diff --git a/nixos/components/gui/home-manager/default.nix b/nixos/components/gui/home-manager/default.nix
index 5cee55a..f4c3904 100644
--- a/nixos/components/gui/home-manager/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/components/gui/home-manager/default.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ in
         config.theme = "gruvbox-light";
       };
 
+      home.shellAliases.cat = "${pkgs.bat}/bin/bat";
+
       # notify me when a command is finished
       programs.noti.enable = true;