diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 3fb20cbd..0428836d 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
     dependencies = {
       'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim',
       'jonarrien/telescope-cmdline.nvim',
+      'jvgrootveld/telescope-zoxide',
       { -- If encountering errors, see telescope-fzf-native README for installation instructions
         'nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim',
 
@@ -385,6 +386,15 @@ require('lazy').setup({
           ['ui-select'] = {
             require('telescope.themes').get_dropdown(),
           },
+          zoxide = {
+            mappings = {
+              default = {
+                after_action = function(selection)
+                  print('Update to (' .. selection.z_score .. ') ' .. selection.path)
+                end,
+              },
+            },
+          },
         },
       }
 
@@ -392,6 +402,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
       pcall(require('telescope').load_extension, 'fzf')
       pcall(require('telescope').load_extension, 'ui-select')
       pcall(require('telescope').load_extension, 'cmdline')
+      pcall(require('telescope').load_extension, 'zoxide')
 
       -- See `:help telescope.builtin`
       local builtin = require 'telescope.builtin'
@@ -408,6 +419,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
       vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>sr', builtin.resume, { desc = '[S]earch [R]esume' })
       vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>s.', builtin.oldfiles, { desc = '[S]earch Recent Files ("." for repeat)' })
       vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader><leader>', builtin.buffers, { desc = '[ ] Find existing buffers' })
+      vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>Z', require('telescope').extensions.zoxide.list, { desc = 'Open [Z]oxide' })
 
       -- Slightly advanced example of overriding default behavior and theme
       vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>/', function()
diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/dashboard.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/dashboard.lua
index cdf48a47..705a7754 100644
--- a/lua/custom/plugins/dashboard.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/dashboard.lua
@@ -1,19 +1,70 @@
 return {
   {
     'nvimdev/dashboard-nvim',
-    event = 'VimEnter',
-    config = function()
-      require('dashboard').setup {
-        theme = 'hyper',
+    lazy = false, -- As https://github.com/nvimdev/dashboard-nvim/pull/450, dashboard-nvim shouldn't be lazy-loaded to properly handle stdin.
+    dependencies = {
+      { 'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons' },
+    },
+    opts = function()
+      local logo = [[
+        ███╗   ██╗███████╗ ██████╗ ██╗   ██╗██╗███╗   ███╗ 
+        ████╗  ██║██╔════╝██╔═══██╗██║   ██║██║████╗ ████║ 
+        ██╔██╗ ██║█████╗  ██║   ██║██║   ██║██║██╔████╔██║ 
+        ██║╚██╗██║██╔══╝  ██║   ██║╚██╗ ██╔╝██║██║╚██╔╝██║ 
+        ██║ ╚████║███████╗╚██████╔╝ ╚████╔╝ ██║██║ ╚═╝ ██║ 
+        ╚═╝  ╚═══╝╚══════╝ ╚═════╝   ╚═══╝  ╚═╝╚═╝     ╚═╝ 
+    ]]
+
+      logo = string.rep('\n', 8) .. logo .. '\n\n'
+
+      local builtin = require 'telescope.builtin'
+      local opts = {
+        theme = 'doom',
+        hide = {
+          -- this is taken care of by lualine
+          -- enabling this messes up the actual laststatus setting after loading a file
+          statusline = false,
+        },
         config = {
-          week_header = { enable = true },
-          footer = {},
-          shortcut = {
-            { desc = '󰊳 Update Lazy', group = '@property', action = 'Lazy update', key = 'u' },
-          },
+          header = vim.split(logo, '\n'),
+        -- stylua: ignore
+        center = {
+          { action = builtin.find_files,                                desc = " Find File",       icon = " ", key = "f" },
+          { action = "ene | startinsert",                               desc = " New File",        icon = " ", key = "n" },
+          { action = builtin.oldfiles,                                  desc = " Recent Files",    icon = " ", key = "r" },
+          { action = builtin.live_grep,                                 desc = " Find Text",       icon = " ", key = "g" },
+          { action = 'lua require("persistence").load()',               desc = " Restore Session", icon = " ", key = "s" },
+          { action = "Lazy",                                            desc = " Lazy",            icon = "󰒲 ", key = "l" },
+          { action = "Mason",                                           desc = " Mason",           icon = "⌘ ", key = "m" },
+          { action = function() vim.api.nvim_input("<cmd>qa!<cr>") end, desc = " Quit",            icon = " ", key = "q" },
+        },
+          footer = function()
+            local stats = require('lazy').stats()
+            local ms = (math.floor(stats.startuptime * 100 + 0.5) / 100)
+            return { '⚡ Neovim loaded ' .. stats.loaded .. '/' .. stats.count .. ' plugins in ' .. ms .. 'ms' }
+          end,
         },
       }
+
+      for _, button in ipairs(opts.config.center) do
+        button.desc = button.desc .. string.rep(' ', 43 - #button.desc)
+        button.key_format = '  %s'
+      end
+
+      -- open dashboard after closing lazy
+      if vim.o.filetype == 'lazy' then
+        vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('WinClosed', {
+          pattern = tostring(vim.api.nvim_get_current_win()),
+          once = true,
+          callback = function()
+            vim.schedule(function()
+              vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds('UIEnter', { group = 'dashboard' })
+            end)
+          end,
+        })
+      end
+
+      return opts
     end,
-    dependencies = { { 'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons' } },
   },
 }