diff --git a/lua/plugins.lua b/lua/plugins.lua
index 148590d..89428f8 100644
--- a/lua/plugins.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins.lua
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ local plugins = {
 --			},
 --				config = function(_, opts)
 --				require("nvim-autopairs").setup(opts)
- --       		end,
+--				end,
 --		}, -- }}}
 	-- }}}
 
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ local plugins = {
 
 		--start screen
 		{
-			'goolord/alpha-nvim',
+			'nvimdev/dashboard-nvim',
+			event = 'VimEnter',
+			dependencies = { {'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons'}}
 		},
 	-- }}}
 
diff --git a/lua/ui/startscreen.lua b/lua/ui/startscreen.lua
index a9be514..7c01343 100644
--- a/lua/ui/startscreen.lua
+++ b/lua/ui/startscreen.lua
@@ -1,177 +1,36 @@
-local alpha = require("alpha")
-
-local col = function(strlist, opts)
-  -- strlist is a TABLE of TABLES, representing columns of text
-  -- opts is a text display option
-
-  -- column spacing
-  local padding = 12
-  -- fill lines up to the maximim length with 'fillchar'
-  local fillchar = ' '
-  -- columns padding char (for testing)
-  local padchar = ' '
-
-  -- define maximum string length in a table
-  local maxlen = function(str)
-    local max = 0
-    for i in pairs(str) do
-      if #str[i] > max then
-        max = #str[i]
-      end
-    end
-    return max
-  end
-
-  -- add as much right-padding to align the text block
-  local pad = function(str, max)
-    local strlist = {}
-    for i in pairs(str) do
-      if #str[i] < max then
-        local newstr = str[i] .. string.rep(fillchar, max-#str[i])
-        table.insert(strlist, newstr)
-      else
-        table.insert(strlist, str[i])
-      end
-    end
-    return strlist
-  end
-
-  -- this is a table for text strings
-  local values = {}
-  -- process all the lines
-  for i=1,maxlen(strlist) do
-    local str = ''
-    -- process all the columns but last, because we dont wand extra padding
-    -- after last column
-    for column=1,#strlist-1 do
-      local maxstr = maxlen(strlist[column])
-      local padded = pad(strlist[column], maxstr)
-      if strlist[column][i] == nil then
-        str = str .. string.rep(fillchar, maxstr) .. string.rep(padchar, padding)
-      else
-        str = str .. padded[i] .. string.rep(padchar, padding)
-      end
-    end
-
-    -- lets process the last column, no extra padding
-    do
-      local maxstr = maxlen(strlist[#strlist])
-      local padded = pad(strlist[#strlist], maxstr)
-      if strlist[#strlist][i] == nil then
-        str = str .. string.rep(fillchar, maxlen(strlist[#strlist]))
-      else
-        str = str .. padded[i]
-      end
-    end
-
-    -- insert result into output table
-    table.insert(values, { type = "text", val = str, opts = opts })
-  end
-
-  return values
-end
-
-local window_managment = {
-
-  "ALT-ENT		new tab terminal",
-  "ALT-NUM		move to tab n",
-  "ALT-v   		horizontal split",
-  "ALT-v   		vertical split",
-}
-
-local text_managment = {
-  "CTRL-t		new file",
-  "CTRL-w		:q",
-  "CTRL-n		open file manager"
+local dash = require('dashboard')
+local custom_header = {
+	'   .█▄╥                                   _▄K¥▄   ',
+	'    █  `▀▄_             ▄▄              ╓▄▀"   ▀▌ ',
+	'   █      "▀▄,          ▓ ▀▀▄         ▄▀-       █ ',
+	'  ▐▌         ▀▄▌▀▀▀▀`""▀▀█   ▀▄    _▄▀          ▓ ',
+	'  ▓            "▓╥            "▓_.▓▀            ╫ ',
+	' )▌                             ▀█              ╫ ',
+	' ▐∩                                             █ ',
+	' ▐∩                                            ▐▌ ',
+	' ▐µ                                            █▌ ',
+	'  ▓     ╨▓▓█▄▄╥_             ,▄▄█████▄        █   ',
+	'  ▐▄        `"▀▀██▄        ▐███▌╓_          .▓"   ',
+	'   "▓▄    _▄▄███▀`  ▄▄▄▄┐    "▀▀█████▄   .▄K▀▀▀▀█ ',
+	'▐▌▀▀▀▀ª   ▀▀`                      "▀▄,  _  _╥▄▀  ',
+	' ▓▄   _╥µ __         ,▄▄    ]µ     ` ╫▌@╨   ▀▌    ',
+	'  "▀▄`  ▓K"     *▌▄▄▀"  "▀▀▓▀                ▀▄   ',
+	'   █.              ▐▌     j▌             _    █   ',
+	'  █      ,          ▀▄    ▐▌           ▄▓"▀▀▀▀"   ',
+	' ▐█K▀▀"▀¥██▌▄▄_      ╨▓_ _█      ,▄▄K▀▀           ',
+	'          ▐▌  "▀W      "▀"      "█µ               ',
+	'           ▐█                     "▓_             ',
+	'         _▓▀                        ▀▄            ',
+	'        j█____ _                     ▀▄           ',
+	'           ``"▓"                      ▓⌐          ',
+	'              █                       ▐▌          ',
+	'              ▀                        ▀          ',
 }
 
 
-local applications = {
-  "ALT+ESC          htop",
-  "ALT+t            termusic",
-  "ALT+r            ranger",
-  "ALT+m            matrix",
-
+dash.setup{
+	config = {
+		theme = 'doom',
+		header = custom_header,
+	}
 }
-
-
-
-
-local head = {
-    type = "text",
-    val = {
-[[   .█▄╥                                   _▄K¥▄   ]],
-[[    █  '▀▄_             ▄▄              ╓▄▀"   ▀▌ ]],
-[[   █      "▀▄,          ▓ ▀▀▄         ▄▀-       █ ]],
-[[  ▐▌         ▀▄▌▀▀▀▀'""▀▀█   ▀▄    _▄▀          ▓ ]],
-[[  ▓            "▓╥            "▓_.▓▀            ╫ ]],
-[[ )▌                             ▀█              ╫ ]],
-[[ ▐∩                                             █ ]],
-[[ ▐∩                                            ▐▌ ]],
-[[ ▐µ                                            █▌ ]],
-[[  ▓     ╨▓▓█▄▄╥_             ,▄▄█████▄        █   ]],
-[[  ▐▄        `"▀▀██▄        ▐███▌╓_          .▓"   ]],
-[[   "▓▄    _▄▄███▀'  ▄▄▄▄┐    "▀▀█████▄   .▄K▀▀▀▀█ ]],
-[[▐▌▀▀▀▀ª   ▀▀'                      "▀▄,  _  _╥▄▀  ]],
-[[ ▓▄   _╥µ __         ,▄▄    ]µ     ` ╫▌@╨   ▀▌    ]],
-[[  "▀▄`  ▓K"     *▌▄▄▀"  "▀▀▓▀                ▀▄   ]],
-[[   █.              ▐▌     j▌             _    █   ]],
-[[  █      ,          ▀▄    ▐▌           ▄▓"▀▀▀▀"   ]],
-[[ ▐█K▀▀"▀¥██▌▄▄_      ╨▓_ _█      ,▄▄K▀▀           ]],
-[[          ▐▌  "▀W      "▀"      "█µ               ]],
-[[           ▐█                     "▓_             ]],
-[[         _▓▀                        ▀▄            ]],
-[[        j█____ _                     ▀▄           ]],
-[[           ''"▓"                      ▓⌐          ]],
-[[              █                       ▐▌          ]],
-[[              ▀                        ▀          ]],
-
-},
-opts = {
-position = "center",
-hl = "Type",
-},
-}
-
-local foot = {
-type = "text",
-val = "footer",
-opts = {
-position = "center",
-hl = "Number",
-},
-}
-
-local block1 = {
-type = "group",
-val = col({window_managment, text_managment}, { position = "center", hl = {{ "Title", 0, 7 }, {"Comment", 7, 37}, {"Title", 37, 44}, {"Comment", 44, -1}}}),
-opts = {
-spacing = 0
-},
-}
-
-local block2 = {
-type = "group",
-val = col({applications}, { position = "center", hl = {{"Comment", 7, -1}, { "Title", 0, 7 }} }),
-opts = {
-spacing = 0
-},
-}
-
-
-local opts = {
-layout = {
-{ type = "padding", val = 2 },
-head,
-{ type = "padding", val = 2 },
-block1,
-{ type = "padding", val = 2 },
-block2,
-},
-opts = {
-noautocmd = true,
-margin = 5,
-},
-}
-alpha.setup(opts)
-