diff --git a/home/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml b/home/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5acdf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+font:
+  normal:
+    family: Terminess Powerline
+    style: Regular
+
+  size: 8
+
+mouse:
+  hide_when_typing: true
+
+key_bindings:
+  - key: V
+    mods: Control|Alt
+    action: Paste
+  - key: C
+    mods: Control|Alt
+    action: Copy
+
+visual_bell:
+  duration: 100
+
+dynamic_title: true
+
+# https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/wiki/Color-schemes#solarized
+colors:
+  # Default colors
+  primary:
+    background: '#002b36' # base03
+    foreground: '#839496' # base0
+
+  # Cursor colors
+  cursor:
+    text:   '#002b36' # base03
+    cursor: '#839496' # base0
+
+  # Normal colors
+  normal:
+    black:   '#073642' # base02
+    red:     '#dc322f' # red
+    green:   '#859900' # green
+    yellow:  '#b58900' # yellow
+    blue:    '#268bd2' # blue
+    magenta: '#d33682' # magenta
+    cyan:    '#2aa198' # cyan
+    white:   '#eee8d5' # base2
+
+  # Bright colors
+  bright:
+    black:   '#002b36' # base03
+    red:     '#cb4b16' # orange
+    green:   '#586e75' # base01
+    yellow:  '#657b83' # base00
+    blue:    '#839496' # base0
+    magenta: '#6c71c4' # violet
+    cyan:    '#93a1a1' # base1
+    white:   '#fdf6e3' # base3
diff --git a/home/.config/awesome/rc.lua b/home/.config/awesome/rc.lua
index 11b7bc3..df869b5 100644
--- a/home/.config/awesome/rc.lua
+++ b/home/.config/awesome/rc.lua
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ local hotkeys_popup = require("awful.hotkeys_popup").widget
 require("awful.hotkeys_popup.keys")
 
 local lain = require("lain")
+local helpers = require("lain.helpers")
 
 local widgets = require("widgets")
 
@@ -51,7 +52,10 @@ beautiful.init(gears.filesystem.get_configuration_dir() .. "theme.lua")
 awful.util.shell = "/bin/zsh"
 
 -- This is used later as the default terminal and editor to run.
-terminal = "urxvt"
+terminal = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/bin/alacritty"
+if not(helpers.file_exists(terminal)) then
+    terminal = "urxvt"
+end
 editor = os.getenv("EDITOR") or "editor"
 editor_cmd = terminal .. " -e " .. editor
 
diff --git a/home/.zshrc b/home/.zshrc
index 51e6c75..608b683 100644
--- a/home/.zshrc
+++ b/home/.zshrc
@@ -2476,7 +2476,7 @@ function grml_reset_screen_title () {
     # see http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Xterm-Title.html
     [[ ${NOTITLE:-} -gt 0 ]] && return 0
     case $TERM in
-        (xterm*|rxvt*)
+        (xterm*|rxvt*|alacritty)
             set_title ${(%):-"%n@%m: %~"}
             ;;
     esac
@@ -2510,7 +2510,7 @@ function grml_cmd_to_screen_title () {
 
 function grml_control_xterm_title () {
     case $TERM in
-        (xterm*|rxvt*)
+        (xterm*|rxvt*|alacritty)
             set_title "${(%):-"%n@%m:"}" "$1"
             ;;
     esac