diff --git a/lua/lv-dashboard/init.lua b/lua/lv-dashboard/init.lua
index c6ed0b5d..4bd706f3 100644
--- a/lua/lv-dashboard/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lv-dashboard/init.lua
@@ -17,17 +17,7 @@
 --
 -- }
 
-vim.g.dashboard_custom_header = {
-
-'                 _..._                                                                           ',
-'               .\'   (_`.    _                         __     ___           ',
-'              :  .      :  | |   _   _ _ __   __ _ _ _\\ \\   / (_)_ __ ___  ',
-'              :)    ()  :  | |  | | | | \'_ \\ / _` | \'__\\ \\ / /| | \'_ ` _ \\ ',
-'              `.   .   .\'  | |__| |_| | | | | (_| | |   \\ V / | | | | | | |',
-'                `-...-\'    |_____\\__,_|_| |_|\\__,_|_|    \\_/  |_|_| |_| |_|',
-
-}
-
+vim.g.dashboard_custom_header = O.dashboard.custom_header
 
 vim.g.dashboard_default_executive = 'telescope'
 
@@ -52,4 +42,4 @@ vim.g.dashboard_custom_section = {
 -- find_history = 'SPC f h',
 
 -- vim.g.dashboard_session_directory = '~/.cache/nvim/session'
-vim.g.dashboard_custom_footer = {'chrisatmachine.com'}
+vim.g.dashboard_custom_footer = O.dashboard.footer
diff --git a/lua/lv-globals.lua b/lua/lv-globals.lua
index 906fb5d0..c284d826 100644
--- a/lua/lv-globals.lua
+++ b/lua/lv-globals.lua
@@ -61,9 +61,21 @@ O = {
 	ruby = {
 		diagnostics = {virtualtext = {spacing = 0, prefix = ""}, signs = true, underline = true},
 		filetypes = {'rb', 'erb', 'rakefile'}
-	}
+	},
     -- css = {formatter = '', autoformat = false, virtual_text = true},
     -- json = {formatter = '', autoformat = false, virtual_text = true}
+
+	dashboard = {
+		custom_header = {
+'                 _..._                                                                           ',
+'               .\'   (_`.    _                         __     ___           ',
+'              :  .      :  | |   _   _ _ __   __ _ _ _\\ \\   / (_)_ __ ___  ',
+'              :)    ()  :  | |  | | | | \'_ \\ / _` | \'__\\ \\ / /| | \'_ ` _ \\ ',
+'              `.   .   .\'  | |__| |_| | | | | (_| | |   \\ V / | | | | | | |',
+'                `-...-\'    |_____\\__,_|_| |_|\\__,_|_|    \\_/  |_|_| |_| |_|',
+		},
+		footer= {'chrisatmachine.com'}
+	}
 }
 
 DATA_PATH = vim.fn.stdpath('data')
diff --git a/lv-settings.lua b/lv-settings.lua
index e7be8295..21599146 100644
--- a/lv-settings.lua
+++ b/lv-settings.lua
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ O.colorscheme = 'lunar'
 O.auto_close_tree = 0
 O.wrap_lines = false
 
+-- dashboard 
+-- O.dashboard.custom_header = {""}
+-- O.dashboard.footer = {""}
+
 -- if you don't want all the parsers change this to a table of the ones you want
 O.treesitter.ensure_installed = "all"
 O.treesitter.ignore_install = {"haskell"}