diff --git a/home/base/desktop/default.nix b/home/base/desktop/default.nix
index 25e0171a..a146608c 100644
--- a/home/base/desktop/default.nix
+++ b/home/base/desktop/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     ./neovim
     
     ./development.nix
+    ./kitty.nix
     ./media.nix
     ./shell.nix
   ];
diff --git a/home/base/desktop/kitty.nix b/home/base/desktop/kitty.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0afcec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/base/desktop/kitty.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ ... }: {
+  programs.kitty = {
+    enable = true;
+    theme = "Catppuccin-Mocha";
+    # darwinLaunchOptions = {};
+    font = {
+      name = " JetBrainsMono Nerd Font";
+    };
+
+    settings = {
+      background_opacity = "0.92";
+      macos_option_as_alt = true;  # Option key acts as Alt on macOS
+      scrollback_lines = 10000;
+      enable_audio_bell = false;
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/home/base/desktop/media.nix b/home/base/desktop/media.nix
index 820bdd94..da86a6d9 100644
--- a/home/base/desktop/media.nix
+++ b/home/base/desktop/media.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ffmpeg-full
 
     # images
-    viu # terminal image viewer
+    viu # Terminal image viewer with native support for iTerm and Kitty 
     imagemagick
     graphviz
   ];
diff --git a/home/base/desktop/neovim/astronvim_user/init.lua b/home/base/desktop/neovim/astronvim_user/init.lua
index d1b15bef..2d6fed2c 100644
--- a/home/base/desktop/neovim/astronvim_user/init.lua
+++ b/home/base/desktop/neovim/astronvim_user/init.lua
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ return {
         {"nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter"}
       }
     },
+    {
+      'edluffy/hologram.nvim',
+      config = function()
+        require('hologram').setup({
+           auto_display = true -- WIP automatic markdown image display, may be prone to breaking
+        })
+      end,
+    },
     -- Language Parser for syntax highlighting / indentation / folding / Incremental selection
     {
       "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",