diff --git a/home/base/gui/terminal/ghostty.nix b/home/base/gui/terminal/ghostty.nix
index 6ce85456..71b3d27e 100644
--- a/home/base/gui/terminal/ghostty.nix
+++ b/home/base/gui/terminal/ghostty.nix
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@
 {
   programs.ghostty = {
     enable = true;
-    package = pkgs.ghostty; # the stable version
+    package = 
+        if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin
+        then pkgs.emptyDirectory # pkgs.ghostty is currently broken on darwin
+        else pkgs.ghostty; # the stable version
     # package = ghostty.packages.${pkgs.system}.default; # the latest version
-    enableBashIntegration = true;
+    enableBashIntegration = false;
+    installBatSyntax = false;
     # installVimSyntax = true;
     settings = {
       theme = "catppuccin-mocha";
diff --git a/modules/darwin/apps.nix b/modules/darwin/apps.nix
index 2f920b4c..35dfabdf 100644
--- a/modules/darwin/apps.nix
+++ b/modules/darwin/apps.nix
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ in {
       "visual-studio-code"
       "zed" # zed editor
       "aerospace" # an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS
+      "ghostty" # terminal emulator
 
       # https://joplinapp.org/help/
       # "joplin" # note taking app