diff --git a/base-system/desktop-config.nix b/base-system/desktop-config.nix
index 3f35bc9..f49117c 100644
--- a/base-system/desktop-config.nix
+++ b/base-system/desktop-config.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # your system.  Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
 # and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).
 
-{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, niri, ... }:
 
 {
   imports =
diff --git a/base-system/niri/default.nix b/base-system/niri/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..862521a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base-system/niri/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub }: 
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+  pname = "niri";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "YaLTeR";
+    repo = "niri";
+    hash = "sha256-889d062df7d89bf8084414c6f8fd87075c3cf85a";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha = lib.fakeHash;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "";
+    homepage = "";
+    license = license.gpl3Only;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/base-system/user-core-packages.nix b/base-system/user-core-packages.nix
index ce8a162..629aa1f 100644
--- a/base-system/user-core-packages.nix
+++ b/base-system/user-core-packages.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pkgs: with pkgs; [
   gnomeExtensions.paperwm
+  gnome.gnome-characters
   thunderbird
   helix
   nil