diff --git a/modules/gui/cursor.nix b/modules/gui/cursor.nix
index e29f039..0116c05 100644
--- a/modules/gui/cursor.nix
+++ b/modules/gui/cursor.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
     config,
     lib,
+    pkgs,
     ...
 }: with lib; let
     cfg = config.myOptions.themes.cursor;
@@ -8,12 +9,12 @@
 in {
     options.myOptions.themes.cursor = {
         enable = mkEnableOption "enable cursor theming";
-        package = mkOption {
-            description = "cursor theme package";
-            type = types.package;
+        src = mkOption {
+            description = "hyprcursor theme tar url";
+            type = types.path;
         };
         name = mkOption {
-            description = "cursor theme name";
+            description = "hyprcursor theme name";
             type = types.str;
         };
         size = mkOption {
@@ -24,15 +25,26 @@ in {
 
     config = mkIf cfg.enable {
         environment.sessionVariables = {
-            XCURSOR_THEME = "${cfg.name}";
-            XCURSOR_SIZE = "${toString cfg.size}";
+            HYPRCURSOR_THEME = cfg.name;
+            HYPRCURSOR_SIZE = toString cfg.size;
         };
 
         home-manager.users.${username} = {
-            home.pointerCursor = {
-                inherit (cfg) package name size;
-                gtk.enable = true;
-                x11.enable = true;
+            home.file.".local/share/icons" = {
+                source = with pkgs; stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+                    pname = cfg.name;
+                    version = "0.1.0";
+
+                    inherit (cfg) src;
+
+                    buildPhase = ''
+                        runHook preBuild
+                        mkdir -p $out
+                        tar -C $out -x -f $src
+                        runHook postBuild
+                    '';
+                });
+                recursive = true;
             };
         };
     };