diff --git a/bin/install.sh b/bin/install.sh
index 2b12256..4da1d01 100755
--- a/bin/install.sh
+++ b/bin/install.sh
@@ -48,3 +48,5 @@ ln -sf $(pwd)/dotfiles/startup_linux.jl ~/.julia/config/startup.jl
 
 mkdir -p ~/.config/lf
 ln -sf $(pwd)/dotfiles/lf/lfrc ~/.config/lf/lfrc
+
+ln -sf $(pwd)/dotfiles/bat/config "$(bat --config-file)"
diff --git a/dotfiles/bat/config b/dotfiles/bat/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7042fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/bat/config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# use Catppuccin for bat
+# https://github.com/catppuccin/bat
+# Installation instruction on the readme
+--theme="Catppuccin Latte"