diff --git a/.emacs b/.emacs
index a4311fb..325ac27 100644
--- a/.emacs
+++ b/.emacs
@@ -1,18 +1,62 @@
-;;; .emacs --- My emacs config
-;;
-;; Copyright (C) 2021 Ludwig Lehnert
-;;
-;; Created: Juni 07, 2021
-;; Modified: Juni 07, 2021
-;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24.3"))
-;;
-;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
-;;
-;;; Commentary:
-;;      ---
-;;; Code:
+;; Ludwig Lehnert (c) 2021
 
-(set-face-attribute 'default (selected-frame) :height 160)
+(require 'package)
+(add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") t)
+(package-initialize)
+
+
+(custom-set-variables
+  '(custom-safe-themes
+	 '("d14f3df28603e9517eb8fb7518b662d653b25b26e83bd8e129acea042b774298" default))
+  '(dashboard-banner-logo-title "Welcome to Emacs Dashboard")
+  '(dashboard-center-content t)
+  '(dashboard-footer-messages nil)
+  '(dashboard-items '((recents . 5) (bookmarks . 5) (registers . 5)))
+  '(dashboard-startup-banner "~/.emacs.d/title.txt")
+  '(global-display-line-numbers-mode t)
+  ;; tabstop stuff
+  '(indent-line-function 4)
+  '(tab-width 4)
+  '(c-basic-offset 4)
+  '(lisp-indent-offset 2)
+  '(sgml-basic-offset 4)
+  '(nxml-child-indent 4)
+  '(tab-stop-list (number-sequence 4 200 4))
+  '(tab-width 4)
+  ;; other stuff
+  '(make-backup-files nil)
+  '(menu-bar-mode nil)
+  '(package-selected-packages
+	 '(filetree auto-complete markdown-mode projectile dashboard pylint evil gruvbox-theme ##))
+  '(scroll-bar-mode nil)
+  '(tool-bar-mode nil)
+  '(tooltip-mode nil))
+
+(custom-set-faces
+  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
+  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
+  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
+  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
+  )
+
+;; auto complete default config
+(ac-config-default)
+
+;; enable evil mode
+(require 'evil)
+(evil-mode 1)
+
+;; load gruvbox theme
+(load-theme 'gruvbox t)
+
+;; set font size
+(set-face-attribute 'default (selected-frame) :height 145)
+
+;; start startup screen
+(require 'dashboard)
+(dashboard-setup-startup-hook)
+
+;; define custom commands
+(defalias 'spg 'dashboard-refresh-buffer)
+(defalias 'sc 'shell-command) 
 
-(provide '.emacs)
-;;; .emacs ends here
diff --git a/.emacs.d/title.txt b/.emacs.d/title.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af98b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.emacs.d/title.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
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+