diff --git a/home/gui/environments/gnome/default.nix b/home/gui/environments/gnome/default.nix
index 212ebcd..3edf81a 100644
--- a/home/gui/environments/gnome/default.nix
+++ b/home/gui/environments/gnome/default.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ in {
       font-hinting = "full";
       font-name = "Comic Code ${font-sizes.medium}";
       monospace-font-name = "Comic Code ${font-sizes.small}";
+      color-scheme = "prefer-dark";
     };
     "org/gnome/desktop/input-sources" = {
       # TODO: see if this changes when using gnome wayland?
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ in {
       remove-old-temp-files = true;
       remove-old-trash-files = true;
     };
+    # use location services to set time
+    "org/gnome/system/location" = { enabled = true; };
+    "org/gnome/desktop/datetime" = { automatic-timezone = true; }
     "org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings" = {
       # mostly just i3wm stock keybinds
       close = [ "<Shift><Alt>q" ];