diff --git a/home/common/optional/desktop/common/default.nix b/home/common/optional/desktop/common/default.nix
index 10be23e..49c9fd1 100644
--- a/home/common/optional/desktop/common/default.nix
+++ b/home/common/optional/desktop/common/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   # Global packages for desktop environments
   home.packages = [
     pkgs.alacritty
+    pkgs.st
     pkgs.libnotify
     pkgs.zathura
     pkgs.xfce.thunar
diff --git a/home/common/optional/desktop/startx/default.nix b/home/common/optional/desktop/startx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cef6462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/common/optional/desktop/startx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ../common
+  ];
+
+  # TODO configure x11 to look in .config/x11
+  #home.file."${config.xdg.configHome}/x11/xinitrc" = {
+  home.file.".xinitrc" = {
+    recursive = true;
+    text = ''
+      if test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then
+      	eval $(dbus-launch --exit-with-session --sh-syntax)
+      fi
+      systemctl --user import-environment DISPLAY XAUTHORITY
+      
+      if command -v dbus-update-activation-environment >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+              dbus-update-activation-environment DISPLAY XAUTHORITY
+      fi      
+
+      export XSESSION_PID="$$"
+      exec dwm
+
+    '';
+  };
+
+
+}
diff --git a/home/semita.nix b/home/semita.nix
index 2186de1..a6dc6e0 100644
--- a/home/semita.nix
+++ b/home/semita.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     ./common/optional/git.nix
     ./common/optional/sops.nix
     ./common/optional/syncthing.nix
+    ./common/optional/desktop/startx
 
   ];
 
diff --git a/home/users/sam/default.nix b/home/users/sam/default.nix
index d611c12..616fcb8 100644
--- a/home/users/sam/default.nix
+++ b/home/users/sam/default.nix
@@ -54,27 +54,6 @@
   qt.style.name = "adwaita-dark";
   qt.style.package = pkgs.adwaita-qt;
 
-  # TODO configure x11 to look in .config/x11
-  #home.file."${config.xdg.configHome}/x11/xinitrc" = {
-  home.file.".xinitrc" = {
-    recursive = true;
-    text = ''
-      if test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then
-      	eval $(dbus-launch --exit-with-session --sh-syntax)
-      fi
-      systemctl --user import-environment DISPLAY XAUTHORITY
-      
-      if command -v dbus-update-activation-environment >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-              dbus-update-activation-environment DISPLAY XAUTHORITY
-      fi      
-
-      export XSESSION_PID="$$"
-      exec dwm
-
-    '';
-  };
-
-
   home.sessionVariables = {
     EDITOR = "nvim";
     TERMINAL = "alacritty";
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index 591d772..693502b 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 # You can build them using 'nix build .#example'
 pkgs: {
   sddm-theme = pkgs.callPackage ./sddm-theme { };
+  st = pkgs.callPackage ./st { };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/st/default.nix b/pkgs/st/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad3ba63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/st/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { }
+, fetchFromGitea ? pkgs.fetchFromGitea
+, stdenv ? pkgs.stdenv
+, pkg-config ? pkgs.pkg-config
+, fontconfig ? pkgs.fontconfig
+, freetype ? pkgs.freetype
+, libX11 ? pkgs.xorg.libX11
+, libXft ? pkgs.xorg.libXft
+, ncurses ? pkgs.ncurses
+, extraLibs ? [ ]
+}:
+pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "st";
+  name = "st";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitea {
+    domain = "git.bitlab21.com";
+    owner = "sam";
+    repo = "st";
+    rev = "1cde288ca34ad05984a0251a7879005128be085c";
+    sha256 = "sha256-4W9w/Efk+YCSP1VuUFr+jPXIyrlpktwxRPUOZHTAtx8=";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PKG_CONFIG=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}pkg-config"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    ncurses
+    fontconfig
+    freetype
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libX11
+    libXft
+  ] ++ extraLibs;
+
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    make
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/usr/local/bin
+    mv st $out/usr/local/bin
+  '';
+
+}