diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins.lua b/lua/custom/plugins.lua
index 8d95572..e581fac 100644
--- a/lua/custom/plugins.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 local overrides = require "custom.configs.overrides"
 local utils = require "core.utils"
+local function get_header()
+  -- see https://github.com/MaximilianLloyd/ascii.nvim
+  return {
+    -- The following is a customized version!
+    [[                                                                          ]],
+    [[                                          	                              ]],
+    [[        █ ████████           █████    ███████    ████       ]],
+    [[       ███ ██████             █████  █████████  ██████      ]],
+    [[      █████ ██████████████████████ ████ ███████████████     ]],
+    [[     ██ ██ █████     █████████████ ████ ████████████████    ]],
+    [[    ████ ███████████████ █████████ ████ █████ ██████ ████   ]],
+    [[   ██████ ██████     ███ █████████ ████ █████  █████  ████  ]],
+    [[  ████████ ███████████████████ ████ ████ █████   ████   ████ ]],
+    [[                                                                          ]],
+  }
+end
 
 ---@type NvPluginSpec[]
 local plugins = {
@@ -234,9 +250,9 @@ local plugins = {
   },
   {
     "akinsho/toggleterm.nvim",
-    init = function ()
+    init = function()
       require("core.utils").load_mappings "toggleterm"
-        end,
+    end,
     cmd = "ToggleTerm",
     opts = {
       open_mapping = false,
@@ -245,6 +261,80 @@ local plugins = {
       },
     },
   },
+  -- lazy.nvim
+  {
+    "folke/noice.nvim",
+    event = "VeryLazy",
+    opts = {
+      -- add any options here
+    },
+    dependencies = {
+      -- if you lazy-load any plugin below, make sure to add proper `module="..."` entries
+      "MunifTanjim/nui.nvim",
+      -- OPTIONAL:
+      --   `nvim-notify` is only needed, if you want to use the notification view.
+      --   If not available, we use `mini` as the fallback
+      "rcarriga/nvim-notify",
+    },
+    config = function()
+      require("noice").setup {
+        lsp = {
+          -- override markdown rendering so that **cmp** and other plugins use **Treesitter**
+          override = {
+            ["vim.lsp.util.convert_input_to_markdown_lines"] = true,
+            ["vim.lsp.util.stylize_markdown"] = true,
+            ["cmp.entry.get_documentation"] = true,
+          },
+        },
+        -- you can enable a preset for easier configuration
+        presets = {
+          bottom_search = true, -- use a classic bottom cmdline for search
+          command_palette = true, -- position the cmdline and popupmenu together
+          long_message_to_split = true, -- long messages will be sent to a split
+          inc_rename = false, -- enables an input dialog for inc-rename.nvim
+          lsp_doc_border = false, -- add a border to hover docs and signature help
+        },
+      }
+    end,
+  },
+  {
+    "goolord/alpha-nvim",
+    lazy = false,
+    dependencies = { "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons" },
+    config = function()
+      local dash = require "alpha.themes.dashboard"
+      require("alpha").setup(dash.config)
+    end,
+
+    opts = {
+      header = get_header(),
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    "stevearc/dressing.nvim",
+    init = function()
+      ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: duplicate-set-field
+      vim.ui.select = function(...)
+        require("lazy").load { plugins = { "dressing.nvim" } }
+        return vim.ui.select(...)
+      end
+      ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: duplicate-set-field
+      vim.ui.input = function(...)
+        require("lazy").load { plugins = { "dressing.nvim" } }
+        return vim.ui.input(...)
+      end
+    end,
+  },
+  {
+    "chentoast/marks.nvim",
+lazy = false,
+    dependencies = "lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim",
+    event = "FileType",
+    opts = {
+      sign_priority = { lower = 10, upper = 15, builtin = 8, bookmark = 20 },
+      bookmark_1 = { sign = "󰉀" }, -- ⚐ ⚑ 󰈻 󰈼 󰈽 󰈾 󰈿 󰉀
+    },
+  },
 }
 
 return plugins