diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index f770b7e..2075267 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -5,40 +5,8 @@
   programs.home-manager.enable = true;
   programs.home-manager.path = "$HOME/utils/dotfiles";
 
-  programs.helix.enable = true;
-  # https://docs.helix-editor.com/from-vim.html
-  # https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Migrating-from-Vim
-  programs.helix.settings = {
-    theme = "dracula";
-    editor = {
-      line-number = "relative";
-      cursor-shape = {
-        insert = "bar";
-        normal = "block";
-      };
-      whitespace = {
-        render = "all";
-        # or control each character
-        #render = {
-        #  space = "all";
-        #  tab = "all";
-        #  newline = "none";
-        #};
-
-        characters = {
-          space = "·";
-          nbsp = "⍽";
-          tab = "→";
-          newline = "¬";
-          # Tabs will look like "→···" (depending on tab width)
-          tabpad = "·";
-        };
-      };
-      lsp.display-messages = true;
-    };
-  };
-
   imports = [
+    ./nix/programs/helix.nix
     ./nix/programs/newsboat.nix
   ];
 
diff --git a/nix/programs/helix.nix b/nix/programs/helix.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c97263b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/programs/helix.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}: {
+  programs.helix = {
+    enable = true;
+    settings = {
+      theme = "dracula";
+      editor = {
+        line-number = "relative";
+        cursor-shape = {
+          insert = "bar";
+          normal = "block";
+        };
+        whitespace = {
+          render = "all";
+          # or control each character
+          #render = {
+          #  space = "all";
+          #  tab = "all";
+          #  newline = "none";
+          #};
+
+          characters = {
+            space = "·";
+            nbsp = "⍽";
+            tab = "→";
+            newline = "¬";
+            # Tabs will look like "→···" (depending on tab width)
+            tabpad = "·";
+          };
+        };
+        lsp.display-messages = true;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}