diff --git a/modules/terminal-life/bash/default.nix b/modules/terminal-life/bash/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59552d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/terminal-life/bash/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+{
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  self,
+  ...
+}: let
+  psCfg = config.pub-solar;
+  xdg = config.home-manager.users."${psCfg.user.name}".xdg;
+in {
+  enable = true;
+
+  historyControl = ["ignorespace"];
+
+  # Run when initializing a login shell
+  profileExtra = ''
+    [ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" ] && exec ${pkgs.sway-service}/bin/sway-service
+  '';
+
+  # Run when initializing an interactive shell
+  initExtra = ''
+    # If a command is not found, show me where it is
+    source ${pkgs.nix-index}/etc/profile.d/command-not-found.sh
+
+    # Helps you navigate directories faster
+    # https://github.com/gsamokovarov/jump
+    eval "$(${pkgs.jump}/bin/jump shell --bind=z)"
+
+    eval "$(${pkgs.direnv}/bin/direnv hook bash)"
+
+    # Syntax highlighting, auto suggestions, vim modes, etc.
+    # https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh/wiki/Manual-A1-Installation#user-content-nixpkgs
+    source "$(blesh-share)" --attach=none
+    # ctrl + space to accept autocomplete suggestion
+    ble-bind -m 'auto_complete' -f 'C-@' 'auto_complete/insert-on-end'
+    # Meta (Alt) + Backspace to delete a word
+    ble-bind -m 'emacs' -f 'M-C-?' 'kill-backward-cword'
+    # Meta (Alt) + p to jump one word backwards
+    ble-bind -m 'emacs' -f M-p '@nomarked backward-cword'
+    # Meta (Alt) + n to jump one word forwards
+    ble-bind -m 'emacs' -f M-n '@nomarked forward-cword'
+    # Arrow up and Ctrl + p searches history for entered input
+    ble-bind -f up 'history-search-backward hide-status:immediate-accept:empty=emulate-readline:point=end'
+    ble-bind -f C-p 'history-search-backward hide-status:immediate-accept:empty=emulate-readline:point=end'
+    # Arrow down and Ctrl + n searches history for entered input
+    ble-bind -f down 'history-search-forward hide-status:immediate-accept:empty=emulate-readline:point=end'
+    ble-bind -f C-n 'history-search-forward hide-status:immediate-accept:empty=emulate-readline:point=end'
+
+    function my/complete-load-hook {
+      bleopt complete_auto_delay=300
+    }
+    blehook/eval-after-load complete my/complete-load-hook
+
+    bleopt exec_errexit_mark=
+    bleopt history_share=1
+    bleopt filename_ls_colors="$LS_COLORS"
+
+    # Bash vim mode keybindings
+    if [[ $- == *i* ]]; then # in interactive session
+      set -o vi
+
+      ble-bind -m vi_imap -f 'ENTER' 'vi_imap/complete'
+      ble-bind -m vi_imap -f 'TAB' 'vi_imap/complete'
+
+      ble-bind -m vi_imap -f 'j j' 'vi_imap/normal-mode'
+      ble-bind -m vi_imap -f 'ESC' 'vi_imap/normal-mode'
+
+      ble-bind -m vi_nmap -f 'h' 'vi_nmap/insert-mode'
+      ble-bind -m vi_nmap -f 'i' 'vi-command/backward-line'
+      ble-bind -m vi_nmap -f 'j' 'vi-command/backward-char'
+      ble-bind -m vi_nmap -f 'k' 'vi-command/forward-line'
+      ble-bind -m vi_nmap -f 'l' 'vi-command/forward-char'
+    fi
+
+    # end of .bashrc
+    [[ ''${BLE_VERSION-} ]] && ble-attach
+  '';
+
+  shellAliases = {
+    nano = "nvim";
+    vi = "nvim";
+    vim = "nvim";
+    mutt = "neomutt";
+    ls = "exa";
+    la = "exa --group-directories-first -lag";
+    fm = "vifm .";
+    vifm = "vifm .";
+    wget = "wget --hsts-file=$XDG_CACHE_HOME/wget-hsts";
+    irssi = "irssi --config=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/irssi/config --home=$XDG_DATA_HOME/irssi";
+    drone = "DRONE_TOKEN=$(secret-tool lookup drone token) drone";
+    no = "manix \"\" | grep '^# ' | sed 's/^# \(.*\) (.*/\1/;s/ (.*//;s/^# //' | fzf --preview=\"manix '{}'\" | xargs manix";
+    # fix nixos-option
+    nixos-option = "nixos-option -I nixpkgs=${self}/lib/compat";
+    myip = "dig +short myip.opendns.com @208.67.222.222 2>&1";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/terminal-life/default.nix b/modules/terminal-life/default.nix
index 3b58243f..a47c4d2b 100644
--- a/modules/terminal-life/default.nix
+++ b/modules/terminal-life/default.nix
@@ -24,27 +24,29 @@ in {
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     programs.command-not-found.enable = false;
 
-    # Needed to get zsh completion for system packages (e.g. systemd).
-    environment.pathsToLink = ["/share/zsh"];
-
-    environment.shells = with pkgs; [
-      zsh
-    ];
-
     environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
       screen
     ];
 
+    # Starship is a fast and featureful shell prompt
+    # starship.toml has sane defaults that can be changed there
+    programs.starship = {
+      enable = true;
+      settings = import ./starship.toml.nix;
+    };
+
     home-manager = with pkgs;
       pkgs.lib.setAttrByPath ["users" psCfg.user.name] {
         home.packages = [
           ack
           asciinema
           bat
+          blesh
           exa
           fd
           gh
           glow
+          jump
           nnn
           powerline
           silver-searcher
@@ -52,18 +54,18 @@ in {
           watson
         ];
 
-        programs.neovim = import ./nvim {
+        programs.bash = import ./bash {
           inherit config;
           inherit pkgs;
+          inherit self;
         };
         programs.fzf = import ./fzf {
           inherit config;
           inherit pkgs;
         };
-        programs.zsh = import ./zsh {
+        programs.neovim = import ./nvim {
           inherit config;
           inherit pkgs;
-          inherit self;
         };
       };
   };
diff --git a/modules/terminal-life/fzf/default.nix b/modules/terminal-life/fzf/default.nix
index 0cc6fd94..372e768d 100644
--- a/modules/terminal-life/fzf/default.nix
+++ b/modules/terminal-life/fzf/default.nix
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
     "--color=fg:#d3d1d4,header:#7accd7,info:#e5c463,pointer:#ef9062"
     "--color=marker:#ef9062,fg+:#303030,prompt:#e5c463,hl+:#7accd7"
   ];
-  enableZshIntegration = true;
+  enableBashIntegration = true;
 }
diff --git a/modules/terminal-life/starship.toml.nix b/modules/terminal-life/starship.toml.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fd21ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/terminal-life/starship.toml.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+{
+  format = "$directory($git_branch$git_commit$git_state$git_status)($c$deno$golang$haskell$nodejs$php$python$ruby$rust$terraform[](fg:#86BBD8 bg:#06969A))($docker_context[](fg:#06969A))($container)$fill(\${custom.triton})$nix_shell$status[ |](fg:#F85E84)$line_break$character";
+
+  # Disable the blank line at the start of the prompt
+  add_newline = false;
+
+  # You can also replace your username with a neat symbol like  to save some space
+  #username = {
+  #  show_always = true;
+  #  style_user = "bg:#9A348E";
+  #  style_root = "bg:#9A348E";
+  #  format = ''[$user ]($style)'';
+  #};
+  character = {
+    success_symbol = "[❯](bold purple)";
+    error_symbol = "[✗](#FF4B00)";
+  };
+
+  status = {
+    disabled = false;
+    style = "#FF4B00";
+  };
+
+  fill = {
+    symbol = "-";
+    #style = "bold green";
+    style = "black";
+  };
+
+  directory = {
+    style = "#F85E84";
+    truncate_to_repo = false;
+    fish_style_pwd_dir_length = 1;
+    truncation_symbol = "…/";
+    format = "[](fg:black bg:#F85E84)[$path[$read_only](bg:$style fg:black)](bg:$style fg:black)[](fg:$style)";
+    read_only = " ";
+  };
+
+  # Here is how you can shorten some long paths by text replacement
+  # similar to mapped_locations in Oh My Posh:
+  directory.substitutions = {
+    "Documents" = " ";
+    "Downloads" = " ";
+    "Music" = " ";
+    "Pictures" = " ";
+  };
+  # Keep in mind that the order matters. For example:
+  # "Important Documents" = "  "
+  # will not be replaced, because "Documents" was already substituted before.
+  # So either put "Important Documents" before "Documents" or use the substituted version:
+  # "Important  " = "  "
+
+  c = {
+    symbol = " ";
+    style = "bg:#86BBD8";
+    format = ''[ $symbol ($version) ]($style)'';
+  };
+
+  #container = {};
+
+  custom = {
+    triton = {
+      command = "echo $TRITON_PROFILE";
+      when = "test $TRITON_PROFILE";
+      format = "[✚ ](fg:#F85E84 bg:#1A181A)[$output](fg:#F85E84 bg:#1A181A)";
+      description = "The current triton profile";
+    };
+  };
+
+  docker_context = {
+    symbol = " ";
+    style = "bg:#06969A";
+    format = ''[ $symbol $context ]($style) $path'';
+  };
+
+  #deno = {};
+
+  git_branch = {
+    style = "#E5C463";
+    format = "[](fg:black bg:$style)[ $symbol$branch](fg:black bg:$style)[](fg:$style)";
+  };
+
+  git_commit = {
+    style = "#E5C463";
+    # ^H is the literal backspace character which renders to \b in the final
+    # starship config TOML, produced in insert mode via ctrl+v then ctrl+h.
+    # We use the literal character, because escaping a single \ doesn't work
+    # with pkgs.formats.toml, see: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/97310 and
+    # https://jdhao.github.io/2020/10/07/nvim_insert_unicode_char/
+    format = "[ ](bg:$style)[\\($hash$tag\\)](fg:black bg:$style)[](fg:$style)";
+  };
+
+  git_state = {
+    style = "#E5C463";
+    format = "[ ](bg:$style)[ \\($state( $progress_current/$progress_total)\\)](fg:black bg:$style)[](fg:$style)";
+  };
+
+  git_status = {
+    style = "#E5C463";
+    format = "([ ](bg:$style fg:black)$conflicted$staged$modified$renamed$deleted$untracked$stashed$ahead_behind[](fg:$style))";
+    conflicted = "[ ](bold fg:88 bg:#E5C463)[  \${count} ](fg:black bg:#E5C463)";
+    staged = "[ $count ](fg:black bg:#E5C463)";
+    modified = "[ \${count} ](fg:black bg:#E5C463)";
+    renamed = "[ \${count} ](fg:black bg:#E5C463)";
+    deleted = "[ \${count} ](fg:black bg:#E5C463)";
+    untracked = "[?\${count} ](fg:black bg:#E5C463)";
+    stashed = "[ \${count} ](fg:black bg:#E5C463)";
+    ahead = "[ \${count} ](fg:#523333 bg:#E5C463)";
+    behind = "[ \${count} ](fg:black bg:#E5C463)";
+    diverged = "[ ](fg:88 bg:#E5C463)[ נּ ](fg:black bg:#E5C463)[ \${ahead_count} ](fg:black bg:#E5C463)[ \${behind_count} ](fg:black bg:#E5C463)";
+  };
+
+  golang = {
+    symbol = " ";
+    style = "bg:#86BBD8";
+    format = ''[ $symbol ($version) ]($style)'';
+  };
+
+  haskell = {
+    symbol = " ";
+    style = "bg:#86BBD8";
+    format = ''[ $symbol ($version) ]($style)'';
+  };
+
+  nix_shell = {
+    format = ''[$symbol]($style) '';
+    symbol = " ";
+  };
+
+  nodejs = {
+    symbol = "";
+    style = "bg:#86BBD8";
+    format = ''[ $symbol ($version) ]($style)'';
+  };
+
+  php = {
+    symbol = " ";
+  };
+
+  python = {
+    symbol = " ";
+  };
+
+  ruby = {
+    symbol = " ";
+  };
+
+  rust = {
+    symbol = "";
+    style = "bg:#86BBD8";
+    format = ''[ $symbol ($version) ]($style)'';
+  };
+
+  #terraform = {};
+
+  time = {
+    disabled = false;
+    time_format = "%R"; # Hour:Minute Format
+    style = "bg:#33658A";
+    format = ''[ ♥ $time ]($style)'';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/overlays/blesh.nix b/overlays/blesh.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72fd6bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/blesh.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+final: prev: {
+  blesh = prev.blesh.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
+    version = "unstable-2023-02-01";
+    src = prev.fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "akinomyoga";
+      repo = "ble.sh";
+      rev = "0ceb0cb38157c2c37650ffb069098783338eb02c";
+      hash = "sha256-f3w3gHKysRafBGcZbCPUvy9e/fOrQc9TBZAjb0ioxpo=";
+      fetchSubmodules = true;
+      leaveDotGit = true;
+    };
+  });
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/sway-launcher.nix b/pkgs/sway-launcher.nix
index aed2cd1e..1ace27b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/sway-launcher.nix
+++ b/pkgs/sway-launcher.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 self:
 with self; ''
-  #!/usr/bin/env zsh
-  # terminal application launcher for sway, using fzf
+  #!/usr/bin/env bash
   # original command:
   # Based on: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/1367
   # bindsym $altkey+space exec termite --name=launcher -e \
diff --git a/profiles/base-user/default.nix b/profiles/base-user/default.nix
index 92e297d0..9d070119 100644
--- a/profiles/base-user/default.nix
+++ b/profiles/base-user/default.nix
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ in {
           "lp"
           "scanner"
         ];
+        shell = pkgs.bash;
         initialHashedPassword =
           if psCfg.user.password != null
           then psCfg.user.password
           else "";
-        shell = pkgs.zsh;
         openssh.authorizedKeys.keys =
           if psCfg.user.publicKeys != null
           then psCfg.user.publicKeys
diff --git a/profiles/base-user/home.nix b/profiles/base-user/home.nix
index f2d10670..f317e7e5 100644
--- a/profiles/base-user/home.nix
+++ b/profiles/base-user/home.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ in {
     fonts.fontconfig.enable = mkForce true;
 
     programs.dircolors.enable = true;
-    programs.dircolors.enableZshIntegration = true;
 
     home.file."xinitrc".source = ./.xinitrc;
 
diff --git a/users/ben/home.nix b/users/ben/home.nix
index 4a502731..ef872791 100644
--- a/users/ben/home.nix
+++ b/users/ben/home.nix
@@ -107,9 +107,10 @@ in {
     xdg.configFile."msmtp/config".source = ./.config/msmtp/config;
     # xdg.configFile."wallpaper.jpg".source = ./assets/wallpaper.jpg;
 
-    programs.zsh = {
-      initExtra = import ./zshrc.nix {inherit config;};
-    };
+    #
+    # programs.zsh = {
+    #   initExtra = import ./zshrc.nix {inherit config;};
+    # };
   };
 
   age.secrets."mopidy.conf" = {