diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 4e3a8c7..f1947d4 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -559,4 +559,15 @@ visual states."
   (setq doom-modeline-support-imenu t)
   (doom-modeline-mode 1))
 
+;; dashboard.el
+(use-package dashboard
+  :config
+  (dashboard-setup-startup-hook)
+  (setq initial-buffer-choice (lambda () (get-buffer-create "*dashboard*"))
+        dashboard-display-icons-p t
+        dashboard-icon-type 'nerd-icons
+        dashboard-set-file-icons t
+        dashboard-items '((recents . 5)
+                          (bookmarks . 5))))
+
 ;;; init.el ends here