diff --git a/desktop/.config/flavours/templates/nvim/templates/default.mustache b/desktop/.config/flavours/templates/nvim/templates/default.mustache
index 08baf2c..c2cd8de 100644
--- a/desktop/.config/flavours/templates/nvim/templates/default.mustache
+++ b/desktop/.config/flavours/templates/nvim/templates/default.mustache
@@ -7,23 +7,26 @@
 -- by RRethy (https://github.com/RRethy/nvim-base16)
 -- {{scheme-name}} scheme by {{scheme-author}}
 
-require('base16-colorscheme').setup({
-    base00 = '#{{base00-hex}}',
-    base01 = '#{{base01-hex}}',
-    base02 = '#{{base02-hex}}',
-    base03 = '#{{base03-hex}}',
-    base04 = '#{{base04-hex}}',
-    base05 = '#{{base05-hex}}',
-    base06 = '#{{base06-hex}}',
-    base07 = '#{{base07-hex}}',
-    base08 = '#{{base08-hex}}',
-    base09 = '#{{base09-hex}}',
-    base0A = '#{{base0A-hex}}',
-    base0B = '#{{base0B-hex}}',
-    base0C = '#{{base0C-hex}}',
-    base0D = '#{{base0D-hex}}',
-    base0E = '#{{base0E-hex}}',
-    base0F = '#{{base0F-hex}}'
+require('mini.base16').setup({
+    palette = {
+        base00 = '#{{base00-hex}}',
+        base01 = '#{{base01-hex}}',
+        base02 = '#{{base02-hex}}',
+        base03 = '#{{base03-hex}}',
+        base04 = '#{{base04-hex}}',
+        base05 = '#{{base05-hex}}',
+        base06 = '#{{base06-hex}}',
+        base07 = '#{{base07-hex}}',
+        base08 = '#{{base08-hex}}',
+        base09 = '#{{base09-hex}}',
+        base0A = '#{{base0A-hex}}',
+        base0B = '#{{base0B-hex}}',
+        base0C = '#{{base0C-hex}}',
+        base0D = '#{{base0D-hex}}',
+        base0E = '#{{base0E-hex}}',
+        base0F = '#{{base0F-hex}}'
+        },
 })
+require('lualine').setup()
 
 -- vim: filetype=lua
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/config/mini.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/config/mini.lua
index 8a9b55c..6275595 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/config/mini.lua
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/config/mini.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+local colorsfile = vim.fn.stdpath("state") .. "/colorscheme.lua"
+local function source_colors()
+	if vim.fn.filereadable(colorsfile) == 1 then
+		vim.cmd("source " .. colorsfile)
+	end
+end
+-- set on startup
+source_colors()
+
+-- continuously watch colors file for changes
+local fwatch = require("fwatch")
+fwatch.watch(colorsfile, {
+	on_event = vim.schedule_wrap(function()
+		source_colors()
+	end),
+})
+
 require("mini.ai").setup()
 require("mini.comment").setup({
 	hooks = {
@@ -8,11 +25,13 @@ require("mini.comment").setup({
 })
 require("mini.cursorword").setup({ delay = 500 })
 require("mini.fuzzy").setup()
+
 require("mini.indentscope").setup({
 	symbol = "│",
 	draw = { animation = require("mini.indentscope").gen_animation.none() },
 	options = { indent_at_cursor = false },
 })
+
 require("mini.map").setup()
 require("mini.move").setup() -- has not hit stable yet
 require("mini.pairs").setup()
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/core.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/core.lua
index f317b39..cbcbb23 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/core.lua
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/core.lua
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ return {
 	{
 		"echasnovski/mini.nvim",
 		version = "*",
+		dependencies = { "rktjmp/fwatch.nvim" },
 		config = function()
 			require("plugins.config.mini")
 		end,
@@ -86,32 +87,6 @@ return {
 			{ "<leader>sP", ":Pythonterm!<cr>" },
 		},
 	},
-	-- colorschemes
-	{
-		"RRethy/nvim-base16",
-		lazy = false,
-		commit = "96e3089",
-		priority = 1000,
-		dependencies = { "rktjmp/fwatch.nvim" },
-		config = function()
-			local colorsfile = vim.fn.stdpath("state") .. "/colorscheme.lua"
-			local function source_colors()
-				if vim.fn.filereadable(colorsfile) == 1 then
-					vim.cmd("source " .. colorsfile)
-				end
-			end
-			-- set on startup
-			source_colors()
-
-			-- continuously watch colors file for changes
-			local fwatch = require("fwatch")
-			fwatch.watch(colorsfile, {
-				on_event = vim.schedule_wrap(function()
-					source_colors()
-				end),
-			})
-		end,
-	},
 	-- try to avoid putting files in util buffers, e.g. filetree, aerial, undotree, ..
 	{ "stevearc/stickybuf.nvim", config = true },
 	-- make it a little less painful to open really big (>2mb) files by disabling features