diff --git a/.config/i3/config b/.config/i3/config
index 71248d7..31084fb 100644
--- a/.config/i3/config
+++ b/.config/i3/config
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bar {
   strip_workspace_numbers yes
 
   colors {
-    background $black
+    background $BLACK
     statusline #F9FAF9
     separator  #454947
     focused_workspace  #F9FAF9 #16a085 #292F34
@@ -137,19 +137,10 @@ bindsym $mod+Insert		exec --no-startup-id showclip
 
 
 
-# COLORS
-set $black 	           #272822
-set $white             #FFFFFF
-set $pink              #F92672
-set $blue              #66D9EF
-set $green             #A6E22E
-set $orange            #FD971F
-set $yellow            #E6DB74
-set $purple            #AE81FF
 # class                 border  bg.    text    indicator child_border
-client.focused          $black  $black $green  $blue   $blue
-client.focused_inactive $black  $black $blue   $black  $black
-client.unfocused        $black  $black $white  $black  $black
+client.focused          $BLACK  $BLACK $GREEN  $BLUE   $BLUE
+client.focused_inactive $BLACK  $BLACK $BLUE   $BLACK  $BLACK
+client.unfocused        $BLACK  $BLACK $WHITE  $BLACK  $BLACK
 client.background		#f1232
 
 # EXTERNAL 
diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index 345b59e..48b7ce2 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -15,13 +15,23 @@ alias wget='wget --hsts-file="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/wget-hsts"'
 alias yarn='yarn --use-yarnrc "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/yarn/config"'
 alias code='code --extensions-dir "$XDG_DATA_HOME/vscode"'
 alias vscodium='vscodium --extensions-dir "$XDG_DATA_HOME/vscode"'
-
 export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME="qt5ct"
 export QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0
 export GTK2_RC_FILES="$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0"
 
-
+# default applications
 export EDITOR=/usr/bin/nvim
 export BROWSER=/usr/bin/firefox
 export TERMINAL=/usr/bin/kitty
 export EXPLORER=/usr/bin/thunar
+export MAILCIENT=/usr/bin/neomutt
+
+# global theme
+export BLACK="#272822"
+export WHITE="#FFFFFF"
+export PINK="#F92672"
+export BLUE="#66D9EF"
+export GREEN="#A6E22E"
+export ORANGE="#FD971F"
+export YELLOW="#E6DB74"
+export PURPLE="#AE81FF"