diff --git a/lua/plugins/disabled.lua b/lua/plugins/disabled.lua
index ac9949d..ccd1a14 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/disabled.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/disabled.lua
@@ -19,6 +19,4 @@ return {
 
   -- UI
   { "echasnovski/mini.indentscope", enabled = false },
-  { "nvimdev/dashboard-nvim", enabled = false },
-  -- add options for alpha-nvim
 }
diff --git a/lua/plugins/ui.lua b/lua/plugins/ui.lua
index d686e4b..9fd1f0c 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/ui.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/ui.lua
@@ -51,4 +51,66 @@ return {
       require("ibl").setup({ indent = { highlight = highlight } })
     end,
   },
+  {
+    "nvimdev/dashboard-nvim",
+    opts = function()
+      local logo = [[
+        ██╗      █████╗ ███████╗██╗   ██╗██╗   ██╗██╗███╗   ███╗███████╗  █████╗ ██╗  ██╗          Z
+        ██║     ██╔══██╗╚══███╔╝╚██╗ ██╔╝██║   ██║██║████╗ ████║██╔═══██╗██╔══██╗██║  ██║      Z    
+        ██║     ███████║  ███╔╝  ╚████╔╝ ██║   ██║██║██╔████╔██║████████║███████║███████║   z       
+        ██║     ██╔══██║ ███╔╝    ╚██╔╝  ╚██╗ ██╔╝██║██║╚██╔╝██║██╔══██╔╝██╔══██║██╔══██║ z         
+        ███████╗██║  ██║███████╗   ██║    ╚████╔╝ ██║██║ ╚═╝ ██║██║  ║██╗██║  ██║██║  ██║           
+        ╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝   ╚═╝     ╚═══╝  ╚═╝╚═╝     ╚═╝╚═╝  ╚══╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚═╝  ╚═╝           
+      ]]
+
+      logo = string.rep("\n", 8) .. logo .. "\n\n"
+
+      local opts = {
+        theme = "doom",
+        hide = {
+          -- this is taken care of by lualine
+          -- enabling this messes up the actual laststatus setting after loading a file
+          statusline = false,
+        },
+        config = {
+          header = vim.split(logo, "\n"),
+          -- stylua: ignore
+          center = {
+            { action = LazyVim.telescope("files"), desc = " Find File", icon = " ", key = "f" },
+            { action = "ene | startinsert", desc = " New File", icon = " ", key = "n" },
+            { action = "Telescope oldfiles", desc = " Recent Files", icon = " ", key = "r" },
+            { action = "Telescope live_grep", desc = " Find Text", icon = " ", key = "g" },
+            { action = [[lua LazyVim.telescope.config_files()()]], desc = " Config", icon = " ", key = "c" },
+            { action = 'lua require("persistence").load()', desc = " Restore Session", icon = " ", key = "s" },
+            { action = "LazyExtras", desc = " Lazy Extras", icon = " ", key = "x" },
+            { action = "Lazy", desc = " Lazy", icon = "󰒲 ", key = "l" },
+            { action = "qa", desc = " Quit", icon = " ", key = "q" },
+          },
+          footer = function()
+            local stats = require("lazy").stats()
+            local ms = (math.floor(stats.startuptime * 100 + 0.5) / 100)
+            return { "⚡ Neovim loaded " .. stats.loaded .. "/" .. stats.count .. " plugins in " .. ms .. "ms" }
+          end,
+        },
+      }
+
+      for _, button in ipairs(opts.config.center) do
+        button.desc = button.desc .. string.rep(" ", 43 - #button.desc)
+        button.key_format = "  %s"
+      end
+
+      -- close Lazy and re-open when the dashboard is ready
+      if vim.o.filetype == "lazy" then
+        vim.cmd.close()
+        vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("User", {
+          pattern = "DashboardLoaded",
+          callback = function()
+            require("lazy").show()
+          end,
+        })
+      end
+
+      return opts
+    end,
+  },
 }