diff --git a/hosts/laptop/configuration.nix b/hosts/laptop/configuration.nix
index 0b5133a..e37df7d 100755
--- a/hosts/laptop/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/laptop/configuration.nix
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ libreoffice
 gruvbox-gtk-theme
 hyprpicker
 powertop
-telnet
+inetutils # collections of network programs such as telnet
+python313Packages.pygments # used for ccat (comment of colorize plugin from oh-my-zsh)
 #we need to install gnome and kde utils individually as we dont use gnome
     gnome-calculator
     snapshot
diff --git a/hosts/laptop/home.nix b/hosts/laptop/home.nix
index aa85bfb..13465d4 100755
--- a/hosts/laptop/home.nix
+++ b/hosts/laptop/home.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ imports = [
 ../../modules/home-manager/neovim.nix # dont use nixvim. broken
 ../../modules/home-manager/rclone.nix 
 ../../modules/home-manager/waybar.nix
-../../modules/home-manager/oh-my-posh # zsh customizer
+#../../modules/home-manager/oh-my-posh.nix # zsh customizer
+../../modules/home-manager/oh-my-zsh.nix # another zsh customizer
 ];
 
 
diff --git a/modules/home-manager/oh-my-posh.nix b/modules/home-manager/oh-my-posh.nix
index 4e387cc..3dca379 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager/oh-my-posh.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager/oh-my-posh.nix
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@
     enableZshIntegration = true;
     useTheme = "gruvbox";
     };
-  };
 }
diff --git a/modules/home-manager/oh-my-zsh.nix b/modules/home-manager/oh-my-zsh.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5238aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/home-manager/oh-my-zsh.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  programs.zsh.oh-my-zsh = {
+    enable = true;
+    theme = "jonathan";
+    plugins = [
+	"aliases"
+	"alias-finder"
+	"colored-man-pages"
+	"colorize"
+    ];
+    };
+}
diff --git a/modules/home-manager/zsh.nix b/modules/home-manager/zsh.nix
index a2735ff..61b2393 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager/zsh.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager/zsh.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,18 @@
   programs.zsh = {
     enable = true;
     autosuggestion.enable = true;
-    initContent = "fastfetch\n";
+    initContent = ''
+# Safe cat that uses colorize plugin ccat
+custom-cat() {
+  if [[ -t 1 ]]; then
+    ccat "$@"
+  else
+    command cat "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
+    fastfetch\n''
+    ;
     shellAliases = {
 	".." = "z ..";
 	grep = "rg";
@@ -12,6 +23,7 @@
 	la = "ls -A";
 	l = "ls -CF";
 	ls = "ls -hA -s --color";
-    };
+	cat = "custom-cat";
+};
   };
 }