diff --git a/colors.vim b/colors.vim
index 6f2d0e3..12968d0 100644
--- a/colors.vim
+++ b/colors.vim
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+" this file is managed by my personal theme management script.
+
 set background=dark 
 colorscheme oxocarbon
 hi MyNormalMode guibg=#33b1ff guifg=#161616
@@ -15,5 +17,11 @@ hi tabSepInactive2 guifg=#3c3836 guibg=#262626
 hi tabSepSpecial guifg=#FF7EB6 guibg=#262626
 hi tabSepSpecial2 guifg=#262626 guibg=#262626
 hi tabSepSpecial3 guifg=#262626 guibg=#262626
+highlight GitSignsAdd guibg=#161616 guifg=#42be65
+highlight GitSignsChange guibg=#161616 guifg=#33b1ff
+highlight GitSignsDelete guibg=#161616 guifg=#ee5396
+highlight GitSignsTopDelete guibg=#161616 guifg=#ee5396
+highlight GitSignsChangeDelete guibg=#161616 guifg=#ee5396
+highlight GitSignsUntracked guibg=#161616 guifg=#be95ff
 luafile ~/.config/nvim/lua/core/statusline.lua
 luafile ~/.config/nvim/lua/core/tabline.lua
diff --git a/lua/core/diagnostics.lua b/lua/core/diagnostics.lua
index 3336381..4af031c 100644
--- a/lua/core/diagnostics.lua
+++ b/lua/core/diagnostics.lua
@@ -1,33 +1,31 @@
-function capitalize_head_exclusive(str)
+function capitalize_head(str)
     str = string.lower(str)
     str = string.gsub(str, "^%l", string.upper)
     return str
 end
 
-local signs = { Error = " ", Warn = " ", Hint = " ", Info = " " }
-for type, icon in pairs(signs) do
-  local hl = "DiagnosticSign" .. type
-  vim.fn.sign_define(hl, { text = icon, texthl = hl, numhl = hl })
-end
-
-local max_width = math.min(math.floor(vim.o.columns * 0.7), 100)
-local max_height = math.min(math.floor(vim.o.lines * 0.3), 30)
+local signs = {
+  [vim.diagnostic.severity.ERROR] = "E",
+  [vim.diagnostic.severity.WARN] = "W",
+  [vim.diagnostic.severity.HINT] = "H",
+  [vim.diagnostic.severity.INFO] = "I"
+}
 
 vim.diagnostic.config({
   underline = true,
   update_in_insert = true,
   severity_sort = true,
-  virtual_text = false and {
-    spacing = 1,
-    prefix = '', -- TODO: in nvim-0.10.0 this can be a function, so format won't be necessary
-    format = function(d)
-      local level = vim.diagnostic.severity[d.severity]
-      return string.format('%s %s', signs[capitalize_head_exclusive(level)], d.message)
-    end,
+  virtual_text = false,
+
+  signs = {
+    severity = { min = vim.diagnostic.severity.HINT },
+    text = signs,
+    priority = 4,
   },
+
   float = {
-    max_width = max_width,
-    max_height = max_height,
+    max_width = math.min(math.floor(vim.o.columns * 0.7), 100),
+    max_height = math.min(math.floor(vim.o.lines * 0.3), 30),
     border = border_style,
     title = { { '  ', 'DiagnosticFloatTitleIcon' }, { 'Problems  ', 'DiagnosticFloatTitle' } },
     focusable = false,
@@ -35,11 +33,14 @@ vim.diagnostic.config({
     source = 'if_many',
     prefix = function(diag)
       local level = vim.diagnostic.severity[diag.severity]
-      local prefix = string.format('%s ', signs[capitalize_head_exclusive(level)])
+      local prefix = string.format('%s ', signs[diag.severity])
       return prefix, 'Diagnostic' .. level:gsub('^%l', string.upper)
     end,
   },
 })
 
-vim.cmd [[ autocmd! CursorHold * lua vim.diagnostic.open_float()]]
+for severity, icon in pairs(signs) do
+  local hl = "DiagnosticSign" .. capitalize_head(vim.diagnostic.severity[severity])
+  vim.fn.sign_define(hl, { text = icon, texthl = hl, numhl = hl })
+end
 
diff --git a/lua/plugins/gitsigns.lua b/lua/plugins/gitsigns.lua
index 8d6e310..3efd77d 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/gitsigns.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/gitsigns.lua
@@ -1,49 +1,48 @@
-return { 
+return { 
     'lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim', 
     event = { 'BufEnter' },
     config = function() 
         require('gitsigns').setup {
           signs = {
-            add          = { text = '█' },
-            change       = { text = '█' },
-            delete       = { text = '█' },
-            topdelete    = { text = '█' },
-            changedelete = { text = '█' },
-            untracked    = { text = '█' },
+            add          = { text = '▌' },
+            change       = { text = '▌' },
+            delete       = { text = '▌' },
+            topdelete    = { text = '▌' },
+            changedelete = { text = '▌' },
+            untracked    = { text = '▌' },
           },
           signs_staged = {
-            add          = { text = '█' },
-            change       = { text = '█' },
-            delete       = { text = '█' },
-            topdelete    = { text = '█' },
-            changedelete = { text = '█' },
-            untracked    = { text = '█' },
+            add          = { text = '▌' },
+            change       = { text = '▌' },
+            delete       = { text = '▌' },
+            topdelete    = { text = '▌' },
+            changedelete = { text = '▌' },
+            untracked    = { text = '▌' },
           },
           signs_staged_enable = true,
-          signcolumn = true,  -- Toggle with `:Gitsigns toggle_signs`
-          numhl      = false, -- Toggle with `:Gitsigns toggle_numhl`
-          linehl     = false, -- Toggle with `:Gitsigns toggle_linehl`
-          word_diff  = false, -- Toggle with `:Gitsigns toggle_word_diff`
+          signcolumn = true,
+          numhl      = false,
+          linehl     = false,
+          word_diff  = false,
           watch_gitdir = {
             follow_files = true
           },
           auto_attach = true,
           attach_to_untracked = false,
-          current_line_blame = false, -- Toggle with `:Gitsigns toggle_current_line_blame`
+          current_line_blame = false,
           current_line_blame_opts = {
             virt_text = true,
-            virt_text_pos = 'eol', -- 'eol' | 'overlay' | 'right_align'
+            virt_text_pos = 'eol',
             delay = 1000,
             ignore_whitespace = false,
             virt_text_priority = 100,
           },
           current_line_blame_formatter = '<author>, <author_time:%R> - <summary>',
-          sign_priority = 6,
+          sign_priority = 10,
           update_debounce = 100,
-          status_formatter = nil, -- Use default
-          max_file_length = 40000, -- Disable if file is longer than this (in lines)
+          status_formatter = nil,
+          max_file_length = 40000,
           preview_config = {
-            -- Options passed to nvim_open_win
             border = 'single',
             style = 'minimal',
             relative = 'cursor',