diff --git a/home/apps/discord.nix b/home/apps/discord.nix
index 185e60b..2418cff 100644
--- a/home/apps/discord.nix
+++ b/home/apps/discord.nix
@@ -7,69 +7,30 @@
   inherit (pkgs.stdenv) isDarwin isLinux;
 in {
   config = lib.mkIf config.isGraphical {
-    home.packages = with pkgs; [
-      (discord.override {
-        withOpenASAR = true;
-      })
-    ];
+    home.packages = [(pkgs.discord.override {withOpenASAR = true;})];
     home.activation.discordSettings = let
-      css = ''
-        @import url("https://catppuccin.github.io/discord/dist/catppuccin-frappe-pink.theme.css") (prefers-color-scheme: dark);
-        @import url("https://catppuccin.github.io/discord/dist/catppuccin-latte-pink.theme.css") (prefers-color-scheme: light);
-        @import url(//dablulite.github.io/css-snippets/ConsistentChatbar/import.css);
-
-        :root {
-          --font-primary: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;
-          --font-headline: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;
-          --font-display: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;
-          --font-code: "Cascadia Code", "Symbols Nerd Font", mono;
-        }
-
-        @media (max-width: 1024px) {
-          nav[aria-label="Servers sidebar"] {
-            display: none;
-          }
-          .platform-osx div[class^="base_"] > div[class^="content_"] > div[class^="sidebar_"],
-          .platform-osx div[class^="base_"] > div[class^="content_"] > main[class^="container_"],
-          .platform-osx div[class^="base_"] > div[class^="content_"] > div[class^="chat_"] {
-            padding-top: 32px !important;
-          }
-        }
-
-        @media (max-width: 768px) {
-          div[class^="base_"] > div[class^="content_"] > div[class^="sidebar_"] {
-            display: none;
-          }
-        }
-
-        main[class^="chatContent_"] form div[class^="buttons_"],
-        main[class^="chatContent_"] form div[class^="attachWrapper_"] {
-          display: none;
-        }
-      '';
       json = pkgs.writeTextFile {
         name = "discord-settings.json";
-        text =
-          lib.generators.toJSON {}
-          {
-            DANGEROUS_ENABLE_DEVTOOLS_ONLY_ENABLE_IF_YOU_KNOW_WHAT_YOURE_DOING = true;
-            MIN_WIDTH = 0;
-            MIN_HEIGHT = 0;
-            openasar = {
-              inherit css;
-              setup = true;
-            };
-            trayBalloonShown = false;
-            SKIP_HOST_UPDATE = true;
+        text = lib.generators.toJSON {} {
+          DANGEROUS_ENABLE_DEVTOOLS_ONLY_ENABLE_IF_YOU_KNOW_WHAT_YOURE_DOING = true;
+          MIN_WIDTH = 0;
+          MIN_HEIGHT = 0;
+          openasar = {
+            css = builtins.readFile ./discord/custom.css;
+            setup = true;
           };
+          trayBalloonShown = false;
+          SKIP_HOST_UPDATE = true;
+        };
       };
       path =
         if isLinux
-        then config.xdg.configHome + "/discord/settings.json"
+        then "${config.xdg.configHome}/discord/settings.json"
         else if isDarwin
-        then config.home.homeDirectory + "/Library/Application Support/discord/settings.json"
+        then "${config.home.homeDirectory}/Library/Application Support/discord/settings.json"
         else throw "unsupported platform";
     in
+      # gets written as a file after the writeBoundary to keep it mutable
       lib.hm.dag.entryAfter ["writeBoundary"] ''
         mkdir -p "$(dirname "${path}")"
         cp -f "${json}" "${path}"
diff --git a/home/apps/discord/custom.css b/home/apps/discord/custom.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f50c1dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/apps/discord/custom.css
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+@import url("//catppuccin.github.io/discord/dist/catppuccin-frappe-pink.theme.css") (prefers-color-scheme: dark);
+@import url("//catppuccin.github.io/discord/dist/catppuccin-latte-pink.theme.css") (prefers-color-scheme: light);
+@import url(//dablulite.github.io/css-snippets/ConsistentChatbar/import.css);
+
+:root {
+  --font-primary: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;
+  --font-headline: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;
+  --font-display: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;
+  --font-code: "Berkeley Mono", "Symbols Nerd Font", mono;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 1024px) {
+  nav[aria-label="Servers sidebar"] {
+    display: none;
+  }
+  .platform-osx div[class^="base_"] > div[class^="content_"] > div[class^="sidebar_"],
+  .platform-osx div[class^="base_"] > div[class^="content_"] > main[class^="container_"],
+  .platform-osx div[class^="base_"] > div[class^="content_"] > div[class^="chat_"] {
+    padding-top: 32px !important;
+  }
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 768px) {
+  div[class^="base_"] > div[class^="content_"] > div[class^="sidebar_"] {
+    display: none;
+  }
+}
+
+main[class^="chatContent_"] form div[class^="buttons_"],
+main[class^="chatContent_"] form div[class^="attachWrapper_"] {
+  display: none;
+}