diff --git a/nvim/lua/plugs/auto_session.lua b/nvim/lua/plugs/auto_session.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 660f348..0000000
--- a/nvim/lua/plugs/auto_session.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-return {
-    "rmagatti/auto-session",
-    opts = {
-        log_level = "error",
-        auto_session_suppress_dirs = {
-            "/",
-            "~/",
-            "~/Projects",
-            "~/Downloads",
-            "~/Development",
-            "~/Dev",
-            "~/Dev/Git",
-            "~/.config",
-        },
-    },
-    init = function()
-        vim.o.sessionoptions = "localoptions"
-    end
-}
diff --git a/nvim/lua/plugs/persistence.lua b/nvim/lua/plugs/persistence.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ccfd38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nvim/lua/plugs/persistence.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+return {
+    "folke/persistence.nvim",
+    event = "BufReadPre", -- this will only start session saving when an actual file was opened
+    opts = {}
+}
diff --git a/nvim/lua/plugs/snacks.lua b/nvim/lua/plugs/snacks.lua
index 418b207..a430aa4 100644
--- a/nvim/lua/plugs/snacks.lua
+++ b/nvim/lua/plugs/snacks.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,20 @@ return {
             what = "repo",
         },
         picker = { enabled = true, },
-        dashboard = { enabled = true, },
+        dashboard = {
+            enabled = true,
+            preset = {
+                keys = {
+                    { icon = " ", key = "f", desc = "Find File", action = ":lua Snacks.dashboard.pick('files')" },
+                    { icon = " ", key = "n", desc = "New File", action = ":ene | startinsert" },
+                    { icon = " ", key = "g", desc = "Find Text", action = ":lua Snacks.dashboard.pick('live_grep')" },
+                    { icon = " ", key = "c", desc = "Config", action = ":lua Snacks.dashboard.pick('files', {cwd = vim.fn.stdpath('config')})" },
+                    { icon = " ", key = "s", desc = "Restore Session", section = "session" },
+                    { icon = "󰒲 ", key = "L", desc = "Lazy", action = ":Lazy", enabled = package.loaded.lazy ~= nil },
+                    { icon = " ", key = "q", desc = "Quit", action = ":qa" },
+                },
+            },
+        },
         debug = { enabled = true, },
         indent = {
             enabled = true,