diff --git a/modules/desktop/default.nix b/modules/desktop/default.nix
index ff44bd3..9af86ed 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/default.nix
+++ b/modules/desktop/default.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
   services.printing.enable = true;
 
   users.users.djai.packages = with pkgs; [
+    candy-icons
     hyprpicker
     hyprprop
     waybar
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@
   environment.pathsToLink = [ "/share/xdg-desktop-portal" "/share/applications" ];
   home-manager.users.djai = {
     xdg = {
+      autostart.enable = true;
       mimeApps = {
         enable = true;
         defaultApplications = {
@@ -103,6 +105,8 @@
       };
     };
 
+    # manually symlink candy-icons into $HOME
+    home.file.".icons/candy-icons".source = "${pkgs.candy-icons}/share/icons/candy-icons"; 
 
     home.pointerCursor.enable = true; # catppuccin wanted this for cursors
     catppuccin = {