diff --git a/config/zellij/config.kdl b/config/zellij/config.kdl
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/zellij/config.kdl
@@ -0,0 +1,388 @@
+keybinds {
+  normal {
+    // uncomment this and adjust key if using copy_on_select=false
+    // bind "Alt c" { Copy; }
+  }
+
+  locked {
+    bind "Ctrl g" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+  }
+
+  resize {
+    bind "Ctrl n" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "h" "Left" { Resize "Increase Left"; }
+    bind "j" "Down" { Resize "Increase Down"; }
+    bind "k" "Up" { Resize "Increase Up"; }
+    bind "l" "Right" { Resize "Increase Right"; }
+    bind "H" { Resize "Decrease Left"; }
+    bind "J" { Resize "Decrease Down"; }
+    bind "K" { Resize "Decrease Up"; }
+    bind "L" { Resize "Decrease Right"; }
+    bind "=" "+" { Resize "Increase"; }
+    bind "-" { Resize "Decrease"; }
+  }
+
+  pane {
+    bind "Ctrl p" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "h" "Left" { MoveFocus "Left"; }
+    bind "l" "Right" { MoveFocus "Right"; }
+    bind "j" "Down" { MoveFocus "Down"; }
+    bind "k" "Up" { MoveFocus "Up"; }
+    bind "p" { SwitchFocus; }
+    bind "n" { NewPane; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "d" { NewPane "Down"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "r" { NewPane "Right"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "x" { CloseFocus; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "f" { ToggleFocusFullscreen; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "z" { TogglePaneFrames; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "w" { ToggleFloatingPanes; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "e" { TogglePaneEmbedOrFloating; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "c" { SwitchToMode "RenamePane"; PaneNameInput 0;}
+  }
+
+  move {
+    bind "Ctrl h" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "n" "Tab" { MovePane; }
+    bind "p" { MovePaneBackwards; }
+    bind "h" "Left" { MovePane "Left"; }
+    bind "j" "Down" { MovePane "Down"; }
+    bind "k" "Up" { MovePane "Up"; }
+    bind "l" "Right" { MovePane "Right"; }
+  }
+
+  tab {
+    bind "Ctrl t" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "r" { SwitchToMode "RenameTab"; TabNameInput 0; }
+    bind "h" "Left" "Up" "k" { GoToPreviousTab; }
+    bind "l" "Right" "Down" "j" { GoToNextTab; }
+    bind "n" { NewTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "x" { CloseTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "s" { ToggleActiveSyncTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "b" { BreakPane; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "]" { BreakPaneRight; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "[" { BreakPaneLeft; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "1" { GoToTab 1; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "2" { GoToTab 2; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "3" { GoToTab 3; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "4" { GoToTab 4; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "5" { GoToTab 5; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "6" { GoToTab 6; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "7" { GoToTab 7; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "8" { GoToTab 8; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "9" { GoToTab 9; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "Tab" { ToggleTab; }
+  }
+
+  scroll {
+    bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "e" { EditScrollback; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "s" { SwitchToMode "EnterSearch"; SearchInput 0; }
+    bind "Ctrl c" { ScrollToBottom; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "j" "Down" { ScrollDown; }
+    bind "k" "Up" { ScrollUp; }
+    bind "Ctrl f" "PageDown" "Right" "l" { PageScrollDown; }
+    bind "Ctrl b" "PageUp" "Left" "h" { PageScrollUp; }
+    bind "d" { HalfPageScrollDown; }
+    bind "u" { HalfPageScrollUp; }
+    // uncomment this and adjust key if using copy_on_select=false
+    // bind "Alt c" { Copy; }
+  }
+
+  search {
+    bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "Ctrl c" { ScrollToBottom; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "j" "Down" { ScrollDown; }
+    bind "k" "Up" { ScrollUp; }
+    bind "Ctrl f" "PageDown" "Right" "l" { PageScrollDown; }
+    bind "Ctrl b" "PageUp" "Left" "h" { PageScrollUp; }
+    bind "d" { HalfPageScrollDown; }
+    bind "u" { HalfPageScrollUp; }
+    bind "n" { Search "down"; }
+    bind "p" { Search "up"; }
+    bind "c" { SearchToggleOption "CaseSensitivity"; }
+    bind "w" { SearchToggleOption "Wrap"; }
+    bind "o" { SearchToggleOption "WholeWord"; }
+  }
+
+  entersearch {
+    bind "Ctrl c" "Esc" { SwitchToMode "Scroll"; }
+    bind "Enter" { SwitchToMode "Search"; }
+  }
+
+  renametab {
+    bind "Ctrl c" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "Esc" { UndoRenameTab; SwitchToMode "Tab"; }
+  }
+
+  renamepane {
+    bind "Ctrl c" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "Esc" { UndoRenamePane; SwitchToMode "Pane"; }
+  }
+
+  session {
+    bind "Ctrl o" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Scroll"; }
+    bind "d" { Detach; }
+    bind "w" {
+      LaunchOrFocusPlugin "session-manager" {
+        floating true
+        move_to_focused_tab true
+      };
+
+      SwitchToMode "Normal"
+    }
+  }
+
+  tmux {
+    bind "[" { SwitchToMode "Scroll"; }
+    bind "Ctrl b" { Write 2; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "\"" { NewPane "Down"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "%" { NewPane "Right"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "z" { ToggleFocusFullscreen; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "c" { NewTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "," { SwitchToMode "RenameTab"; }
+    bind "p" { GoToPreviousTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "n" { GoToNextTab; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "Left" { MoveFocus "Left"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "Right" { MoveFocus "Right"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "Down" { MoveFocus "Down"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "Up" { MoveFocus "Up"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "h" { MoveFocus "Left"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "l" { MoveFocus "Right"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "j" { MoveFocus "Down"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "k" { MoveFocus "Up"; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+    bind "o" { FocusNextPane; }
+    bind "d" { Detach; }
+    bind "Space" { NextSwapLayout; }
+    bind "x" { CloseFocus; SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+  }
+
+  shared_except "locked" {
+    bind "Ctrl g" { SwitchToMode "Locked"; }
+    bind "Ctrl q" { Quit; }
+    bind "Alt n" { NewPane; }
+    bind "Alt i" { MoveTab "Left"; }
+    bind "Alt o" { MoveTab "Right"; }
+    bind "Alt h" "Alt Left" { MoveFocusOrTab "Left"; }
+    bind "Alt l" "Alt Right" { MoveFocusOrTab "Right"; }
+    bind "Alt j" "Alt Down" { MoveFocus "Down"; }
+    bind "Alt k" "Alt Up" { MoveFocus "Up"; }
+    bind "Alt =" "Alt +" { Resize "Increase"; }
+    bind "Alt -" { Resize "Decrease"; }
+    bind "Alt [" { PreviousSwapLayout; }
+    bind "Alt ]" { NextSwapLayout; }
+  }
+
+  shared_except "normal" "locked" {
+    bind "Enter" "Esc" { SwitchToMode "Normal"; }
+  }
+
+  shared_except "pane" "locked" {
+    bind "Ctrl p" { SwitchToMode "Pane"; }
+  }
+
+  shared_except "resize" "locked" {
+    bind "Ctrl n" { SwitchToMode "Resize"; }
+  }
+
+  shared_except "scroll" "locked" {
+    bind "Ctrl s" { SwitchToMode "Scroll"; }
+  }
+
+  shared_except "session" "locked" {
+    bind "Ctrl o" { SwitchToMode "Session"; }
+  }
+
+  shared_except "tab" "locked" {
+    bind "Ctrl t" { SwitchToMode "Tab"; }
+  }
+
+  shared_except "move" "locked" {
+    bind "Ctrl h" { SwitchToMode "Move"; }
+  }
+
+  shared_except "tmux" "locked" {
+    bind "Ctrl b" { SwitchToMode "Tmux"; }
+  }
+}
+
+plugins {
+  tab-bar location="zellij:tab-bar"
+  status-bar location="zellij:status-bar"
+  strider location="zellij:strider"
+  compact-bar location="zellij:compact-bar"
+  session-manager location="zellij:session-manager"
+
+  welcome-screen location="zellij:session-manager" {
+    welcome_screen true
+  }
+
+  filepicker location="zellij:strider" {
+    cwd "/"
+  }
+}
+
+// Choose what to do when zellij receives SIGTERM, SIGINT, SIGQUIT or SIGHUP
+// eg. when terminal window with an active zellij session is closed
+// Options:
+//   - detach (Default)
+//   - quit
+//
+// on_force_close "quit"
+
+//  Send a request for a simplified ui (without arrow fonts) to plugins
+//  Options:
+//  - true
+//  - false (Default)
+//
+simplified_ui true
+
+// Choose the path to the default shell that zellij will use for opening new panes
+// Default: $SHELL
+//
+// default_shell "fish"
+
+// Choose the path to override cwd that zellij will use for opening new panes
+//
+// default_cwd ""
+
+// Toggle between having pane frames around the panes
+// Options:
+//   - true (default)
+//   - false
+//
+// pane_frames true
+
+// Toggle between having Zellij lay out panes according to a predefined set of layouts whenever possible
+// Options:
+//   - true (default)
+//   - false
+//
+// auto_layout true
+
+// Whether sessions should be serialized to the cache folder (including their tabs/panes, cwds and running commands) so that they can later be resurrected
+// Options:
+//   - true (default)
+//   - false
+//
+// session_serialization false
+
+// Whether pane viewports are serialized along with the session, default is false
+// Options:
+//   - true
+//   - false (default)
+// serialize_pane_viewport true
+
+// Scrollback lines to serialize along with the pane viewport when serializing sessions, 0
+// defaults to the scrollback size. If this number is higher than the scrollback size, it will
+// also default to the scrollback size. This does nothing if `serialize_pane_viewport` is not true.
+//
+// scrollback_lines_to_serialize 10000
+
+// Define color themes for Zellij
+// For more examples, see: https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/tree/main/example/themes
+// Once these themes are defined, one of them should to be selected in the "theme" section of this file
+//
+// themes {
+//   dracula {
+//     fg 248 248 242
+//     bg 40 42 54
+//     red 255 85 85
+//     green 80 250 123
+//     yellow 241 250 140
+//     blue 98 114 164
+//     magenta 255 121 198
+//     orange 255 184 108
+//     cyan 139 233 253
+//     black 0 0 0
+//     white 255 255 255
+//   }
+// }
+
+// Choose the theme that is specified in the themes section.
+// Default: default
+//
+theme "catppuccin-mocha"
+
+// The name of the default layout to load on startup
+// Default: "default"
+//
+default_layout "compact"
+
+// Choose the mode that zellij uses when starting up.
+// Default: normal
+//
+// default_mode "locked"
+
+// Toggle enabling the mouse mode.
+// On certain configurations, or terminals this could
+// potentially interfere with copying text.
+// Options:
+//   - true (default)
+//   - false
+//
+// mouse_mode false
+
+// Configure the scroll back buffer size
+// This is the number of lines zellij stores for each pane in the scroll back
+// buffer. Excess number of lines are discarded in a FIFO fashion.
+// Valid values: positive integers
+// Default value: 10000
+//
+// scroll_buffer_size 10000
+
+// Provide a command to execute when copying text. The text will be piped to
+// the stdin of the program to perform the copy. This can be used with
+// terminal emulators which do not support the OSC 52 ANSI control sequence
+// that will be used by default if this option is not set.
+// Examples:
+//
+// copy_command "xclip -selection clipboard" // x11
+// copy_command "wl-copy"          // wayland
+// copy_command "pbcopy"           // osx
+
+// Choose the destination for copied text
+// Allows using the primary selection buffer (on x11/wayland) instead of the system clipboard.
+// Does not apply when using copy_command.
+// Options:
+//   - system (default)
+//   - primary
+//
+// copy_clipboard "primary"
+
+// Enable or disable automatic copy (and clear) of selection when releasing mouse
+// Default: true
+//
+// copy_on_select false
+
+// Path to the default editor to use to edit pane scrollbuffer
+// Default: $EDITOR or $VISUAL
+//
+// scrollback_editor "/usr/bin/vim"
+
+// When attaching to an existing session with other users,
+// should the session be mirrored (true)
+// or should each user have their own cursor (false)
+// Default: false
+//
+// mirror_session true
+
+// The folder in which Zellij will look for layouts
+//
+// layout_dir "/path/to/my/layout_dir"
+
+// The folder in which Zellij will look for themes
+//
+// theme_dir "/path/to/my/theme_dir"
+
+// Enable or disable the rendering of styled and colored underlines (undercurl).
+// May need to be disabled for certain unsupported terminals
+// Default: true
+//
+// styled_underlines false
+
+// Enable or disable writing of session metadata to disk (if disabled, other sessions might not know
+// metadata info on this session)
+// Default: false
+//
+// disable_session_metadata true
diff --git a/lib/shared/modules/zellij.nix b/lib/shared/modules/zellij.nix
index 96891ba5..7eebe03e 100644
--- a/lib/shared/modules/zellij.nix
+++ b/lib/shared/modules/zellij.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+{ self, ... }:
 {
   programs.zellij = {
     enable = true;
   };
 
-  xdg.configFile."zellij/config.kdl".text = ''
-    simplified_ui true
-    theme "catppuccin-mocha"
-  '';
+  xdg.configFile."zellij" = {
+    source = "${self}/config/zellij";
+    recursive = true;
+  };
 }