diff --git a/bash/.bashrc b/bash/.bashrc
index 95c0178..225dd90 100644
--- a/bash/.bashrc
+++ b/bash/.bashrc
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ else
 fi
 unset color_prompt
 
+# setup kitty
+~/.config/kitty/setup.sh
+
 type -p curl >/dev/null || echo -e "$WARNING curl is not installed"
 
 command -v nvm > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/kitty/setup.sh b/kitty/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8f81f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kitty/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+OS=$(uname -s)
+if [ "$OS" = "Linux" ]; then
+    kitten @ set-font-size --all 9.0
+fi
+
+# get the SUNRISE/SUNSET time for the day
+DATE_FILE=$HOME/.config/kitty/date_output.txt
+CURRENT_DATE=$(date +"%B %d")
+LOCATION=c5326b3950212c71c67cee42b213313f555df223d9668aabb44c6719dc67685c
+TMP_FILE=$HOME/.config/kitty/$LOCATION.html
+SUNRISE_CACHE=$HOME/.config/kitty/$LOCATION.SUNRISE
+SUNSET_CACHE=$HOME/.config/kitty/$LOCATION.SUNSET
+
+time_to_minutes() {
+    local time=$1
+    local hours=${time%:*}
+    local minutes=${time#*:}
+    echo $((10#$hours * 60 + 10#$minutes))
+}
+
+get_sunrise_sunset() {
+    wget -q "https://weather.com/weather/today/l/$LOCATION" -O "$TMP_FILE"
+
+    SUNR=$(rg SunriseSunset "$TMP_FILE" | rg -o '((1[0-2]|0?[1-9]):([0-5][0-9]) ?([AaPp][Mm]))' | head -1)
+    SUNS=$(rg SunriseSunset "$TMP_FILE" | rg -o '((1[0-2]|0?[1-9]):([0-5][0-9]) ?([AaPp][Mm]))' | tail -1)
+    echo $SUNR
+    echo $SUNS
+
+    SUNRISE=$(date --date="$SUNR" +%R)
+    SUNSET=$(date --date="$SUNS" +%R)
+    echo $SUNRISE
+    echo $SUNSET
+
+    echo "$SUNRISE" > $SUNRISE_CACHE
+    echo "$SUNSET" > $SUNSET_CACHE
+}
+
+get_sunrise_sunset_from_cache() {
+    read -r SUNRISE < $SUNRISE_CACHE
+    read -r SUNSET < $SUNSET_CACHE
+}
+
+if [ -f "$DATE_FILE" ]; then
+    STORED_DATE=$(bat "$DATE_FILE")
+    if [ "$STORED_DATE" != "$CURRENT_DATE" ]; then
+        echo "$CURRENT_DATE" > "$DATE_FILE"
+        get_sunrise_sunset
+    else
+        get_sunrise_sunset_from_cache
+    fi
+else
+    echo "$CURRENT_DATE" > "$DATE_FILE"
+    get_sunrise_sunset
+fi
+
+MODE=dark
+NOW=$(date +"%H%M")
+SUNRISE_MINUTES=${SUNRISE/':'/}
+SUNSET_MINUTES=${SUNSET/':'/}
+if [ $NOW -ge $SUNRISE_MINUTES ] && [ $NOW -lt $SUNSET_MINUTES ]; then
+    MODE=light
+fi
+if [ $MODE == "light" ]; then
+    echo "load light theme"
+else
+    echo "load dark theme"
+fi