diff --git a/lua/plugins/colorscheme.lua b/lua/plugins/colorscheme.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a53a325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/colorscheme.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+return {
+  -- add gruvbox
+  -- { "ellisonleao/gruvbox.nvim" },
+
+  -- Configure LazyVim to load gruvbox
+  {
+    "LazyVim/LazyVim",
+    opts = {
+      colorscheme = "quiet",
+    },
+  },
+}
diff --git a/lua/plugins/neo-tree.lua b/lua/plugins/neo-tree.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0508ac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/neo-tree.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+return {
+  "nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim",
+  opts = {
+    filesystem = {
+      filtered_items = {
+        visible = true,
+        show_hidden_count = true,
+        hide_dotfiles = false,
+        hide_gitignored = true,
+        hide_by_name = {
+          ".git",
+          -- '.DS_Store',
+          -- 'thumbs.db',
+        },
+        never_show = {},
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}