diff --git a/alex/home.nix b/alex/home.nix
index ff5f4b3..5632503 100644
--- a/alex/home.nix
+++ b/alex/home.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   home.file.".config/tmux/tmux.conf".source = ./tmux/tmux.conf;
   home.file.".config/tmux/tmux.conf.local".source = ./tmux/tmux.conf.local;
   home.file.".wezterm.lua".source = ./wezterm.lua;
+  home.file.".config/jrnl/ro_jrnl.yaml".source = ./jrnl/jrnl.yaml;
 
   # Packages that should be installed to the user profile.
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
     chromium
     darktable
     nextcloud-client
+    jrnl
 
     fastfetch
     nnn # terminal file manager
diff --git a/alex/jrnl/jrnl.yaml b/alex/jrnl/jrnl.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4f56d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alex/jrnl/jrnl.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+colors:
+  body: none
+  date: black
+  tags: yellow
+  title: cyan
+default_hour: 9
+default_minute: 0
+editor: nvim
+encrypt: true
+highlight: true
+indent_character: '|'
+journals:
+  default:
+    journal: /home/alex/nextcloud/docs/jrnl/jrnl.txt
+linewrap: 80
+tagsymbols: '#@'
+template: false
+timeformat: '%F %r'
+version: v4.1