return {
  "nvimdev/dashboard-nvim",
  event = "VimEnter",
  opts = function()
    local logo = "\n"
      .. "         ▖\n"
      .. "┌─╮╭─╮╭─╮▖  ▖▖▄▄▗▄ \n"
      .. "│ │├─┘│ │▝▖▞ ▌▌ ▌ ▌\n"
      .. "╵ ╵╰─╯╰─╯ ▝  ▘▘ ▘ ▘\n"
      .. "\n"

    logo = string.rep("\n", 5) .. logo .. "\n\n"

    local opts = {
      theme = "doom",
      hide = {
        statusline = false,
      },
      config = {
        header = vim.split(logo, "\n"),
        center = {
          {
            action = "Telescope find_files",
            desc = " Find file",
            icon = " ",
            key = "f",
          },
          {
            action = "ene | startinsert",
            desc = " New file",
            icon = " ",
            key = "n",
          },
          {
            action = "Telescope oldfiles",
            desc = " Recent files",
            icon = " ",
            key = "r",
          },
          {
            action = "Telescope live_grep",
            desc = " Find text",
            icon = " ",
            key = "g",
          },
          {
            action = "Telescope projects",
            desc = " Find project",
            icon = " ",
            key = "p",
          },
          {
            action = 'lua require("persistence").load()',
            desc = " Restore Session",
            icon = " ",
            key = "s",
          },
          {
            action = "LazyExtras",
            desc = " Lazy Extras",
            icon = " ",
            key = "e",
          },
          {
            action = "Lazy",
            desc = " Lazy",
            icon = "󰒲 ",
            key = "l",
          },
          {
            action = "Mason",
            desc = " Mason",
            icon = "󱊈 ",
            key = "m",
          },
          {
            action = "qa",
            desc = " Quit",
            icon = " ",
            key = "q",
          },
        },
        footer = function()
          local stats = require("lazy").stats()
          local ms = (math.floor(stats.startuptime * 100 + 0.5) / 100)
          return {
            "⚡ Neovim loaded " .. stats.loaded .. "/" .. stats.count .. " plugins in " .. ms .. "ms",
          }
        end,
      },
    }

    for _, button in ipairs(opts.config.center) do
      button.desc = button.desc .. string.rep(" ", 43 - #button.desc)
    end

    -- close Lazy and re-open when the dashboard is ready
    if vim.o.filetype == "lazy" then
      vim.cmd.close()
      vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("User", {
        pattern = "DashboardLoaded",
        callback = function()
          require("lazy").show()
        end,
      })
    end

    return opts
  end,
}