diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 9abcaf0..653f866 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -14,25 +14,6 @@
       ./services.nix
     ];
 
-  console.colors = [
-    "#002b36"
-    "#dc322f"
-    "#859900"
-    "#b58900"
-    "#268bd2"
-    "#d33682"
-    "#2aa198"
-    "#eee8d5"
-    "#002b36"
-    "#cb4b16"
-    "#586e75"
-    "#657b83"
-    "#839496"
-    "#6c71c4"
-    "#93a1a1"
-    "#fdf6e3"
-  ];
-
   # Bootloader.
   boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
@@ -62,32 +43,31 @@
     LC_TIME = "de_DE.utf8";
   };
 
-  # Enable the GNOME Desktop Environment.
-  # services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
-
   # xserver options
   services.xserver = {
     displayManager = {
       lightdm.enable = true;
-      defaultSession = "xfce+i3";
+      defaultSession = "none+i3";
     };
     enable = true;
     layout = "us";
     xkbVariant = "alt-intl";
-    desktopManager = {
-      xterm.enable = false;
-      xfce = {
-        enable = true;
-        noDesktop = true;
-        enableXfwm = false;
-      };
-    };
     windowManager.i3 = {
       enable = true;
       extraPackages = with pkgs; [
         autotiling
+        brightnessctl
+        xorg.xev
+        dunst
       ];
     };
+    libinput = {
+      enable = true;
+      mouse = {
+        accelProfile = "flat";
+        accelSpeed = "1.0";
+      };
+    };
   };
 
   # Configure console keymap
@@ -114,9 +94,6 @@
     #media-session.enable = true;
   };
 
-  # Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
-  services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;
-
   # Allow unfree packages
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
 
diff --git a/i3/config.nix b/i3/config.nix
index fea322d..3c7779d 100644
--- a/i3/config.nix
+++ b/i3/config.nix
@@ -32,11 +32,15 @@ in
     "${mod}+Shift+l" = "move right";
 
     # split
-    "${mod}+q" = "split toggle";
-
+    "${mod}+e" = "split toggle";
 
+    # control values
+    ## brightness
+    "XF86MonBrightnessUp" = "exec brightnessctl set 2%+";
+    "XF86MonBrightnessDown" = "exec brightnessctl set 2%-";
   };
   startup = [
     { command = "--no-startup-id autotiling"; always = true; }
+    { command = "--no-startup-id feh --bg-scale /etc/nixos/wallpaper.png"; always = true; }
   ];
 }
diff --git a/services.nix b/services.nix
index ab86ef5..5ca10f1 100644
--- a/services.nix
+++ b/services.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 { pkgs, ... }:
 {
-  services = {
-    gnome.gnome-keyring.enable = true;
-  };
+  services = { };
 }
diff --git a/sync.sh b/sync.sh
index b3a3553..39d5484 100755
--- a/sync.sh
+++ b/sync.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ nixpkgs-fmt *.nix ./*/*.nix
 # cp -r /etc/nixos/ ./backup
 
 # copy over all the files to /etc/nixos/
-sudo cp -r ./configuration.nix ./rofi ./i3 ./fish ./kitty ./nvim/ ./packages.nix ./home.nix ./services.nix ./user.nix /etc/nixos/ 
+sudo cp -r ./configuration.nix ./wallpaper.png ./rofi ./i3 ./fish ./kitty ./nvim/ ./packages.nix ./home.nix ./services.nix ./user.nix /etc/nixos/ 
 
 # build penrose and copy it to nixos folder
 # cd ./penrose
diff --git a/user.nix b/user.nix
index d65111a..e2a6348 100644
--- a/user.nix
+++ b/user.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
       ungoogled-chromium
       curl
       git
-      wireguard-tools
       networkmanagerapplet
       thunderbird
 
@@ -38,6 +37,9 @@
       mpv
       yt-dlp
 
+      # images
+      feh
+
       # games
       steam
 
diff --git a/wallpaper.png b/wallpaper.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f282b6
Binary files /dev/null and b/wallpaper.png differ