diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 5f0d6a8..38fd089 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
                 inherit pkgs;
 
                 libn = nixvim.lib.${system};
+                icons = import ./utils/icons.nix;
               };
             };
         in
diff --git a/plugins/alpha.nix b/plugins/alpha.nix
index adaf401..f888ec9 100644
--- a/plugins/alpha.nix
+++ b/plugins/alpha.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # homepage: https://github.com/goolord/alpha-nvim
 # nixvim doc: https://nix-community.github.io/nixvim/plugins/alpha/index.html
-{ libn, pkgs, ... }:
+{ icons, libn, pkgs, ... }:
 
 let
   header = {
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ let
 
     # Use function defined in lua config (see below) to generate buttons
     val = [
-      { __raw = "alpha_button('LDR n  ', '  New File')"; }
-      { __raw = "alpha_button('LDR e  ', '  Explorer')"; }
-      { __raw = "alpha_button('LDR f f', '  Find File')"; }
-      { __raw = "alpha_button('LDR f o', '󰈙  Recents')"; }
-      { __raw = "alpha_button('LDR f g', '󰈭  Live Grep')"; }
+      { __raw = "alpha_button('LDR n  ', '${icons.FileNew}  New File')"; }
+      { __raw = "alpha_button('LDR e  ', '${icons.FolderOpen}  Explorer')"; }
+      { __raw = "alpha_button('LDR f f', '${icons.Search}  Find File')"; }
+      { __raw = "alpha_button('LDR f o', '${icons.DefaultFile}  Recents')"; }
+      { __raw = "alpha_button('LDR f g', '${icons.WordFile}  Live Grep')"; }
     ];
   };
 
diff --git a/plugins/neo-tree.nix b/plugins/neo-tree.nix
index fb42919..d331f50 100644
--- a/plugins/neo-tree.nix
+++ b/plugins/neo-tree.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # homepage: https://github.com/nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim
 # nixvim doc: https://nix-community.github.io/nixvim/plugins/neo-tree/index.html
-_:
+{ icons, ... }:
 
 {
   opts = {
@@ -143,15 +143,15 @@ _:
 
     defaultComponentConfigs = {
       gitStatus.symbols = {
-        added = "";
-        conflict = "";
-        deleted = "";
-        ignored = "◌";
-        modified = "";
-        renamed = "";
-        staged = "";
-        unstaged = "";
-        untracked = "★";
+        added = icons.GitAdd;
+        conflict = icons.GitConflict;
+        deleted = icons.GitDelete;
+        ignored = icons.GitIgnored;
+        modified = icons.GitChange;
+        renamed = icons.GitRenamed;
+        staged = icons.GitStaged;
+        unstaged = icons.GitUnstaged;
+        untracked = icons.GitUntracked;
       };
     };
 
@@ -177,15 +177,15 @@ _:
       # Sources to show and their labels
       sources = [
         {
-          displayName = " Files";
+          displayName = "${icons.FolderClosed} Files";
           source = "filesystem";
         }
         {
-          displayName = "󰈙 Bufs";
+          displayName = "${icons.DefaultFile} Bufs";
           source = "buffers";
         }
         {
-          displayName = "󰊢 Git";
+          displayName = "${icons.Git} Git";
           source = "git_status";
         }
       ];
diff --git a/utils/icons.nix b/utils/icons.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97845ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/icons.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Taken from AstroNvim
+# https://github.com/AstroNvim/AstroNvim/blob/v4.7.7/lua/astronvim/plugins/_astroui.lua#L7-L66
+{
+  ActiveLSP = "";
+  ActiveTS = "";
+  ArrowLeft = "";
+  ArrowRight = "";
+  Bookmarks = "";
+  BufferClose = "󰅖";
+  DapBreakpoint = "";
+  DapBreakpointCondition = "";
+  DapBreakpointRejected = "";
+  DapLogPoint = "󰛿";
+  DapStopped = "󰁕";
+  Debugger = "";
+  DefaultFile = "󰈙";
+  Diagnostic = "󰒡";
+  DiagnosticError = "";
+  DiagnosticHint = "󰌵";
+  DiagnosticInfo = "󰋼";
+  DiagnosticWarn = "";
+  Ellipsis = "…";
+  Environment = "";
+  FileNew = "";
+  FileModified = "";
+  FileReadOnly = "";
+  FoldClosed = "";
+  FoldOpened = "";
+  FoldSeparator = " ";
+  FolderClosed = "";
+  FolderEmpty = "";
+  FolderOpen = "";
+  Git = "󰊢";
+  GitAdd = "";
+  GitBranch = "";
+  GitChange = "";
+  GitConflict = "";
+  GitDelete = "";
+  GitIgnored = "◌";
+  GitRenamed = "➜";
+  GitSign = "▎";
+  GitStaged = "✓";
+  GitUnstaged = "✗";
+  GitUntracked = "★";
+  LSPLoading1 = "";
+  LSPLoading2 = "󰀚";
+  LSPLoading3 = "";
+  MacroRecording = "";
+  Package = "󰏖";
+  Paste = "󰅌";
+  Refresh = "";
+  Search = "";
+  Selected = "❯";
+  Session = "󱂬";
+  Sort = "󰒺";
+  Spellcheck = "󰓆";
+  Tab = "󰓩";
+  TabClose = "󰅙";
+  Terminal = "";
+  Window = "";
+  WordFile = "󰈭";
+}