diff --git a/home/shell/default.nix b/home/shell/default.nix
index b31feb6..182dc44 100644
--- a/home/shell/default.nix
+++ b/home/shell/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ in
       bindkey "$terminfo[kcud1]" history-substring-search-down
       bindkey -M vicmd 'k' history-substring-search-up
       bindkey -M vicmd 'j' history-substring-search-down
-
     '';
     inherit shellAliases;
   };
diff --git a/home/shell/kitty-gruvbox-dark.conf b/home/shell/kitty-gruvbox-dark.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 369da8d..0000000
--- a/home/shell/kitty-gruvbox-dark.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-# gruvbox dark by morhetz, https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox
-# This work is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.
-# For a copy, see https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
-
-background  #282828
-foreground  #ebdbb2
-
-cursor                #928374
-
-selection_foreground  #928374
-selection_background  #3c3836
-
-color0  #282828
-color8  #928374
-
-# red
-color1                #cc241d
-# light red
-color9                #fb4934
-
-# green
-color2                #98971a
-# light green
-color10               #b8bb26
-
-# yellow
-color3                #d79921
-# light yellow
-color11               #fabd2d
-
-# blue
-color4                #458588
-# light blue
-color12               #83a598
-
-# magenta
-color5                #b16286
-# light magenta
-color13               #d3869b
-
-# cyan
-color6                #689d6a
-# lighy cyan
-color14               #8ec07c
-
-# light gray
-color7                #a89984
-# dark gray
-color15               #928374
diff --git a/home/shell/terminal.nix b/home/shell/terminal.nix
index 74bc8c1..6745d02 100644
--- a/home/shell/terminal.nix
+++ b/home/shell/terminal.nix
@@ -7,18 +7,20 @@ let
   '';
 in
 {
-  # doesn't support font ligatures & undercurls
-  # start with tabbed (need to override alacritty package)
+  # doesn't yet support font ligatures & undercurls
   programs.alacritty = {
     enable = true;
+    package = runCommand "alacritty" {
+      buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+    } ''
+      mkdir $out
+      ln -s ${alacritty}/* $out
+      rm $out/bin
+      makeWrapper ${tabbed}/bin/tabbed $out/bin/alacritty \
+        --add-flags "-c -n Alacritty" \
+        --add-flags "${alacritty}/bin/alacritty --embed"
+    '';
     settings = recursiveUpdate {
     } (trivial.importJSON (yamlToJSON ./alacritty-gruvbox-dark.yml));
   };
-
-  programs.kitty = {
-    enable = true;
-    extraConfig = ''
-      ${with builtins; readFile ./kitty-gruvbox-dark.conf}
-    '';
-  };
 }