diff --git a/lua/core/default_config.lua b/lua/core/default_config.lua
index 10c24ef..5d11e7c 100644
--- a/lua/core/default_config.lua
+++ b/lua/core/default_config.lua
@@ -17,6 +17,43 @@ M.ui = {
   theme_toggle = { "onedark", "one_light" },
   theme = "onedark", -- default theme
   transparency = false,
+
+  statusline = {
+    separator_style = "default", -- default/round/block/arrow
+    overriden_modules = nil,
+  },
+
+  -- lazyload it when there are 1+ buffers
+  tabufline = {
+    enabled = true,
+    lazyload = true,
+    overriden_modules = nil,
+  },
+
+  -- nvdash (dashboard)
+  nvdash = {
+    load_on_startup = false,
+
+    header = {
+      "           ▄ ▄                   ",
+      "       ▄   ▄▄▄     ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄     ",
+      "       █ ▄ █▄█ ▄▄▄ █ █▄█ █ █     ",
+      "    ▄▄ █▄█▄▄▄█ █▄█▄█▄▄█▄▄█ █     ",
+      "  ▄ █▄▄█ ▄ ▄▄ ▄█ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄  ",
+      "  █▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ █ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ █ ▄",
+      "▄ █ █▄█ █▄█ █ █ █▄█ █ █▄█ ▄▄▄ █ █",
+      "█▄█ ▄ █▄▄█▄▄█ █ ▄▄█ █ ▄ █ █▄█▄█ █",
+      "    █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▄█▄▄▄█    ",
+    },
+
+    buttons = {
+      { "  Find File", "Spc f f", "Telescope find_files" },
+      { "  Recent Files", "Spc f o", "Telescope oldfiles" },
+      { "  Find Word", "Spc f w", "Telescope live_grep" },
+      { "  Bookmarks", "Spc b m", "Telescope marks" },
+      { "  Themes", "Spc t f", "Telescope themes" },
+    },
+  },
 }
 
 M.plugins = {}