diff --git a/user/style/stylix.nix b/user/style/stylix.nix
index 2f0e636..fcc8fd2 100644
--- a/user/style/stylix.nix
+++ b/user/style/stylix.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,35 @@ in
     };
   };
 
-  stylix.targets.alacritty.enable = true;
+  stylix.targets.alacritty.enable = false;
+  programs.alacritty.settings = {
+    colors = {
+      # TODO revisit these color mappings
+      # these are just the default provided from stylix
+      # but declared directly due to alacritty v3.0 breakage
+      primary.background = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base00;
+      primary.foreground = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base07;
+      cursor.text = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base00;
+      cursor.cursor = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base07;
+      normal.black = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base00;
+      normal.red = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base08;
+      normal.green = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base0B;
+      normal.yellow = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base0A;
+      normal.blue = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base0D;
+      normal.magenta = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base0E;
+      normal.cyan = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base0B;
+      normal.white = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base05;
+      bright.black = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base03;
+      bright.red = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base09;
+      bright.green = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base01;
+      bright.yellow = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base02;
+      bright.blue = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base04;
+      bright.magenta = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base06;
+      bright.cyan = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base0F;
+      bright.white = "#"+config.lib.stylix.colors.base07;
+    };
+    font.size = config.stylix.fonts.sizes.terminal;
+  };
   stylix.targets.kitty.enable = true;
   stylix.targets.gtk.enable = true;
   stylix.targets.rofi.enable = if (wmType == "x11") then true else false;