diff --git a/neovim/kickstart/init.lua b/neovim/kickstart/init.lua
index aba2f71..2a96986 100644
--- a/neovim/kickstart/init.lua
+++ b/neovim/kickstart/init.lua
@@ -168,9 +168,6 @@ require('lazy').setup({
     'catppuccin/nvim',
     name = 'catppuccin',
     priority = 1000,
-    config = function()
-      vim.cmd.colorscheme 'catppuccin-macchiato'
-    end,
   },
 
   {
@@ -241,7 +238,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
   --    Uncomment the following line and add your plugins to `lua/custom/plugins/*.lua` to get going.
   --
   --    For additional information see: https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim#-structuring-your-plugins
-  -- { import = 'custom.plugins' },
+  { import = 'custom.plugins' },
 }, {})
 
 -- [[ Setting options ]]
@@ -250,6 +247,10 @@ require('lazy').setup({
 
 -- Set highlight on search
 vim.o.hlsearch = true
+vim.keymap.set("n", "<Esc>", "<cmd>nohlsearch<CR>")
+
+-- Set colorcolumn
+vim.opt.colorcolumn = "120"
 
 -- Make line numbers default
 vim.wo.number = true
@@ -260,7 +261,10 @@ vim.o.mouse = 'a'
 -- Sync clipboard between OS and Neovim.
 --  Remove this option if you want your OS clipboard to remain independent.
 --  See `:help 'clipboard'`
-vim.o.clipboard = 'unnamedplus'
+-- vim.o.clipboard = 'unnamedplus'
+--
+-- leader y and p yanks and pastes from the system clipboards
+vim.keymap.set('n', "<leader>y", "<registers>+y")
 
 -- Enable break indent
 vim.o.breakindent = true
@@ -293,9 +297,12 @@ vim.o.tabstop = 4
 vim.o.guicursor = "a:block"
 
 -- Set transparent background
-vim.cmd [[ 
+--[[ vim.cmd [[ 
   hi Normal guibg=None 
-]]
+  hi NvimTreeNormal guibg=None 
+  hi NvimTreeNormalFloat guibg=None 
+  hi NvimTreeNormalNC guibg=None 
+]]--]] 
 
 -- [[ Basic Keymaps ]]
 
@@ -623,5 +630,16 @@ cmp.setup {
   },
 }
 
+-- set up catppuccin
+require('catppuccin').setup({
+  transparent_background = true,
+  integrations = {
+    nvimtree = true,
+    mason = true,
+    treesitter = true,
+  },
+})
+
+vim.cmd.colorscheme 'catppuccin-macchiato'
 -- The line beneath this is called `modeline`. See `:help modeline`
 -- vim: ts=2 sts=2 sw=2 et