diff --git a/lua/plugins/astroui.lua b/lua/plugins/astroui.lua
index 0c49c1f..e72640d 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/astroui.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/astroui.lua
@@ -1,15 +1,43 @@
-
 -- AstroUI provides the basis for configuring the AstroNvim User Interface
 -- Configuration documentation can be found with `:h astroui`
--- NOTE: We highly recommend setting up the Lua Language Server (`:LspInstall lua_ls`)
---       as this provides autocomplete and documentation while editing
 
 ---@type LazySpec
 return {
-  "AstroNvim/astroui",
-  ---@type AstroUIOpts
-  opts = {
-    -- change colorscheme
-    colorscheme = "cyberdream",
+  {
+    "AstroNvim/astroui",
+    ---@type AstroUIOpts
+    opts = {
+      -- plain `cyberdream` honours `variant` below, so :CyberdreamToggleMode
+      -- flips muted <-> light (`cyberdream-muted` would hard-code the palette)
+      colorscheme = "cyberdream",
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    -- layered on the astrocommunity spec (transparent, italic_comments,
+    -- hide_fillchars, terminal_colors stay as it sets them)
+    "scottmckendry/cyberdream.nvim",
+    ---@type cyberdream.Config
+    opts = {
+      variant = "muted",
+      -- astrocommunity still passes the pre-rename `borderless_telescope`,
+      -- which cyberdream ignores; this is the current key (snacks picker)
+      borderless_pickers = true,
+      -- only the installed plugins; base highlights always load. A newly
+      -- added plugin with a cyberdream extension must be listed here.
+      extensions = {
+        default = false,
+        blinkcmp = true,
+        dapui = true,
+        gitsigns = true,
+        grugfar = true,
+        heirline = true, -- AstroNvim's statusline reads the Heirline<Mode> groups
+        lazy = true,
+        mini = true, -- mini.icons
+        snacks = true,
+        treesitter = true,
+        trouble = true,
+        whichkey = true,
+      },
+    },
   },
 }