diff --git a/.config/doom/config.el b/.config/doom/config.el
index 06aa268..7cb49d8 100644
--- a/.config/doom/config.el
+++ b/.config/doom/config.el
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ Version 2019-11-04 2021-02-16"
   )
 
 (after! dired
-
   ;; Make dired open certain file types externally when pressing RET on a file https://pastebin.com/8QWYpCA2
   ;; Alternative: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/OpenWith
   (defvar unsupported-mime-types
@@ -427,9 +426,6 @@ Version 2019-11-04 2021-02-16"
 
   )
 
-(use-package! dired-icon
-  :hook dired-mode)
-
 (after! spell-fu
   (remove-hook 'text-mode-hook #'spell-fu-mode)
   )
diff --git a/.config/doom/init.el b/.config/doom/init.el
index bf5a4bc..dfe3009 100644
--- a/.config/doom/init.el
+++ b/.config/doom/init.el
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
        word-wrap         ; soft wrapping with language-aware indent
 
        :emacs
-       dired             ; making dired pretty [functional]
+       (dired +icons +ranger)    ; making dired pretty [functional]
        electric          ; smarter, keyword-based electric-indent
        ibuffer           ; interactive buffer management
        undo              ; persistent, smarter undo for your inevitable mistakes
diff --git a/.config/doom/packages.el b/.config/doom/packages.el
index a98973a..6f2d154 100644
--- a/.config/doom/packages.el
+++ b/.config/doom/packages.el
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@
 ;(package! evil-better-visual-line) ; not sure if this actually helps
 (package! visual-fill-column) ; Soft line wrapping at character count
 
-(package! dired-icon)
-
-(package! activity-watch-mode)
+(package! activity-watch-mode) ; eagle eyes
 (package! togetherly) ; Collaborative editing
 (package! direnv) ; directory-local environment for haskell-nix things