diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index a870d47..2144b3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           # !! Add your recipes here
           - recipe-gnome.yml
           - recipe-kde.yml
+          - recipe-sway.yml
           - recipe-budgie.yml
     steps:
       # the build is fully handled by the reusable github action
diff --git a/files/scripts/example.sh b/files/scripts/example.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index fdb2e04..0000000
--- a/files/scripts/example.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Tell this script to exit if there are any errors.
-# You should have this in every custom script, to ensure that your completed
-# builds actually ran successfully without any errors!
-set -oue pipefail
-
-# Your code goes here.
-echo 'This is an example shell script'
-echo 'Scripts here will run during build if specified in recipe.yml'
diff --git a/files/scripts/remove-sway-config.sh b/files/scripts/remove-sway-config.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b57bf2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/scripts/remove-sway-config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+
+rm -f /etc/sway/config
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/system/etc/sway/config.d/config.conf b/files/system/etc/sway/config.d/config.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a0ac8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/system/etc/sway/config.d/config.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+set $bg      #001524
+set $teal    #15616d
+set $cream   #ffecd1
+set $accent  #ff7d00
+set $brown   #78290f
+
+set $mod Mod4 
+set $term foot
+set $menu wofi --show drun --style /etc/wofi/style.css
+
+
+font pango:Inter 10
+titlebar_padding 10 4
+titlebar_border_thickness 0
+title_align center
+
+default_border pixel 3
+default_floating_border pixel 3
+hide_edge_borders none
+
+gaps inner 10
+gaps outer 6
+
+client.focused          $accent  $accent   $bg     $accent   $accent
+client.focused_inactive $teal    $teal     $cream  $teal     $teal
+client.unfocused        $teal    $bg       $teal   $bg       $teal
+client.urgent           $brown   $brown    $cream  $brown    $brown
+client.placeholder      $bg      $bg       $cream  $bg       $bg
+client.background       $bg
+
+output * bg $bg solid_color
+seat * hide_cursor when-typing enable
+
+input type:keyboard {
+    xkb_layout de
+}
+input type:touchpad {
+    tap enabled
+    natural_scroll enabled
+    dwt enabled
+}
+
+bindsym $mod+Return exec $term
+unbindsym $mod+d
+bindsym $mod+d exec $menu
+bindsym $mod+q kill
+
+
+
+exec swayidle -w \
+    timeout 300 '$lock' \
+    timeout 600 'swaymsg "output * power off"' \
+    resume 'swaymsg "output * power on"'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/system/etc/wofi/style.css b/files/system/etc/wofi/style.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9134efd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/system/etc/wofi/style.css
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+window {
+    margin: 0;
+    background-color: #001524;
+    border: 2px solid #ff7d00;
+    border-radius: 14px;
+    font-family: "Inter", sans-serif;
+    font-size: 14px;
+}
+#outer-box { margin: 8px; }
+#input {
+    margin: 8px;
+    padding: 8px 12px;
+    color: #ffecd1;
+    background-color: #001524;
+    border: 2px solid #15616d;
+    border-radius: 10px;
+}
+#input:focus { border-color: #ff7d00; }
+#inner-box { margin: 0 8px 8px 8px; background: transparent; }
+#scroll { background: transparent; }
+#entry { padding: 6px 10px; border-radius: 8px; color: #ffecd1; }
+#entry:selected { background-color: #15616d; }
+#text:selected { color: #ffecd1; }
diff --git a/files/system/etc/xdg/foot/foot.ini b/files/system/etc/xdg/foot/foot.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb5f424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/system/etc/xdg/foot/foot.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[main]
+font=monospace:size=11
+pad=12x12
+
+[colors-dark]
+alpha=0.96
+background=001524
+foreground=ffecd1
+cursor=001524 ff7d00
+selection-background=15616d
+selection-foreground=ffecd1
+
+regular0=0a2a3c
+regular1=d9532b
+regular2=4fa3a5
+regular3=ff7d00
+regular4=2a8a99
+regular5=c97b5a
+regular6=3fb0b8
+regular7=ffecd1
+
+bright0=15616d
+bright1=ff7a52
+bright2=6fc7c7
+bright3=ffa94d
+bright4=5cc4cf
+bright5=e0a284
+bright6=8fdede
+bright7=fff6e6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/system/etc/xdg/mako/config b/files/system/etc/xdg/mako/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d24eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/system/etc/xdg/mako/config
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+font=Inter 10
+width=340
+margin=10
+padding=12
+border-size=2
+border-radius=12
+default-timeout=6000
+background-color=#001524
+text-color=#ffecd1
+border-color=#15616d
+progress-color=over #ff7d00
+
+[urgency=high]
+background-color=#78290f
+border-color=#ff7d00
+default-timeout=0
diff --git a/files/system/etc/xdg/waybar/config b/files/system/etc/xdg/waybar/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaa8b3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/system/etc/xdg/waybar/config
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "layer": "top",
+    "position": "top",
+    "height": 32,
+    "margin-top": 6,
+    "margin-left": 6,
+    "margin-right": 6,
+    "spacing": 6,
+
+    "modules-left": ["sway/workspaces", "sway/mode"],
+    "modules-center": ["clock"],
+    "modules-right": ["tray", "pulseaudio", "network", "battery"],
+
+    "sway/workspaces": { "disable-scroll": true, "all-outputs": true },
+    "clock": { "format": "{:%a %d %b   %H:%M}", "tooltip-format": "{:%A, %d %B %Y}" },
+    "pulseaudio": { "format": "vol {volume}%", "format-muted": "muted", "on-click": "wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ toggle" },
+    "network": { "format-wifi": "{essid}", "format-ethernet": "wired", "format-disconnected": "offline" },
+    "battery": { "format": "bat {capacity}%", "format-charging": "chg {capacity}%", "states": { "warning": 25, "critical": 10 } },
+    "tray": { "spacing": 8 }
+}
diff --git a/files/system/etc/xdg/waybar/style.css b/files/system/etc/xdg/waybar/style.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..019d776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/system/etc/xdg/waybar/style.css
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+@define-color bg     #001524;
+@define-color teal   #15616d;
+@define-color cream  #ffecd1;
+@define-color accent #ff7d00;
+@define-color brown  #78290f;
+
+* {
+    font-family: "Inter", sans-serif;
+    font-size: 13px;
+    border: none;
+    border-radius: 0;
+    min-height: 0;
+}
+
+window#waybar { background: transparent; color: @cream; }
+
+#workspaces, #mode, #clock, #pulseaudio, #network, #battery, #tray {
+    background: alpha(@bg, 0.92);
+    border: 2px solid @teal;
+    border-radius: 12px;
+    padding: 0 12px;
+    margin: 0 2px;
+}
+
+#workspaces { padding: 0 4px; }
+#workspaces button {
+    padding: 0 10px;
+    margin: 3px 2px;
+    color: @cream;
+    background: transparent;
+    border-radius: 8px;
+}
+#workspaces button:hover { background: @teal; box-shadow: none; }
+#workspaces button.focused { background: @accent; color: @bg; font-weight: 600; }
+#workspaces button.urgent { background: @brown; }
+
+#mode { background: @brown; border-color: @accent; }
+#clock { color: @accent; font-weight: 600; border-color: @accent; }
+#pulseaudio.muted { color: @teal; }
+#network.disconnected { color: @brown; }
+#battery.warning { color: @accent; }
+#battery.critical { background: @brown; border-color: @accent; }
diff --git a/recipes/recipe-sway.yml b/recipes/recipe-sway.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0732921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/recipe-sway.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+---
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://schema.blue-build.org/recipe-v1.json
+# image will be published to ghcr.io/<user>/<name>
+name: marschallos-sway
+# description will be included in the image's metadata
+description: my personal image which is obviously the best.
+
+# the base image to build on top of (FROM) and the version tag to use
+base-image: quay.io/fedora-ostree-desktops/sway-atomic
+
+image-version: 44 # You can pin to a specific version of Fedora as well
+
+# module configuration, executed in order
+# you can include multiple instances of the same module
+modules:
+  - type: files
+    files:
+      - source: system
+        destination: / # copies files/system/* (* means everything inside it) into your image's root folder /
+  - type: brew
+    nofile-limits: true
+    brew-analytics: false
+  - type: dnf
+    repos:
+      copr:
+        - atim/starship
+    install:
+      packages:
+        - micro
+        - starship
+        - fastfetch
+        - wofi
+    remove:
+      packages:
+        # example: removing firefox (in favor of the flatpak)
+        # "firefox" is the main package, "firefox-langpacks" is a dependency
+        - firefox
+        - firefox-langpacks # also remove firefox dependency (not required for all packages, this is a special case)
+        - nvtop
+        - rofi
+
+
+  - type: signing # this sets up the proper policy & signing files for signed images to work full