diff --git a/home/isabel/packages/gui/terminals/ghostty.nix b/home/isabel/packages/gui/terminals/ghostty.nix
index 35cd8e05..b5db7a38 100644
--- a/home/isabel/packages/gui/terminals/ghostty.nix
+++ b/home/isabel/packages/gui/terminals/ghostty.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ in
     enableFishIntegration = config.programs.fish.enable;
     enableZshIntegration = config.programs.zsh.enable;
 
+    # produces an error, besides it's not needed since catppuccin/nix handles this for us
+    installBatSyntax = false;
+
     settings = {
       command = "/etc/profiles/per-user/isabel/bin/fish --login";