return {
  -- the colorscheme should be available when starting neovim
  {
    "folke/tokyonight.nvim",
    -- "shaunsingh/nord.nvim",
    lazy = false, -- make sure we load this during the startup if its your main colorscheme
    priority = 1000, -- make sure to load this before all the other start plugins
    opts = {
    },
    config = function()
      require("tokyonight").setup({
        style = "storm", -- storm, moon, night, day
        light_style = "day",
        transparent = true,
        terminal_colors = true,
        styles = {
          sidebars = "transparent", -- dark, transparent, normal
          floats = "transparent",
        }
      })
      -- load the colorscheme here
      vim.cmd([[colorscheme tokyonight]])
    end,
  },
}