diff --git a/home/base/tui/editors/neovim/nvim/lua/lazy_setup.lua b/home/base/tui/editors/neovim/nvim/lua/lazy_setup.lua
index 7985342b..bdcb5346 100644
--- a/home/base/tui/editors/neovim/nvim/lua/lazy_setup.lua
+++ b/home/base/tui/editors/neovim/nvim/lua/lazy_setup.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ require("lazy").setup({
   { import = "plugins" },
 } --[[@as LazySpec]], {
   -- Configure any other `lazy.nvim` configuration options here
-  install = { colorscheme = { "catppuccin"}, },
+  -- https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim?tab=readme-ov-file#%EF%B8%8F-configuration
+  
+  -- try to load one of these colorschemes when starting an installation during startup
+  install = { colorscheme = { "catppuccin" }, },
   ui = { backdrop = 100 },
   performance = {
     rtp = {
diff --git a/home/base/tui/editors/neovim/nvim/lua/plugins/astroui.lua b/home/base/tui/editors/neovim/nvim/lua/plugins/astroui.lua
index 2080aa98..b4129369 100644
--- a/home/base/tui/editors/neovim/nvim/lua/plugins/astroui.lua
+++ b/home/base/tui/editors/neovim/nvim/lua/plugins/astroui.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ return {
   ---@type AstroUIOpts
   opts = {
     -- change colorscheme
-    colorscheme = "astrodark",
+    -- colorscheme = "astrodark",
+    colorscheme = "catppuccin",
     -- AstroUI allows you to easily modify highlight groups easily for any and all colorschemes
     highlights = {
       init = { -- this table overrides highlights in all themes