diff --git a/.stylua.toml b/.stylua.toml
index 81b31e4..a4f1507 100644
--- a/.stylua.toml
+++ b/.stylua.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-indent_type = "Spaces" # Use spaces instead of tabs
-indent_width = 2 # Number of spaces per indent level
-quote_style = "ForceDouble" # Always use double quotes for strings
-call_parentheses = "Always"
+# I don't like stylua formatting in my config
+ignore = [ "./" ]
diff --git a/after/ftplugin/java.lua b/after/ftplugin/java.lua
index 9401ec1..31c9ee6 100644
--- a/after/ftplugin/java.lua
+++ b/after/ftplugin/java.lua
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ local map, auto = core.misc.map, core.misc.auto
 
 local ok, jdtls = pcall(require, "jdtls")
 if not ok then
-  vim.notify("jdtls not loaded, can't setup jdtls lsp or dap",
-    vim.log.levels.INFO, {})
+  vim.notify("jdtls not loaded, can't setup jdtls lsp or dap")
   return
 end
 
@@ -68,8 +67,7 @@ local config = {
     -- setup nvim-dap
     local ok, dap = pcall(require, "dap")
     if not ok then
-      vim.notify("dap not loaded can't setup dap for jdtls",
-        vim.log.levels.INFO, {})
+      vim.notify("dap not loaded can't setup dap for jdtls")
       return
     end
 
@@ -146,20 +144,17 @@ local function version_check()
   if out.code ~= 0 then
     vim.notify(string.format(
       "java version check failed: exit code %s", out.code),
-      vim.log.levels.ERROR, { title = core.misc.appid })
+      vim.log.levels.ERROR)
     vim.notify(string.format(
-      "%s", vim.inspect(out.stdout)),
-      vim.log.levels.ERROR, { title = core.misc.appid })
+      "%s", vim.inspect(out.stdout)), vim.log.levels.ERROR)
     return false
   elseif not v then
-    vim.notify("no java version info found", vim.log.levels.ERROR,
-      { title = core.misc.appid })
+    vim.notify("no java version info found", vim.log.levels.ERROR)
     return false
   elseif v.major < 21 then
     vim.notify(string.format(
       "java version %s < 21.0.0 Cannot run jdtls, bailing out",
-      v[1].."."..v[2].."."..v[3]),
-      vim.log.levels.ERROR, { title = core.misc.appid })
+      v[1].."."..v[2].."."..v[3]), vim.log.levels.ERROR)
     return false
   end
 
diff --git a/after/ftplugin/netrw.lua b/after/ftplugin/netrw.lua
index d81ef0f..3f29c3b 100644
--- a/after/ftplugin/netrw.lua
+++ b/after/ftplugin/netrw.lua
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ end)
 -- change neovim root
 map_local("n", "rt", function()
   vim.api.nvim_set_current_dir(vim.b.netrw_curdir)
-  vim.notify("root dir updated: "..vim.b.netrw_curdir, vim.log.levels.LOW,
-    { title = core.misc.appid })
+  vim.notify("root dir updated: "..vim.b.netrw_curdir)
 end)
diff --git a/lua/conf/autos.lua b/lua/conf/autos.lua
index c1f97e7..ceb669c 100644
--- a/lua/conf/autos.lua
+++ b/lua/conf/autos.lua
@@ -47,3 +47,5 @@ auto("BufWritePre", {
     vim.fn.mkdir(dir, "p")
   end
 })
+
+core.color.setup_termbg_sync()
diff --git a/lua/conf/binds.lua b/lua/conf/binds.lua
index ca7990f..f83509d 100644
--- a/lua/conf/binds.lua
+++ b/lua/conf/binds.lua
@@ -23,22 +23,16 @@ map("n", "<leader>x", function() -- execute order 111
   if vim.fn.getftype(fn) == "file" then
     local perm = vim.fn.getfperm(fn)
     if string.match(perm, "x", 3) then
-      vim.notify("Removed executable flags", vim.log.levels.INFO, {
-        title = core.misc.appid
-      })
+      vim.notify("Removed executable flags")
       vim.fn.setfperm(fn, string.sub(fn, 1, 2).."-"..string.sub(fn, 4, 5).."-"
         ..string.sub(fn, 7, 8).."-")
     else
-      vim.notify("Add executable flags", vim.log.levels.INFO, {
-        title = core.misc.appid
-      })
+      vim.notify("Add executable flags")
       vim.fn.setfperm(fn, string.sub(fn, 1, 2).."x"..string.sub(fn, 4, 5).."x"
         ..string.sub(fn, 7, 8).."x")
     end
   else
-    vim.notify("File doesn't exist", vim.log.levels.INFO, {
-      title = core.misc.appid
-    })
+    vim.notify("File doesn't exist")
   end
 end, { desc = "toggle executable flag of the file" })
 
diff --git a/lua/conf/plugins/dap-python.lua b/lua/conf/plugins/dap-python.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..673b311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/conf/plugins/dap-python.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+return { "mfussenegger/nvim-dap-python",
+  requires = "mfussenegger/nvim-dap",
+  function()
+    local debugpy = core.mason.get_pkg_path("debugpy", "/venv/bin/python3")
+    require("dap-python").setup(debugpy)
+  end
+}
diff --git a/lua/conf/plugins/harpoon.lua b/lua/conf/plugins/harpoon.lua
index 06a00ff..4cb1d57 100644
--- a/lua/conf/plugins/harpoon.lua
+++ b/lua/conf/plugins/harpoon.lua
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ return { "ThePrimeagen/harpoon",
 
     map("n", "<leader>a", function()
       harpoon:list():add()
-      vim.notify("added "..vim.fn.expand("%:t").." to quickmarks",
-        vim.log.levels.INFO, { title = core.misc.appid })
+      vim.notify("added "..vim.fn.expand("%:t").." to quickmarks")
     end, { desc = "add current file to quickmarks" })
 
     map("n", "<C-e>", function() harpoon.ui:toggle_quick_menu(harpoon:list()) end)
diff --git a/lua/conf/plugins/lspconfig.lua b/lua/conf/plugins/lspconfig.lua
index f2a3250..a4a3743 100644
--- a/lua/conf/plugins/lspconfig.lua
+++ b/lua/conf/plugins/lspconfig.lua
@@ -9,8 +9,19 @@ return { "neovim/nvim-lspconfig",
     require("mason-lspconfig").setup {
       ensure_added = {
         "clangd",
+        "mesonlsp",
+
+        "bashls",
+        "jdtls",
+
         "lua_ls",
-        "jdtls"
+        "stylua",
+
+        -- python
+        "basedpyright",
+        "mypy",
+        "black",
+        "debugpy"
       }
     }
   end
diff --git a/lua/conf/plugins/mellow.lua b/lua/conf/plugins/mellow.lua
index a590cf9..0ebaa68 100644
--- a/lua/conf/plugins/mellow.lua
+++ b/lua/conf/plugins/mellow.lua
@@ -23,7 +23,17 @@ return { "mellow-theme/mellow.nvim",
       ["BlinkCmpMenu"] = { link = "NormalFloat" },
       ["BlinkCmpMenuBorder"] = { link = "BlinkCmpMenu" },
       ["BlinkCmpMenuSelection"] = { bg = c.gray01 },
-      ["BlinkCmpLabelDeprecated"] = { link = "CmpItemAbbrDeprecated" }
+      ["BlinkCmpLabelDeprecated"] = { link = "CmpItemAbbrDeprecated" },
+
+      -- telescope styling so I can see when coding outside (real)
+      ["TelescopeResultsNormal"] = { bg = c.bg_dark },
+      ["TelescopeResultsBorder"] = { link = "TelescopeResultsNormal" },
+      ["TelescopeResultsTitle"] = {
+        bg = core.color.copyhl("TelescopeResultsNormal").background,
+        fg = core.color.copyhl("TelescopeResultsNormal").background
+      },
+      ["TelescopePreviewNormal"] = { link = "NormalFloat" },
+      ["TelescopePreviewBorder"] = { link = "TelescopePreviewNormal" }
     }
   end
 }
diff --git a/lua/conf/plugins/nonels.lua b/lua/conf/plugins/nonels.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..263ba7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/conf/plugins/nonels.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+local augroup = core.misc.augroup("nullls formatting")
+
+return { "nvimtools/none-ls.nvim",
+  function()
+    local null_ls = require("null-ls")
+
+    null_ls.setup {
+      sources = {
+        null_ls.builtins.formatting.stylua,
+        null_ls.builtins.formatting.black,
+        null_ls.builtins.diagnostics.mypy
+      },
+
+      on_attach = function(client, bufnr)
+        if client.supports_method("textDocument/formatting") then
+          vim.api.nvim_clear_autocmds({
+            group = augroup,
+            buffer = bufnr
+          })
+          core.misc.auto("BufWritePre", {
+            group = augroup,
+            buffer = bufnr,
+            callback = function()
+              vim.lsp.buf.format({ bufnr = bufnr })
+            end
+          })
+        end
+      end
+    }
+  end
+}
diff --git a/lua/core/color.lua b/lua/core/color.lua
index c4525f5..5d846ce 100644
--- a/lua/core/color.lua
+++ b/lua/core/color.lua
@@ -6,21 +6,162 @@ local M = {}
 ---@return table
 function M.copyhl(hlgroup, namespace)
   namespace = namespace or 0
+  local res = {}
 
   local ok, hl = pcall(vim.api.nvim_get_hl, namespace, {
     name = hlgroup,
     create = false
   })
   if not ok then
-    return {}
+    -- return default
+    return {
+      ["foreground"] = "#000000",
+      ["background"] = "#000000",
+      ["special"] = "#000000"
+    }
   end
 
   for _, key in pairs({ "foreground", "background", "special" }) do
     if hl[key] then
-      hl[key] = string.format("#%06x", hl[key])
+      res[key] = string.format("#%06x", hl[key])
     end
   end
-  return hl
+  return res
+end
+
+--- Taken from https://github.com/rachartier/tiny-inline-diagnostic.nvim
+---@param hex string
+---@return table rgb
+function M.hex_to_rgb(hex)
+  if hex == nil or hex == 'None' then
+    return {0, 0, 0}
+  end
+
+  hex = hex:gsub('#', '')
+  hex = string.lower(hex)
+
+  return {
+    tonumber(hex:sub(1, 2), 16),
+    tonumber(hex:sub(3, 4), 16),
+    tonumber(hex:sub(5, 6), 16)
+  }
+end
+
+-- Source: 'runtime/lua/vim/_defaults.lua' in Neovim source
+local function parse_osc11(x)
+  local r, g, b = x:match('^\027%]11;rgb:(%x+)/(%x+)/(%x+)$')
+  if not (r and g and b) then
+    local a
+    r, g, b, a = x:match('^\027%]11;rgba:(%x+)/(%x+)/(%x+)/(%x+)$')
+    if not (a and a:len() <= 4) then
+      return
+    end
+  end
+  if not (r and g and b) then
+    return
+  end
+  if not (r:len() <= 4 and g:len() <= 4 and b:len() <= 4) then
+    return
+  end
+  local parse_osc_hex = function(c)
+    return c:len() == 1 and (c..c) or c:sub(1, 2)
+  end
+  return '#'..parse_osc_hex(r)..parse_osc_hex(g)..parse_osc_hex(b)
+end
+
+local _termbg_init
+--- taken from github.com/echasnovski/mini.misc modified to work for me
+--- sets up terminal background synchronization which enables neovim to set the
+--- background of the terminal it is running in
+function M.setup_termbg_sync()
+  -- Handling `'\027]11;?\007'` response was added in Neovim 0.10
+  if vim.fn.has('nvim-0.10') == 0 then
+    vim.notify('`setup_termbg_sync()` requires Neovim>=0.10',
+      vim.log.levels.WARN)
+  end
+
+  -- Proceed only if there is a valid stdout to use
+  local has_stdout_tty = false
+  for _, ui in ipairs(vim.api.nvim_list_uis()) do
+    has_stdout_tty = has_stdout_tty or ui.stdout_tty
+  end
+  if not has_stdout_tty then return end
+
+  local augroup = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('TermbgSync', {
+    clear = true,
+  })
+  local track_au_id, bad_responses, had_proper_response = nil, {}, false
+  local f = function(args)
+    -- Process proper response only once
+    if had_proper_response then
+      return
+    end
+
+    -- Neovim=0.10 uses string sequence as response, while Neovim>=0.11 sets it
+    -- in `sequence` table field
+    local seq = type(args.data) == 'table' and args.data.sequence or args.data
+    local ok, bg_init = pcall(parse_osc11, seq)
+    if not (ok and type(bg_init) == 'string') then
+      return table.insert(bad_responses, seq)
+    end
+    had_proper_response = true
+    pcall(vim.api.nvim_del_autocmd, track_au_id)
+
+    -- Set up sync
+    local sync = function()
+      local normal = vim.api.nvim_get_hl(0, {
+        name = "Normal",
+        create = false
+      })
+      if normal.bg == nil then
+        return
+      end
+
+      -- NOTE: use `io.stdout` instead of `io.write` to ensure correct target
+      -- Otherwise after `io.output(file); file:close()` there is an error
+      io.stdout:write(string.format('\027]11;#%06x\007', normal.bg))
+    end
+    vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ 'VimResume', 'ColorScheme' }, {
+      group = augroup,
+      callback = sync,
+    })
+
+    -- Set up reset to the color returned from the very first call
+    _termbg_init = _termbg_init or bg_init
+    local reset = function()
+      io.stdout:write('\027]11;'.._termbg_init..'\007')
+    end
+    vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ 'VimLeavePre', 'VimSuspend' }, {
+      group = augroup,
+      callback = reset,
+    })
+
+    -- Sync immediately
+    sync()
+  end
+
+  -- Ask about current background color and process the proper response.
+  -- NOTE: do not use `once = true` as Neovim itself triggers `TermResponse`
+  -- events during startup, so this should wait until the proper one.
+  track_au_id = vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('TermResponse', {
+    group = augroup,
+    callback = f,
+    nested = true
+  })
+  io.stdout:write('\027]11;?\007')
+  vim.defer_fn(function()
+    if had_proper_response then
+      return
+    end
+    pcall(vim.api.nvim_del_augroup_by_id, augroup)
+    local bad_suffix = #bad_responses == 0 and '' or
+                       (', only these: '..vim.inspect(bad_responses))
+    local msg =
+    "`setup_termbg_sync()` did not get proper response from terminal emulator"
+      ..bad_suffix
+
+    vim.notify(msg, vim.log.levels.WARN)
+  end, 1000)
 end
 
 return M
diff --git a/lua/core/init.lua b/lua/core/init.lua
index f8d0c35..c0b3aea 100644
--- a/lua/core/init.lua
+++ b/lua/core/init.lua
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 -- inspired by (and partially yoinked from): github.com/gonstoll/dotfiles
 
-local M = {
-  misc = require("core.misc"),
-  folding = require("core.folding"),
-  lsp = require("core.lsp"),
-  color = require("core.color"),
-  snippets = vim.fs.joinpath(vim.fn.stdpath("config"), "lua/core/snippets.lua"),
-}
+local notify = vim.notify
+--- overidden version of vim.notify
+---@param msg string message
+---@param level vim.log.levels? log level
+---@param opts table? options
+---@diagnostic disable-next-line: duplicate-set-field
+vim.notify = function(msg, level, opts)
+  notify(msg, level or vim.log.levels.INFO, opts or {
+    title = require("core.misc").appid
+  })
+end
 
 --- check if the given table contains an item, and return the key value pair if
 --- it does
@@ -23,6 +27,14 @@ table.contains = function(self, item)
   return false
 end
 
+local M = {
+  misc = require("core.misc"),
+  folding = require("core.folding"),
+  lsp = require("core.lsp"),
+  color = require("core.color"),
+  snippets = vim.fs.joinpath(vim.fn.stdpath("config"), "lua/core/snippets.lua"),
+}
+
 M.mason = {
   --- Gets a path to a package in the Mason registry.
   --- Prefer this to `get_package`, since the package might not always be
@@ -30,9 +42,11 @@ M.mason = {
   ---@param pkg string
   ---@param path? string
   get_pkg_path = function(pkg, path)
-    pcall(require, "mason") -- make sure Mason is loaded. Will fail when generating docs
+    pcall(require, "mason") -- make sure Mason is loaded. Will fail when
+                            -- generating docs
 
-    local root = vim.env.MASON or vim.fs.joinpath(vim.fn.stdpath("data"), "mason")
+    local root = vim.env.MASON or vim.fs.joinpath(vim.fn.stdpath("data"),
+      "mason")
     path = path or ""
     return vim.fs.joinpath(root, "packages", pkg, path)
   end
diff --git a/lua/core/snippets.lua b/lua/core/snippets.lua
index 48dd54f..1bb0b27 100644
--- a/lua/core/snippets.lua
+++ b/lua/core/snippets.lua
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ ts_postfix = require("luasnip.extras.treesitter_postfix").treesitter_postfix
 postfix = require("luasnip.extras.postfix").postfix
 ms = ls.multi_snippet
 
-function file_name(_, _, _)
+file_name = function(_, _, _)
   return vim.fn.expand("%:t:r")
 end
diff --git a/lua/snippets/python.lua b/lua/snippets/python.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b304969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/snippets/python.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+dofile(core.snippets)
+
+--- convert snake to pascal case
+---@return string classname
+local function py_file_name()
+  local fn = file_name()
+  local new = ""
+
+  -- convert snake to pascal case
+  for i = 1, #fn do
+    if i == 1 then
+      new = fn:sub(1, 1):upper()
+    elseif fn:sub(i - 1, i - 1) == "_" then
+      new = new..fn:sub(i, i):upper()
+    elseif fn:sub(i, i) ~= "_" then
+      new = new..fn:sub(i, i)
+    end
+  end
+
+  return new
+end
+
+--- find the current class and return its name if not available defaults to
+--- the file name
+---@return string
+local function python_class()
+  -- set the starting node to the node under the cursor
+  local node = require("nvim-treesitter.ts_utils").get_node_at_cursor()
+
+  while node do
+    -- check if we're in a class
+    if node:type() == "class_definition" then
+      -- find the class name in the class declaration and return it
+      for i = 0, node:child_count() - 1 do
+        local child = node:child(i)
+        if child and child:type() == "identifier" then
+          return vim.treesitter.get_node_text(child, 0)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    node = node:parent()
+  end
+
+  -- if no class can be found default to the current file name
+  return file_name()
+end
+
+return {
+  s("class", {
+    t("class "),
+    c(1, {
+      f(py_file_name, {}),
+      i(0, "MyClass")
+    }),
+    c(2, {
+      t(""),
+      sn(nil, {
+        t("("),
+        i(1, "object"),
+        t(")")
+      })
+    }),
+    t({ ": ", "\t" }),
+    i(0)
+  }),
+
+  s({ trig = [[fn\|def\|constr\|init]], trigEngine = "vim" }, {
+    t("def "),
+    d(1, function(_, snip)
+      if snip.trigger == "constr" or snip.trigger == "init" then
+        print(python_class())
+        return sn(nil, {
+          t("__init__")
+        })
+      else
+        return sn(nil, {
+          i(1, "myFunc")
+        })
+      end
+    end, {}),
+    t("("),
+    d(2, function(_, snip)
+      -- if this is a constructor or a function in a class then we need to put
+      -- self as the first argument
+      if snip.trigger == "constr" or snip.trigger == "init"
+        or python_class() ~= file_name() then
+
+        return sn(nil, {
+          t("self")
+        })
+      else
+        return sn(nil, {})
+      end
+    end, {}),
+    i(3),
+    t(")"),
+    t(" -> "),
+    i(4, "None"),
+    t({ ":", "\t" }),
+    i(0, "pass")
+  }),
+
+  s("main", {
+    t({ "def main() -> None:", "\t" }),
+    i(0, 'print("hello world")'),
+    t({ "", "", 'if __name__ == "__main__":', "\tmain()" })
+  })
+}