diff --git a/home-manager.nix b/home-manager.nix
index e258f0d..2475b24 100644
--- a/home-manager.nix
+++ b/home-manager.nix
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ in {
       wofi # app launcher (wayland replacement for rofi)
       fish # fish shell
       libnotify # notifications
-      mako # notification daemon
       xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland # desktop portal (hyprland fork)
       #neovim # text editor
+      dunst # notification daemon
       yt-dlp # video downloader
       #sweet # gtk theme
       waybar # status bar
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ in {
       libreoffice-fresh # office document editor
       hunspell # offline spellchecker (en)
       hunspellDicts.de_CH # adds German (Switzerland) for hunspell
+      discord # install discord
+      udiskie # user disk mounting
     ];
 
     imports = [ ./home-manager/hyprland.nix ./home-manager/fish.nix ];
@@ -128,6 +130,8 @@ in {
       };
     };
 
+    services.dunst = { enable = true; };
+
     home.file = {
       # Scripts
       ".scripts/waybar/player-mpris-tail.py" = {
@@ -158,8 +162,10 @@ in {
         ./home-manager/config/transmission-remote-gtk;
       # TODO firefox configuration
       # TODO calibre configuration
+      # dunst configuration
+      # TODO replace using the built-in dunst support of home-manager
+      ".config/dunst/dunstrc".source = ./home-manager/config/dunst/dunstrc;
     };
 
-    services.mako.enable = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/home-manager/config/dunst/dunstrc b/home-manager/config/dunst/dunstrc
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bd2e9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home-manager/config/dunst/dunstrc
@@ -0,0 +1,468 @@
+[global]
+    ### Display ###
+
+    # Which monitor should the notifications be displayed on.
+    monitor = 0
+
+    # Display notification on focused monitor.  Possible modes are:
+    #   mouse: follow mouse pointer
+    #   keyboard: follow window with keyboard focus
+    #   none: don't follow anything
+    #
+    # "keyboard" needs a window manager that exports the
+    # _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW property.
+    # This should be the case for almost all modern window managers.
+    #
+    # If this option is set to mouse or keyboard, the monitor option
+    # will be ignored.
+    follow = mouse
+
+    # The geometry of the window:
+    #   [{width}]x{height}[+/-{x}+/-{y}]
+    # The geometry of the message window.
+    # The height is measured in number of notifications everything else
+    # in pixels.  If the width is omitted but the height is given
+    # ("-geometry x2"), the message window expands over the whole screen
+    # (dmenu-like).  If width is 0, the window expands to the longest
+    # message displayed.  A positive x is measured from the left, a
+    # negative from the right side of the screen.  Y is measured from
+    # the top and down respectively.
+    # The width can be negative.  In this case the actual width is the
+    # screen width minus the width defined in within the geometry option.
+    geometry = "500x0-30+20"
+
+    # Show how many messages are currently hidden (because of geometry).
+    indicate_hidden = yes
+
+    # Shrink window if it's smaller than the width.  Will be ignored if
+    # width is 0.
+    shrink = yes
+
+    # The transparency of the window.  Range: [0; 100].
+    # This option will only work if a compositing window manager is
+    # present (e.g. xcompmgr, compiz, etc.).
+    transparency = 0
+
+    # The height of the entire notification.  If the height is smaller
+    # than the font height and padding combined, it will be raised
+    # to the font height and padding.
+    notification_height = 0
+
+    # Draw a line of "separator_height" pixel height between two
+    # notifications.
+    # Set to 0 to disable.
+    separator_height = 2
+
+    # Padding between text and separator.
+    padding = 8
+
+    # Horizontal padding.
+    horizontal_padding = 8
+
+    # Defines width in pixels of frame around the notification window.
+    # Set to 0 to disable.
+    frame_width = 2
+
+    # Defines color of the frame around the notification window.
+    frame_color = "#aaaaaa"
+
+    # Define a color for the separator.
+    # possible values are:
+    #  * auto: dunst tries to find a color fitting to the background;
+    #  * foreground: use the same color as the foreground;
+    #  * frame: use the same color as the frame;
+    #  * anything else will be interpreted as a X color.
+    separator_color = auto
+
+    # Sort messages by urgency.
+    sort = yes
+
+    # Don't remove messages, if the user is idle (no mouse or keyboard input)
+    # for longer than idle_threshold seconds.
+    # Set to 0 to disable.
+    # A client can set the 'transient' hint to bypass this. See the rules
+    # section for how to disable this if necessary
+    idle_threshold = 120
+
+    ### Text ###
+
+    font = Monospace 8
+
+    # The spacing between lines.  If the height is smaller than the
+    # font height, it will get raised to the font height.
+    line_height = 0
+
+    # Possible values are:
+    # full: Allow a small subset of html markup in notifications:
+    #        <b>bold</b>
+    #        <i>italic</i>
+    #        <s>strikethrough</s>
+    #        <u>underline</u>
+    #
+    #        For a complete reference see
+    #        <https://developer.gnome.org/pango/stable/pango-Markup.html>.
+    #
+    # strip: This setting is provided for compatibility with some broken
+    #        clients that send markup even though it's not enabled on the
+    #        server. Dunst will try to strip the markup but the parsing is
+    #        simplistic so using this option outside of matching rules for
+    #        specific applications *IS GREATLY DISCOURAGED*.
+    #
+    # no:    Disable markup parsing, incoming notifications will be treated as
+    #        plain text. Dunst will not advertise that it has the body-markup
+    #        capability if this is set as a global setting.
+    #
+    # It's important to note that markup inside the format option will be parsed
+    # regardless of what this is set to.
+    markup = full
+
+    # The format of the message.  Possible variables are:
+    #   %a  appname
+    #   %s  summary
+    #   %b  body
+    #   %i  iconname (including its path)
+    #   %I  iconname (without its path)
+    #   %p  progress value if set ([  0%] to [100%]) or nothing
+    #   %n  progress value if set without any extra characters
+    #   %%  Literal %
+    # Markup is allowed
+    format = "<b>%s</b> <i>%a</i>\n%b"
+
+    # Alignment of message text.
+    # Possible values are "left", "center" and "right".
+    alignment = center
+
+    # Vertical alignment of message text and icon.
+    # Possible values are "top", "center" and "bottom".
+    vertical_alignment = center
+
+    # Show age of message if message is older than show_age_threshold
+    # seconds.
+    # Set to -1 to disable.
+    show_age_threshold = 60
+
+    # Split notifications into multiple lines if they don't fit into
+    # geometry.
+    word_wrap = yes
+
+    # When word_wrap is set to no, specify where to make an ellipsis in long lines.
+    # Possible values are "start", "middle" and "end".
+    ellipsize = middle
+
+    # Ignore newlines '\n' in notifications.
+    ignore_newline = no
+
+    # Stack together notifications with the same content
+    stack_duplicates = true
+
+    # Hide the count of stacked notifications with the same content
+    hide_duplicate_count = false
+
+    # Display indicators for URLs (U) and actions (A).
+    show_indicators = yes
+
+    ### Icons ###
+
+    # Align icons left/right/off
+    icon_position = left
+
+    # Scale small icons up to this size, set to 0 to disable. Helpful
+    # for e.g. small files or high-dpi screens. In case of conflict,
+    # max_icon_size takes precedence over this.
+    min_icon_size = 0
+
+    # Scale larger icons down to this size, set to 0 to disable
+    max_icon_size = 32
+
+    # Paths to default icons.
+    icon_path =  /usr/share/icons/Surfn/24/status/:/usr/share/icons/Surfn/24/devices/
+
+    ### History ###
+
+    # Should a notification popped up from history be sticky or timeout
+    # as if it would normally do.
+    sticky_history = yes
+
+    # Maximum amount of notifications kept in history
+    history_length = 20
+
+    ### Misc/Advanced ###
+
+    # dmenu path.
+    dmenu = /usr/bin/dmenu -p dunst:
+
+    # Browser for opening urls in context menu.
+    browser = /usr/bin/firefox -new-tab
+
+    # Always run rule-defined scripts, even if the notification is suppressed
+    always_run_script = true
+
+    # Define the title of the windows spawned by dunst
+    title = Dunst
+
+    # Define the class of the windows spawned by dunst
+    class = Dunst
+
+    # Print a notification on startup.
+    # This is mainly for error detection, since dbus (re-)starts dunst
+    # automatically after a crash.
+    startup_notification = false
+
+    # Manage dunst's desire for talking
+    # Can be one of the following values:
+    #  crit: Critical features. Dunst aborts
+    #  warn: Only non-fatal warnings
+    #  mesg: Important Messages
+    #  info: all unimportant stuff
+    # debug: all less than unimportant stuff
+    verbosity = mesg
+
+    # Define the corner radius of the notification window
+    # in pixel size. If the radius is 0, you have no rounded
+    # corners.
+    # The radius will be automatically lowered if it exceeds half of the
+    # notification height to avoid clipping text and/or icons.
+    corner_radius = 10
+
+    # Ignore the dbus closeNotification message.
+    # Useful to enforce the timeout set by dunst configuration. Without this
+    # parameter, an application may close the notification sent before the
+    # user defined timeout.
+    ignore_dbusclose = false
+
+    ### Legacy
+
+    # Use the Xinerama extension instead of RandR for multi-monitor support.
+    # This setting is provided for compatibility with older nVidia drivers that
+    # do not support RandR and using it on systems that support RandR is highly
+    # discouraged.
+    #
+    # By enabling this setting dunst will not be able to detect when a monitor
+    # is connected or disconnected which might break follow mode if the screen
+    # layout changes.
+    force_xinerama = false
+
+    ### mouse
+
+    # Defines list of actions for each mouse event
+    # Possible values are:
+    # * none: Don't do anything.
+    # * do_action: If the notification has exactly one action, or one is marked as default,
+    #              invoke it. If there are multiple and no default, open the context menu.
+    # * close_current: Close current notification.
+    # * close_all: Close all notifications.
+    # These values can be strung together for each mouse event, and
+    # will be executed in sequence.
+    mouse_left_click = close_current
+    mouse_middle_click = close_all
+    mouse_right_click = do_action
+
+# Experimental features that may or may not work correctly. Do not expect them
+# to have a consistent behaviour across releases.
+[experimental]
+    # Calculate the dpi to use on a per-monitor basis.
+    # If this setting is enabled the Xft.dpi value will be ignored and instead
+    # dunst will attempt to calculate an appropriate dpi value for each monitor
+    # using the resolution and physical size. This might be useful in setups
+    # where there are multiple screens with very different dpi values.
+    per_monitor_dpi = false
+
+[shortcuts]
+
+    # Shortcuts are specified as [modifier+][modifier+]...key
+    # Available modifiers are "ctrl", "mod1" (the alt-key), "mod2",
+    # "mod3" and "mod4" (windows-key).
+    # Xev might be helpful to find names for keys.
+
+    # Close notification.
+    #close = ctrl+space
+
+    # Close all notifications.
+    #close_all = ctrl+shift+space
+
+    # Redisplay last message(s).
+    # On the US keyboard layout "grave" is normally above TAB and left
+    # of "1". Make sure this key actually exists on your keyboard layout,
+    # e.g. check output of 'xmodmap -pke'
+    #history = ctrl+grave
+
+    # Context menu.
+    #context = ctrl+shift+period
+
+[urgency_low]
+    # IMPORTANT: colors have to be defined in quotation marks.
+    # Otherwise the "#" and following would be interpreted as a comment.
+    background = "#222222"
+    foreground = "#aaaaaa"
+    timeout = 5
+    # Icon for notifications with low urgency, uncomment to enable
+    #icon = /path/to/icon
+
+[urgency_normal]
+    background = "#333333"
+    foreground = "#ffffff"
+    timeout = 10
+    # Icon for notifications with normal urgency, uncomment to enable
+    #icon = /path/to/icon
+
+[urgency_critical]
+    background = "#555555"
+    foreground = "#ffffff"
+    timeout = 0
+    # Icon for notifications with critical urgency, uncomment to enable
+    #icon = /path/to/icon
+
+# Every section that isn't one of the above is interpreted as a rules to
+# override settings for certain messages.
+#
+# Messages can be matched by
+#    appname (discouraged, see desktop_entry)
+#    body
+#    category
+#    desktop_entry
+#    icon
+#    match_transient
+#    msg_urgency
+#    stack_tag
+#    summary
+#
+# and you can override the
+#    background
+#    foreground
+#    format
+#    frame_color
+#    fullscreen
+#    new_icon
+#    set_stack_tag
+#    set_transient
+#    timeout
+#    urgency
+#
+# Shell-like globbing will get expanded.
+#
+# Instead of the appname filter, it's recommended to use the desktop_entry filter.
+# GLib based applications export their desktop-entry name. In comparison to the appname,
+# the desktop-entry won't get localized.
+#
+# SCRIPTING
+# You can specify a script that gets run when the rule matches by
+# setting the "script" option.
+# The script will be called as follows:
+#   script appname summary body icon urgency
+# where urgency can be "LOW", "NORMAL" or "CRITICAL".
+#
+# NOTE: if you don't want a notification to be displayed, set the format
+# to "".
+# NOTE: It might be helpful to run dunst -print in a terminal in order
+# to find fitting options for rules.
+
+# Disable the transient hint so that idle_threshold cannot be bypassed from the
+# client
+#[transient_disable]
+#    match_transient = yes
+#    set_transient = no
+#
+# Make the handling of transient notifications more strict by making them not
+# be placed in history.
+#[transient_history_ignore]
+#    match_transient = yes
+#    history_ignore = yes
+
+# fullscreen values
+# show: show the notifications, regardless if there is a fullscreen window opened
+# delay: displays the new notification, if there is no fullscreen window active
+#        If the notification is already drawn, it won't get undrawn.
+# pushback: same as delay, but when switching into fullscreen, the notification will get
+#           withdrawn from screen again and will get delayed like a new notification
+#[fullscreen_delay_everything]
+#    fullscreen = delay
+#[fullscreen_show_critical]
+#    msg_urgency = critical
+#    fullscreen = show
+
+[fullscreen_show]
+    fullscreen = show
+
+#[espeak]
+#    summary = "*"
+#    script = dunst_espeak.sh
+
+#[script-test]
+#    summary = "*script*"
+#    script = dunst_test.sh
+
+#[ignore]
+#    # This notification will not be displayed
+#    summary = "foobar"
+#    format = ""
+
+#[history-ignore]
+#    # This notification will not be saved in history
+#    summary = "foobar"
+#    history_ignore = yes
+
+#[skip-display]
+#    # This notification will not be displayed, but will be included in the history
+#    summary = "foobar"
+#    skip_display = yes
+
+#[signed_on]
+#    appname = Pidgin
+#    summary = "*signed on*"
+#    urgency = low
+#
+#[signed_off]
+#    appname = Pidgin
+#    summary = *signed off*
+#    urgency = low
+#
+#[says]
+#    appname = Pidgin
+#    summary = *says*
+#    urgency = critical
+#
+#[twitter]
+#    appname = Pidgin
+#    summary = *twitter.com*
+#    urgency = normal
+#
+#[stack-volumes]
+#    appname = "some_volume_notifiers"
+#    set_stack_tag = "volume"
+
+[dunstify]
+    appname = "dunstify"
+    format = "<b>%s</b>\n%b"
+    script = "/home/marc/scripts/dunst-notification-sound.sh"
+
+[notify-send]
+    appname = "notify-send"
+    format = "<b>%s</b>\n%b"
+    script = "/home/marc/scripts/dunst-notification-sound.sh"
+
+[volume-script]
+    appname = "volume-script"
+    format = "<b>%s</b>\n%b"
+    timeout = 5
+    script = "/home/marc/scripts/dunst-notification-sound.sh"
+
+[backlight-script]
+    appname = "backlight-script"
+    format = "<b>%s</b>\n%b"
+    timeout = 5
+    script = "/home/marc/scripts/dunst-notification-sound.sh"
+
+[xfce4-power-manager]
+    appname = "Power Manager"
+    summary = "Brightness:*"
+    format = ""
+
+# vim: ft=cfg
+
+#[play-sound]
+#    summary = "*"
+#    script = "/home/marc/scripts/dunst-notification-sound.sh"
+
+[Evolution-sound]
+    appname = "evolution-mail-notification"
+    script = "/home/marc/scripts/dunst-notification-sound.sh"
diff --git a/home-manager/config/hypr/hyprland.conf b/home-manager/config/hypr/hyprland.conf
index d5e6fa8..fa476f8 100644
--- a/home-manager/config/hypr/hyprland.conf
+++ b/home-manager/config/hypr/hyprland.conf
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ gestures {
 $mod = SUPER
 
 # Startup stuff
-exec-once = mako
+exec-once = dunst
 exec-once = waybar
+exec-once = udiskie --no-automount --tray
 
 # Example binds, see https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Binds/ for more
 bind = CTRL_ALT, RETURN, exec, kitty # terminal