diff --git a/lua/custom/chadrc.lua b/lua/custom/chadrc.lua
index 074bd3e..7e7dc46 100644
--- a/lua/custom/chadrc.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/chadrc.lua
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ local M = {}
 local highlights = require "custom.highlights"
 
 M.ui = {
-  theme = "kanagawa",
-  theme_toggle = { "kanagawa", "chadracula" },
+  theme = "oceanic-next",
+  theme_toggle = { "kanagawa", "oceanic-next" },
 
   hl_override = highlights.override,
   hl_add = highlights.add,
diff --git a/lua/custom/configs/lspconfig.lua b/lua/custom/configs/lspconfig.lua
index e180978..88b5536 100644
--- a/lua/custom/configs/lspconfig.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/configs/lspconfig.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ local servers = {
   "tsserver",
   "clangd",
   "pyright",
-  -- "rust_analyzer",
+  "rust_analyzer", -- rustaceanvim wants to do that, but the builtin thing has better integration!
   "bashls",
   "cmake",
 }
diff --git a/lua/custom/mappings.lua b/lua/custom/mappings.lua
index efbbd2b..42a15d1 100644
--- a/lua/custom/mappings.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/mappings.lua
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ M.telescope = {
     ["<localleader>th"] = { "<cmd> Telescope themes <cr>", "Nvchad themes" },
 
     ["<localleader>ma"] = { "<cmd> Telescope marks <cr>", "telescope bookmarks" },
+
+    -- lsp stuff
+    ["<localleader>cw"] = { "<cmd> Telescope lsp_dynamic_workspace_symbols <cr>", "telescope dynamic workspace symbols" },
+    ["<localleader>cd"] = { "<cmd> Telescope lsp_document_symbols <cr>", "telescope document symbols" },
   },
 }
 
diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins.lua b/lua/custom/plugins.lua
index ae61192..97f4849 100644
--- a/lua/custom/plugins.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins.lua
@@ -348,7 +348,9 @@ local plugins = {
         },
         messages = {
           enabled = true,
-          view_error = "messages", -- so it does not spam boxes with errors
+          -- NOTE: we keep it with notify,
+          -- change this to something else if you want
+          view_error = "notify",
         },
         popupmenu = {
           enabled = true,
@@ -734,7 +736,6 @@ local plugins = {
     end,
     config = function()
       local dap = require "dap"
-      local rustcfg = require "rustaceanvim.config"
       local mason_registry = require "mason-registry"
       local codelldb_root = mason_registry.get_package("codelldb"):get_install_path() .. "/extension/"
       local codelldb_path = codelldb_root .. "adapter/codelldb"
@@ -743,12 +744,17 @@ local plugins = {
         command = "/home/plex/.local/bin/kitty",
         args = {},
       }
-      dap.adapters.lldb = {
+      dap.adapters.gdb = {
+        type = "executable",
+        command = "gdb",
+        args = { "-i", "dap" },
+      }
+      dap.adapters.codelldb = {
         type = "server",
-        port = "${port}",
+        port = "30333",
         executable = {
           command = codelldb_path,
-          args = { "--port", "${port}" },
+          args = { "--port", "30333" },
           detached = false,
         },
       }
@@ -761,11 +767,12 @@ local plugins = {
             return vim.fn.input("Path to executable: ", vim.fn.getcwd() .. "/", "file")
           end,
           cwd = "${workspaceFolder}",
+          -- FIXME: perhaps we can put the stdio somewhere more practical
           stopOnEntry = false,
         },
       }
       dap.configurations.c = dap.configurations.cpp
-      -- dap.configurations.rust = dap.configurations.cpp
+      dap.configurations.rust = dap.configurations.cpp
     end,
   },
   {
@@ -784,16 +791,17 @@ local plugins = {
         dapui.open {}
       end
       dap.listeners.before.event_terminated["dapui_config"] = function()
-        dapui.close {}
+        -- dapui.close {}
       end
       dap.listeners.before.event_exited["dapui_config"] = function()
-        dapui.close {}
+        -- dapui.close {}
       end
     end,
   },
   { "folke/neodev.nvim", opts = {} },
   {
     "mrcjkb/rustaceanvim",
+    enabled = true,
     version = "^4", -- Recommended
     ft = { "rust" },
   },
@@ -802,6 +810,28 @@ local plugins = {
     lazy = false, -- PERF: this can be done more elegant
     config = function()
       require("nvim-dap-virtual-text").setup()
+      local dap = require "dap"
+      vim.g.rustaceanvim = {
+        -- Plugin configuration
+        tools = {},
+        -- LSP configuration
+        server = {
+          on_attach = function(client, bufnr)
+            -- you can also put keymaps in here
+          end,
+          settings = {
+            -- rust-analyzer language server configuration
+            ["rust-analyzer"] = {},
+          },
+        },
+        -- DAP configuration
+        dap = {
+          -- FIXME: the rustaceanvim debug config does not map the stdout/stderr to the
+          -- opened terminal, effectively rendering debugging with it useless. Luckily,
+          -- we can use the regular nvim-dap and nvim-dap-ui.
+          adapter = dap.adapters.codelldb,
+        },
+      }
     end,
   },
 }