diff --git a/lua/community.lua b/lua/community.lua
index dd2dc74..4cc72a8 100644
--- a/lua/community.lua
+++ b/lua/community.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 return {
   "AstroNvim/astrocommunity",
 
-  { import = "astrocommunity.colorscheme.catppuccin" },
+  -- { import = "astrocommunity.colorscheme.catppuccin" },
   -- {
   --   "catppuccin",
   --   opts = {
diff --git a/lua/plugins/astrolsp.lua b/lua/plugins/astrolsp.lua
index 930e525..e502ae0 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/astrolsp.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/astrolsp.lua
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ return {
           }
         },
         root_dir = function(path)
-                     local normal = require("lspconfig.util").root_pattern(".git")(vim.fn.getcwd())
+                     -- local normal = require("lspconfig.util").root_pattern(".git")(vim.fn.getcwd())
+                     -- local normal = require("lspconfig.util").root_pattern(".git")(vim.fn.getcwd())
+                     local normal = vim.fs.root(vim.fn.getcwd(), { '.git' })
                      if normal then
                        return normal
                      else
diff --git a/lua/plugins/colorscheme.lua b/lua/plugins/colorscheme.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..935b2a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/colorscheme.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+return {
+  { "savq/melange-nvim", lazy = true },
+  { "AlexvZyl/nordic.nvim", lazy = true },
+  { "xero/miasma.nvim", lazy = true },
+  { "tiagovla/tokyodark.nvim", lazy = true, opts = { transparent_background = true } },
+  { "rebelot/kanagawa.nvim", lazy = true, opts = { transparent = false, theme = "wave" } },
+  { "ellisonleao/gruvbox.nvim", lazy = true, opts = { transparent_mode = true } },
+  { "catppuccin/nvim", name = "catppuccin", lazy = true, opts = { transparent_background = false, flavour = "mocha" } },
+  { "folke/tokyonight.nvim", lazy = true, opts = { style = "night", transparent = true } },
+  {
+    "rose-pine/neovim",
+    name = "rose-pine",
+    lazy = true,
+    opts = { styles = { transparency = false } },
+  },
+  -- superior gruvbox variant
+  {
+    "sainnhe/gruvbox-material",
+    lazy = true,
+    config = function()
+      vim.g.gruvbox_material_enable_italic = true
+      vim.g.gruvbox_material_background = "hard"
+      vim.g.gruvbox_material_transparent_background = 1
+    end,
+  },
+  -- custom theme
+  {
+    "bjarneo/aether.nvim",
+    name = "aether",
+    lazy = true,
+    opts = {
+      disable_italics = false,
+      transparent = true,
+      colors = {
+        -- aamis
+        --   base00 = "#0f0f0f",
+        --   base01 = "#5e5959",
+        --   base02 = "#0f0f0f",
+        --   base03 = "#5e5959",
+        --   base04 = "#e6caab",
+        --   base05 = "#eadccc",
+        --   base06 = "#eadccc",
+        --   base07 = "#e6caab",
+        --   base08 = "#e25d6c",
+        --   base09 = "#e9838f",
+        --   base0A = "#f4bb54",
+        --   base0B = "#cea37f",
+        --   base0C = "#e8ab3b",
+        --   base0D = "#e2be8a",
+        --   base0E = "#f66151",
+        --   base0F = "#edb95a",
+
+        -- sakura
+        base00 = "#0d0509",
+        base01 = "#4a3c45",
+        base02 = "#0d0509",
+        base03 = "#8a6a7a",
+        base04 = "#E3C5AB",
+        base05 = "#f0eaed",
+        base06 = "#ffffff",
+        base07 = "#E3C5AB",
+        base08 = "#E85F6F",
+        base09 = "#FF7A8A",
+        base0A = "#D4A882",
+        base0B = "#F29B9A",
+        base0C = "#E8C099",
+        base0D = "#D9A56C",
+        base0E = "#D1B399",
+        base0F = "#FBD2AB",
+
+        -- forest
+        -- base00 = "#020802",
+        -- base01 = "#518a51",
+        -- base02 = "#020802",
+        -- base03 = "#518a51",
+        -- base04 = "#bff2ab",
+        -- base05 = "#fdfffd",
+        -- base06 = "#fdfffd",
+        -- base07 = "#bff2ab",
+        -- base08 = "#bf5a7c",
+        -- base09 = "#dcb0be",
+        -- base0A = "#DFEC63",
+        -- base0B = "#70cf6c",
+        -- base0C = "#9ed8dd",
+        -- base0D = "#62e2a4",
+        -- base0E = "#e0eb7a",
+        -- base0F = "#f6fdb7",
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  -- fav theme (only this will be loaded on startup)
+  {
+    "vague2k/vague.nvim",
+    priority = 1000,
+    lazy = false,
+    opts = { transparent = true },
+    config = function(_, opts)
+      require("vague").setup(opts)
+      vim.cmd.colorscheme "vague"
+    end,
+  },
+}
diff --git a/lua/plugins/noice.lua b/lua/plugins/noice.lua
index 95f618c..04edd41 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/noice.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/noice.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 return {
-  { "rcarriga/nvim-notify", init = false, config = true },
+  {
+    "rcarriga/nvim-notify",
+    init = false,
+    config = true,
+    opts = {
+      background_colour = "#000000"
+    }
+  },
   {
     "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
     opts = function(_, opts)