diff --git a/nix/overlays/default.nix b/nix/overlays/default.nix
index 3a064cb..c25fafd 100644
--- a/nix/overlays/default.nix
+++ b/nix/overlays/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   modifications = final: prev: {
     dwm = prev.dwm.override {
       patches = [
+        "${self}/patches/dwm/add-custom-commands-and-keys.patch"
         "${self}/patches/dwm/change-mod-key.patch"
         "${self}/patches/dwm/change-termcmd.patch"
         "${self}/patches/dwm/dwm-hide_vacant_tags-6.4.diff"
diff --git a/patches/dwm/add-custom-commands-and-keys.patch b/patches/dwm/add-custom-commands-and-keys.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2733c0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/dwm/add-custom-commands-and-keys.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index 9efa774..6eabff1 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -60,9 +60,14 @@ static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn()
+ static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
+ static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
+ 
++/* custom commands */
++static const char *brave[]  = { "brave", NULL };
++static const char *rofi[]  = { "rofi", "-show", "drun", NULL };
++static const char *thunar[]  = { "thunar", NULL };
++
+ static const Key keys[] = {
+ 	/* modifier                     key        function        argument */
+-	{ MODKEY,                       XK_p,      spawn,          {.v = dmenucmd } },
++	{ MODKEY,                       XK_p,      spawn,          {.v = rofi } },
+ 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             XK_Return, spawn,          {.v = termcmd } },
+ 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_b,      togglebar,      {0} },
+ 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_j,      focusstack,     {.i = +1 } },
+@@ -95,6 +100,8 @@ static const Key keys[] = {
+ 	TAGKEYS(                        XK_8,                      7)
+ 	TAGKEYS(                        XK_9,                      8)
+ 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             XK_q,      quit,           {0} },
++	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             XK_b,      spawn,          {.v = brave } },
++	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             XK_f,      spawn,          {.v = thunar } },
+ };
+ 
+ /* button definitions */