diff --git a/home/gnome/home.nix b/home/gnome/home.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa7c5948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/gnome/home.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ pkgs
+, lib
+, config
+, ... }: with lib; let
+  cfg = config.passthrough.gnome;
+in {
+  imports = [
+    ./impl/home.nix
+    ./impl/dconf.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/home/gnome/impl/catppuccin-nix.png b/home/gnome/impl/catppuccin-nix.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/home/gnome/impl/catppuccin.png b/home/gnome/impl/catppuccin.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/home/gnome/impl/dconf.nix b/home/gnome/impl/dconf.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab7e92c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/gnome/impl/dconf.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+{ pkgs
+, lib
+, config
+, ... }: with lib; let
+  cfg = config.passthrough.gnome;
+in mkIf cfg.enable {
+  dconf.settings = let
+    p = "org/gnome";
+    pd = "${p}/desktop";
+    ps = "${p}/shell";
+    pse = "${ps}/extensions";
+  in {
+    "${pd}/peripherals/mouse".natural-scroll = true;
+    "${p}/epiphany".ask-for-default = false;
+    "${p}/evolution-data-server".migrated = true;
+
+    "${p}/nautilus/preferences" = {
+      default-folder-viewer = "icon-view";
+      migrated-gtk-settings = true;
+      search-filter-time-type = "last_modified";
+    };
+
+    "${pd}/background" = {
+      color-shading-type = "solid";
+      picture-options = "zoom";
+      picture-uri = "file://${./catppuccin-nix.png}";
+      picture-uri-dark = "file://${./catppuccin-nix.png}";
+      primary-color = "#000000000000";
+      secondary-color = "#000000000000";
+    };
+
+    "${pd}/interface" = {
+      color-scheme = "prefer-dark";
+      cursor-theme = "Catppuccin-Frappe-Dark-Cursors";
+      font-antialiasing = "grayscale";
+      font-hinting = "slight";
+      gtk-theme = "Catppuccin-Frappe-Compact-Pink-Dark";
+      icon-theme = "Papirus-Dark";
+    };
+
+    "${pd}/screensaver" = {
+      color-shading-type = "solid";
+      picture-options = "zoom";
+      picture-uri = "file://${./catppuccin-nix.png}";
+      primary-color = "#000000000000";
+      secondary-color = "#000000000000";
+    };
+
+    "${pd}/wm/preferences" = {
+      action-double-click-titlebar = "toggle-maximize";
+      action-middle-click-titlebar = "minimize";
+      button-layout = "close,minimize,maximize:appmenu";
+    };
+
+    "${ps}" = {
+      disabled-extensions = [
+        "light-style@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com"
+        "places-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com"
+        "windowsNavigator@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com"
+        "window-list@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com"
+        "dash-to-panel@jderose9.github.com"
+      ];
+      enabled-extensions = [
+        "user-theme@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com"
+        "apps-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com"
+        "drive-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com"
+        "workspace-indicator@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com"
+        "dash-to-dock@micxgx.gmail.com"
+      ];
+      welcome-dialog-last-shown-version = "45.3";
+    };
+
+    "${pse}/user-theme".name = "Catppuccin-Frappe-Compact-Pink-Dark";
+
+    "${pse}/dash-to-dock" = {
+      background-opacity = 0.80000000000000004;
+      dash-max-icon-size = 48;
+      dock-position = "BOTTOM";
+      height-fraction = 0.90000000000000002;
+      multi-monitor = true;
+    };
+
+    "${pse}/dash-to-panel" = {
+      animate-appicon-hover-animation-extent = ''{'RIPPLE': 4, 'PLANK': 4, 'SIMPLE': 1}'';
+      appicon-margin = 0;
+      appicon-padding = 4;
+      available-monitors = [ 0 ];
+      dot-position = "BOTTOM";
+      hotkeys-overlay-combo = "TEMPORARILY";
+      leftbox-padding = -1;
+      panel-anchors = ''{"0":"MIDDLE"}'';
+      panel-lengths=''{"0":100}'';
+      panel-sizes=''{"0":42}'';
+      primary-monitor = 0;
+      status-icon-padding = -1;
+      trans-use-custom-bg = false;
+      tray-padding = -1;
+      window-preview-title-position = "TOP";
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/home/gnome/impl/home.nix b/home/gnome/impl/home.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf909522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/gnome/impl/home.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ pkgs
+, lib
+, config
+, ... }: with lib; let
+  cfg = config.passthrough.gnome;
+in mkIf cfg.enable {
+  # cursor theme
+  home.pointerCursor = {
+    package = pkgs.catppuccin-cursors.frappeDark;
+    name = "Catppuccin-Frappe-Dark-Cursors";
+  };
+
+  # gtk theme
+  gtk.theme = {
+    package = pkgs.catppuccin-gtk.override {
+      accents = [ "pink" ];
+      size = "compact";
+      #tweaks = [ "rimless" "black" ];
+      variant = "frappe";
+    };
+    name = "Catppuccin-Frappe-Compact-Pink-Dark";
+  };
+
+  home.packages = with pkgs.gnomeExtensions; [
+    dash-to-panel
+    dash-to-dock
+    appindicator
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/home/gnome/impl.nix b/home/gnome/impl/nixos.nix
similarity index 85%
rename from home/gnome/impl.nix
rename to home/gnome/impl/nixos.nix
index c6617c86..e7ebd0a8 100644
--- a/home/gnome/impl.nix
+++ b/home/gnome/impl/nixos.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ in mkIf cfg.enable {
   services.xserver.displayManager.startx.enable = false;
   services.xserver.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;
   services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
+  services.udev.packages = with pkgs; [ gnome.gnome-settings-daemon ];
 
   users.home.persist.directories = [ ];
   environment.persistence."/nix/persist/fhs".directories = [ ];
diff --git a/home/gnome/nixos.nix b/home/gnome/nixos.nix
index 26687e9d..ee00b3ef 100644
--- a/home/gnome/nixos.nix
+++ b/home/gnome/nixos.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , ... }: with lib; let
   cfg = config.home.gnome;
 in {
-  imports = [ ./impl.nix ];
+  imports = [ ./impl/nixos.nix ];
 
   options.home.gnome = {
     enable = mkEnableOption "GNOME desktop environment";