return {
  {
    'nvimdev/dashboard-nvim',
    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 = {
          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,
  },
}