diff --git a/lua/layouts/modified_presets.lua b/lua/layouts/modified_presets.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2433002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/layouts/modified_presets.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+local layouts = {
+  telescope = {
+    reverse = true,
+    layout = {
+      box = "horizontal",
+      backdrop = 90,
+      width = 0.8,
+      height = 0.9,
+      border = "none",
+      {
+        box = "vertical",
+        { win = "list", title = " Results ", title_pos = "center", border = "rounded" },
+        { win = "input", height = 1, border = "rounded", title = "{title} {live}", title_pos = "left" },
+      },
+      {
+        win = "preview",
+        title = "{preview:Preview}",
+        width = 0.6,
+        border = "rounded",
+        title_pos = "center",
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  sidebar = {
+    preview = "main",
+    layout = {
+      backdrop = false,
+      width = 40,
+      min_width = 40,
+      height = 0,
+      position = "left",
+      border = "none",
+      box = "vertical",
+      {
+        win = "input",
+        height = 1,
+        border = "rounded",
+        title = "{title}",
+        title_pos = "center",
+      },
+      { win = "list", border = "none" },
+      { win = "preview", title = "{preview}", height = 0.4, border = "top" },
+    },
+  },
+}
+return layouts
diff --git a/lua/plugins/snacks.lua b/lua/plugins/snacks.lua
index f2d88ed..7a68441 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/snacks.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/snacks.lua
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+local my_presets = require("layouts.modified_presets")
 return {
   "folke/snacks.nvim",
+  priority = 1000,
+  lazy = false,
   opts = {
-    --
+    -----------------------------------------------
     -- notifications
-    --
+    -----------------------------------------------
+
     notifier = {
-      border = "rounded",
+      border = "none",
       zindex = 100,
       ft = "markdown",
       style = "fancy",
@@ -17,13 +21,29 @@ return {
       },
       bo = { filetype = "snacks_notif" },
     },
-    --
-    --  animations
-    --
-    animate = { },
-    --
-    -- dashboard
-    --
+
+    -----------------------------------------------
+    --  picker
+    -----------------------------------------------
+    picker = {
+      cycle = false,
+      layouts = my_presets,
+      layout = { preset = "telescope", auto_hide = { "input" } },
+      finder = "files",
+      format = "file",
+      show_empty = true,
+      hidden = true,
+      ignored = true,
+      follow = true,
+      supports_live = true,
+      sources = {
+        explorer = { matcher = { fuzzy = true }, layout = { preset = "sidebar" } },
+        buffers = { layout = { preset = "vscode" } },
+      },
+    },
+
+    -----------------------------------------------
+
     dashboard = {
       preset = {
         header = [[
@@ -55,4 +75,28 @@ return {
       },
     },
   },
+
+  -----------------------------------------------
+  -- keys
+  -----------------------------------------------
+
+  -- exploerer
+  keys = {
+    {
+      "<leader>fe",
+      function()
+        Snacks.explorer({ cwd = LazyVim.root() })
+      end,
+      desc = "Explorer Snacks (root dir)",
+    },
+    {
+      "<leader>fE",
+      function()
+        Snacks.explorer()
+      end,
+      desc = "Explorer Snacks (cwd)",
+    },
+    { "<leader>e", "<leader>fe", desc = "Explorer Snacks (root dir)", remap = true },
+    { "<leader>E", "<leader>fE", desc = "Explorer Snacks (cwd)", remap = true },
+  },
 }