diff --git a/modules/style/colors.nix b/modules/style/colors.nix
index 8b6dcd9..07934ae 100644
--- a/modules/style/colors.nix
+++ b/modules/style/colors.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ in {
       name = mkOption {
         type = nullOr (enum ["Catppuccin Mocha" "Zenburn" "Black Metal Venom" "Gruvbox"]);
         description = "The colorscheme that should be used globally to theme your system.";
-        default = "Catppuccin Mocha";
+        default = "Gruvbox";
       };
 
       slug = mkOption {
diff --git a/packages/helix/colorscheme.nix b/packages/helix/colorscheme.nix
index e69de29..0419d13 100644
--- a/packages/helix/colorscheme.nix
+++ b/packages/helix/colorscheme.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  inherits = "gruvbox";
+  "ui.background" = {};
+}
diff --git a/packages/helix/default.nix b/packages/helix/default.nix
index 930d355..29929c0 100644
--- a/packages/helix/default.nix
+++ b/packages/helix/default.nix
@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@
   inherit (lib.meta) getExe;
 
   toml = formats.toml {};
+
+  helix-languages = callPackage ./languages.nix {inherit lib;};
+  colorscheme = toml.generate "colorscheme.toml" (import ./colorscheme.nix);
+
   helix-config = {
-    theme = "catppuccin_mocha";
+    theme = "theme_transparent";
     editor = {
       cursorline = false;
       color-modes = true;
@@ -107,7 +111,6 @@
       };
     };
   };
-  helix-languages = callPackage ./languages.nix {inherit lib;};
   wrapped-helix = symlinkJoin {
     name = "helix-wrapped";
     paths = [
@@ -140,9 +143,10 @@
     ];
     nativeBuildInputs = [makeWrapper];
     postBuild = ''
-      mkdir -p $out/config/helix
+      mkdir -p $out/config/helix/themes
       cp "${toml.generate "config.toml" helix-config}" $out/config/helix/config.toml
       cp "${helix-languages}" $out/config/helix/languages.toml
+      cp "${colorscheme}" $out/config/helix/themes/theme_transparent.toml
       wrapProgram $out/bin/hx --set \
       XDG_CONFIG_HOME $out/config
     '';