diff --git a/assets/pkg/nix/get-cfg-file.nix b/assets/pkg/nix/get-cfg-file.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1e3de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/pkg/nix/get-cfg-file.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ cfg, src, lib, ... }:
+let
+    maker = import ./make-cfg.nix {
+        inherit lib;
+        keys-h-file = builtins.readFile "${src}/include/keys.h";
+    };
+in builtins.toFile "lidm.conf" (
+    if builtins.isString cfg
+        then builtins.readFile "${src}/themes/${cfg}.ini"
+    else if builtins.isAttrs cfg
+        then maker.make cfg
+    else builtins.throw "invalid cfg type, expected str or attrs"
+)
diff --git a/assets/pkg/nix/lidm.nix b/assets/pkg/nix/lidm.nix
index 7753eb5..cbe77b4 100644
--- a/assets/pkg/nix/lidm.nix
+++ b/assets/pkg/nix/lidm.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-{ config, pkgs, lib, ...}: pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ...}:
+let
+    cfg-file = if config.cfg != null then
+        import ./get-cfg-file.nix {
+            inherit lib;
+            inherit (config) cfg src;
+        }
+    else null;
+in
+pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pname = "lidm";
     version = config.version;
     src = config.src;
@@ -16,7 +25,9 @@
     ++ lib.optional (config.xsessions != null)
         "CPPFLAGS+=-DSESSIONS_XSESSIONS=\\\"${config.xsessions}\\\""
     ++ lib.optional (config.wayland-sessions != null)
-        "CPPFLAGS+=-DSESSIONS_WAYLAND=\\\"${config.wayland-sessions}\\\"";
+        "CPPFLAGS+=-DSESSIONS_WAYLAND=\\\"${config.wayland-sessions}\\\""
+    ++ lib.optional (cfg-file != null)
+        "CPPFLAGS+=-DLIDM_CONF_PATH=\\\"${cfg-file}\\\"";
 
     fixupPhase = ''
         rm -rf $out/etc
diff --git a/assets/pkg/nix/make-cfg.nix b/assets/pkg/nix/make-cfg.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..659e9f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/pkg/nix/make-cfg.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{ lib, keys-h-file }:
+
+let
+    double-match-to-nameval = dmatch: { name = builtins.elemAt dmatch 0; value = builtins.elemAt dmatch 1; };
+
+    keys-enum = let
+        key-names = builtins.replaceStrings ["\n" " "] ["" ""] (
+            builtins.elemAt (
+                builtins.match
+                    ".*KEY_NAMES\\[][[:blank:]]*=[[:blank:]]*\\{([^}]*)}.*"
+                    keys-h-file
+            ) 0
+        );
+
+        keys-2d-list = builtins.map
+            (builtins.match "\\[(.*)]=\"(.*)\"")
+            (builtins.filter
+                (s: builtins.isString s && s != "")
+                (builtins.split "," key-names)
+            );
+
+    in builtins.listToAttrs (
+        builtins.map
+            (k: k // { value = { __enum_key = k.value; }; })
+            (builtins.map double-match-to-nameval keys-2d-list)
+    );
+in {
+    inherit keys-enum;
+    make = let
+        name-val-to-attrs = (name: value: { inherit name value; } );
+        map-attrs = attrset: fn: lib.map fn
+            (lib.attrsets.mapAttrsToList name-val-to-attrs attrset);
+
+        try-foldl' = op: nul: list:
+            if (builtins.length list) == 0 then ""
+            else builtins.foldl' op nul list;
+        concat-with = sepr: list: try-foldl'
+            (x: y: if x == null then y else x + sepr + y)
+            null
+            list;
+
+        ser-bool = bool: if bool then "true" else "false";
+        ser-str = str: "\"${builtins.replaceStrings ["\n" "\""] ["\\n" "\\\""] str}\"";
+        ser-kvs = { name, value }: if builtins.isList value then
+            concat-with "\n" (
+                builtins.map
+                    (value: ser-kvs { inherit name value; })
+                    value
+            )
+        else "${name} = ${
+            if builtins.isString value then
+                ser-str value
+            else if builtins.isInt value then
+                builtins.toString value
+            else if builtins.isBool value then
+                ser-bool value
+            else if builtins.isAttrs value then
+                value.__enum_key
+            else builtins.throw "type not supported"
+        }";
+
+        ser-table = table': let
+            tname = table'.name;
+            table = table'.value;
+        in
+        "[${tname}]\n" + (
+            concat-with "\n" (map-attrs table ser-kvs)
+        );
+    in cfg: concat-with "\n\n" (map-attrs cfg ser-table);
+}
diff --git a/assets/pkg/nix/module.nix b/assets/pkg/nix/module.nix
index 69b013d..d530814 100644
--- a/assets/pkg/nix/module.nix
+++ b/assets/pkg/nix/module.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
 let
+    cfg = config.services.lidm;
+
     dmcfg = config.services.displayManager;
     desktops = dmcfg.sessionData.desktops;
 
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ let
         inherit pkgs;
         config = {
             inherit version lib;
+            cfg = cfg.config;
             src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
               owner = "javalsai";
               repo = "lidm";
@@ -22,6 +25,11 @@ let
     };
 in
 {
+    options.services.lidm.conig = lib.mkOption {
+        type = with lib.types; oneOf [ str attrs ];
+        default = {};
+        description = "Config options for lidm | Either attr tree or name of bundled themes";
+    };
     config = {
         services.displayManager.defaultSession = "lidm";
 
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 95f8e3c..1633d14 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
             src = ./.;
             xsessions = null;
             wayland-sessions = null;
+            cfg = null;
+            # cfg = "cherry";
           };
         };
       in