim}/bin/nvim -l ${./catppuccin.lua}
+          rm $out/lua/colors/cached
+          cd $out/lua/colors
+          for flavor in *; do
+            mv "$out/lua/colors/$flavor" "catppuccin-$flavor.lua"
+            cat <<-eof > $out/colors/catppuccin-''${flavor}.lua
+            if vim.g.colors_name == "catppuccin-$flavor" and vim.o.background ~= (vim.g.colors_name == "catppuccin-latte" and "light" or "dark") then
+              dofile("$out/lua/colors/catppuccin-" .. (vim.o.background == "light" and "latte" or "mocha") .. ".lua")
+            else
+              dofile("$out/lua/colors/catppuccin-$flavor.lua")
+            end
+          eof
+          done
 
-        mini-icons
-        mini-operators
-        mini-splitjoin
-        vim-wordmotion
-        increment-activator
+          cat <<-eof > $out/colors/catppuccin.lua
+          dofile("$out/lua/colors/catppuccin-" .. (vim.o.background == "light" and "latte" or "mocha") .. ".lua")
+          eof
+        '';
+    in
+      with pkgs.vimPlugins; {
+        start = [
+          (mkPlugin lz-nvim "lz-n")
+          catppuccin-nvim
+          nvim-treesitter.withAllGrammars
+          nvim-treesitter-textobjects
+          vim-illuminate
+          nvim-lspconfig
+          oil-nvim
+          nvim-surround
+          telescope-fzf-native-nvim
+          vim-sleuth
+          auto-save-nvim
 
-        leap-nvim
-        flit-nvim
+          gitsigns-nvim
+          git-conflict-nvim
 
-        noice-nvim
-        statuscol-nvim
+          mini-icons
+          mini-operators
+          mini-splitjoin
+          vim-wordmotion
+          increment-activator
 
-        which-key-nvim
-        nvim-colorizer-lua
-        nvim-pqf
-        lualine-nvim
-        nvim-navic
-        virt-column-nvim
-        indent-blankline-nvim
+          leap-nvim
+          flit-nvim
 
-        SchemaStore-nvim
-        blink-cmp
-        ts-comments-nvim
-        undotree
-        nvim-lint
-        (conform-nvim.overrideAttrs {
-          # clashes with oil
-          postPatch = "rm doc/recipes.md";
-        })
-        vim-helm
-        (mkPlugin vim-lumen "vim-lumen")
-      ];
-      opt = [
-        telescope-nvim
-        harpoon2
-      ];
-    };
+          noice-nvim
+          statuscol-nvim
+
+          which-key-nvim
+          nvim-colorizer-lua
+          nvim-pqf
+          lualine-nvim
+          nvim-navic
+          virt-column-nvim
+          indent-blankline-nvim
+
+          SchemaStore-nvim
+          blink-cmp
+          ts-comments-nvim
+          undotree
+          nvim-lint
+          (conform-nvim.overrideAttrs {
+            # clashes with oil
+            postPatch = "rm doc/recipes.md";
+          })
+          vim-helm
+          (mkPlugin vim-lumen "vim-lumen")
+        ];
+        opt = [
+          telescope-nvim
+          harpoon2
+        ];
+      };
 
     extraPackages = with pkgs; [
       # telescope helpers
diff --git a/nvim/lua/plugins/theme.lua b/nvim/lua/plugins/theme.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 60d2811..0000000
--- a/nvim/lua/plugins/theme.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-return {
-	{
-		"catppuccin-nvim",
-		colorscheme = "catppuccin",
-		lazy = false,
-		priority = 1000,
-		load = function() end,
-		opt = {
-			integrations = {
-				telescope = {
-					enabled = true,
-					style = "nvchad"
-				},
-				blink_cmp = true,
-				harpoon = true,
-				nvim_surround = true,
-				which_key = true,
-				navic = true,
-				leap = true,
-
-				fidget = false,
-				noice = false,
-			},
-		},
-		after = function(plug)
-			require("catppuccin").setup(plug.opt)
-			vim.cmd.colorscheme("catppuccin")
-		end,
-	},
-
-	{
-		"virt-column.nvim",
-		lazy = false,
-		load = function() end,
-		opts = {
-			char = "▕",
-		},
-		after = function(plug)
-			require("virt-column").setup(plug.opts)
-		end,
-	},
-
-	{
-		"indent-blankline.nvim",
-		lazy = false,
-		load = function() end,
-		event = { "BufReadPost", "BufWritePost", "BufNewFile" },
-		opts = {
-			indent = {
-				char = "▏",
-				tab_char = "▏",
-			},
-			exclude = {
-				filetypes = {
-					"help",
-					"alpha",
-					"dashboard",
-					"neo-tree",
-					"Trouble",
-					"lazy",
-					"lspinfo",
-					"packer",
-					"checkhealth",
-					"help",
-					"man",
-					"",
-				}
-			},
-			scope = { show_start = false, show_end = false, },
-		},
-		after = function(plug)
-			require("ibl").setup(plug.opts)
-		end,
-	},
-}
diff --git a/nvim/lua/plugins/ui.lua b/nvim/lua/plugins/ui.lua
index 9f4b5d2..d2e6c7c 100644
--- a/nvim/lua/plugins/ui.lua
+++ b/nvim/lua/plugins/ui.lua
@@ -58,4 +58,49 @@ return {
 			require("pqf").setup()
 		end,
 	},
+
+	{
+		"virt-column.nvim",
+		lazy = false,
+		load = function() end,
+		opts = {
+			char = "▕",
+		},
+		after = function(plug)
+			require("virt-column").setup(plug.opts)
+		end,
+	},
+
+	{
+		"indent-blankline.nvim",
+		lazy = false,
+		load = function() end,
+		event = { "BufReadPost", "BufWritePost", "BufNewFile" },
+		opts = {
+			indent = {
+				char = "▏",
+				tab_char = "▏",
+			},
+			exclude = {
+				filetypes = {
+					"help",
+					"alpha",
+					"dashboard",
+					"neo-tree",
+					"Trouble",
+					"lazy",
+					"lspinfo",
+					"packer",
+					"checkhealth",
+					"help",
+					"man",
+					"",
+				}
+			},
+			scope = { show_start = false, show_end = false, },
+		},
+		after = function(plug)
+			require("ibl").setup(plug.opts)
+		end,
+	},
 }
diff --git a/nvim/lua/settings.lua b/nvim/lua/settings.lua
index db59142..2e04703 100644
--- a/nvim/lua/settings.lua
+++ b/nvim/lua/settings.lua
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ vim.opt.listchars = {
 	precedes = "◢",
 	nbsp = "○",
 }
+vim.opt.completeopt = { "menuone", "popup", "noinsert", "fuzzy" }
+vim.opt.pumheight = 15
 
 -- for all modes except terminal
 vim.keymap.set({ "i", "n", "o", "x", "v", "s", "l", "c" }, "<C-c>", "<esc>")
@@ -101,4 +103,6 @@ vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("TextYankPost", {
 	end,
 })
 
+vim.cmd.colorscheme("catppuccin")
+
 require("./lsp")