diff --git a/user/default.nix b/user/default.nix
index b22c03d5..e19ef2eb 100644
--- a/user/default.nix
+++ b/user/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ rec
     anyrun = callPackage ./wrapped/anyrun {inherit theme;};
     waybar = callPackage ./wrapped/waybar {inherit theme;};
     mako = callPackage ./wrapped/mako {inherit theme;};
+    bat = callPackage ./wrapped/bat {inherit theme;};
   };
 
   shell = pkgs:
diff --git a/user/theme/default.nix b/user/theme/default.nix
index 4d6c2921..2debc396 100644
--- a/user/theme/default.nix
+++ b/user/theme/default.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ pkgs: rec {
   accent = regular.blue;
   wallpaper = ./wall.jpg;
 
+  bat = "Nord";
+
   nvim = {
     enable = true;
     # uses generated base16 them if set to false
diff --git a/user/wrapped/bat/default.nix b/user/wrapped/bat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e0be308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/wrapped/bat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  theme,
+  ...
+}:
+pkgs.symlinkJoin {
+  name = "bat-wrapped";
+  paths = [pkgs.bat];
+  buildInputs = [pkgs.makeWrapper];
+  postBuild = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/bat --add-flags "--theme=${theme.bat}"
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/user/wrapped/zsh/aliases.nix b/user/wrapped/zsh/aliases.nix
index c84002d9..0416d0d2 100644
--- a/user/wrapped/zsh/aliases.nix
+++ b/user/wrapped/zsh/aliases.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ in rec {
   # imagine using mp3
   ytopus = "yt-dlp -x --embed-metadata --audio-quality 0 --audio-format opus --embed-metadata --embed-thumbnail";
 
-  cat = "${getExe pkgs.bat} --plain";
+  cat = "bat --plain";
 
   kys = "shutdown now";