return {
	"folke/tokyonight.nvim",
	lazy = false, -- make sure we load this during startup
	priority = 1000, -- make sure to load this before all the other start plugins
	config = function()
		require("tokyonight").setup({
			-- your configuration comes here
			-- or leave it empty to use the default settings
			style = "night", -- The theme comes in three styles, `storm`, `moon`, a darker variant `night` and `day`
			light_style = "day", -- The theme is used when the background is set to light
			transparent = false, -- Enable this to disable setting the background color
			terminal_colors = true, -- Configure the colors used when opening a `:terminal` in Neovim
			styles = {
				-- Style to be applied to different syntax groups
				keywords = { italic = true },
				functions = {},
				variables = {},
				-- Background styles. Can be "dark", "transparent" or "normal"
				sidebars = "dark", -- style for sidebars, see below
				floats = "dark", -- style for floating windows
			},
			sidebars = { "qf", "help", "neo-tree", "terminal", "packer" }, -- Set a darker background on sidebar-like windows
			day_brightness = 0.3, -- Adjusts the brightness of the colors of the **Day** style
			hide_inactive_statusline = false, -- Enabling this option, will hide inactive statuslines
			dim_inactive = false, -- dims inactive windows
			lualine_bold = true, -- When `true`, section headers in the lualine theme will be bold

			--- You can override specific color groups to use other groups or a hex color
			--- function will be called with a ColorScheme table
			on_colors = function(colors)
				colors.bg = "#14161b"
			end,

			--- You can override specific highlights to use other groups or a hex color
			--- function will be called with a Highlights and ColorScheme table
			on_highlights = function(highlights, colors)
				-- Add a subtle border to the telescope picker
				highlights.TelescopeBorder = {
					fg = colors.border_highlight,
				}
				-- Make neo-tree background slightly different

				highlights.NeoTreeNormal = {
					-- bg = colors.bg_dark,
					bg = "#181a1f",
				}

				highlights.NeoTreeNormalNC = {
					bg = colors.bg_dark,
				}

				highlights.SnacksIndent = {
					fg = colors.bg_highlight,
				}
				highlights.SnacksIndentScope = {
					fg = colors.fg_gutter,
				}

				highlights.WinSeparator = {
					fg = colors.fg_gutter,
				}
			end,
		})

		-- load the colorscheme here
		vim.cmd([[colorscheme tokyonight]])
	end,
}