diff --git a/home/kitty/alacritty-colors.conf b/home/kitty/alacritty-colors.conf
index d8f0b28..3a2cf5f 100644
--- a/home/kitty/alacritty-colors.conf
+++ b/home/kitty/alacritty-colors.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 ## blurb: All natural pine, faux fur and a bit of soho vibes for the classy minimalist
 
 foreground               #d8d8d8
-background               #050505
+# background               #050505
 selection_foreground     #e0def4
 selection_background     #403d52
 
diff --git a/home/modules/kitty.nix b/home/modules/kitty.nix
index 636479c..483b815 100644
--- a/home/modules/kitty.nix
+++ b/home/modules/kitty.nix
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ in
         background_opacity = 0.98;
         font_size = 12;
 
-        # FIXME: I really should remove this
-        allow_remote_control = "yes";
+        # allow_remote_control = "yes";
       };
 
       extraConfig =
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ in
         ''
           include ${../../home/kitty/alacritty-colors.conf}
 
-          map ctrl+k ${pkgs.writeShellScript "kitten-snap" "${kitten} @ get-text --self --ansi > /tmp/test"}
+          # map ctrl+k ${pkgs.writeShellScript "kitten-snap" "${kitten} @ get-text --self --ansi > /tmp/test"}
         '';
     };
   };
diff --git a/hosts/little-lightning/configuration.nix b/hosts/little-lightning/configuration.nix
index a3a3423..026cb6a 100644
--- a/hosts/little-lightning/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/little-lightning/configuration.nix
@@ -118,7 +118,12 @@
         '';
       };
 
+      session = pkgs.writeText "main-kitty-session" ''
+        cd /Users/zynh
+      '';
+
       yabai = lib.getExe pkgs.yabai;
+      kitty = lib.getExe pkgs.kitty;
     in
     {
       enable = true;
@@ -127,7 +132,7 @@
         alt - t : ${yabai} -m window --toggle float --grid 4:4:1:1:2:2
 
         # open terminal window using shell script
-        cmd - return : ${lib.getExe newAlacrityWindow}
+        cmd - return : ${kitty} --session ${session} --single-instance
 
         # rebind space switching
         ctrl - left : ${yabai} -m space --focus prev || ${yabai} -m space --focus last
diff --git a/hosts/little-lightning/home.nix b/hosts/little-lightning/home.nix
index 862affb..949063f 100644
--- a/hosts/little-lightning/home.nix
+++ b/hosts/little-lightning/home.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
   snowhawk = {
     alacritty.enable = true;
+    kitty.enable = true;
     macos.enable = true;
     sources.enable = true;
     projects.enable = true;
@@ -38,6 +39,18 @@
   #   set -g default-shell "$SHELL"
   # '';
 
+  programs.kitty.settings = {
+    font_family = lib.mkForce "family=\"JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono\" style=\"ExtraLight\"";
+    bold_font = lib.mkForce "family=\"JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono\" style=\"Light\"";
+    italic_font = lib.mkForce "family=\"JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono\" style=\"ExtraLight Italic\"";
+    bold_italic_font = lib.mkForce "family=\"JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono\" style=\"Light Italic\"";
+    background_opacity = lib.mkForce 0.94;
+    background = lib.mkForce "#171717";
+    font_size = lib.mkForce 16.0;
+    hide_window_decorations = lib.mkForce "titlebar-only";
+    macos_option_as_alt = lib.mkForce "both";
+  };
+
   programs.alacritty.settings = {
     font.size = lib.mkForce 16.0;
     window.opacity = lib.mkForce 0.94;
@@ -53,6 +66,11 @@
       darwin-rebuild switch --flake ~/nixos#little-lightning |& nom
     '')
 
+    (writeShellScriptBin "restart-skhd" ''
+      launchctl stop org.nixos.skhd
+      launchctl start org.nixos.skhd
+    '')
+
     wakeonlan
 
     go