diff --git a/modules/homelab/motd/default.nix b/modules/homelab/motd/default.nix
index 31fe61c..ed20b4b 100644
--- a/modules/homelab/motd/default.nix
+++ b/modules/homelab/motd/default.nix
@@ -7,16 +7,17 @@
   inherit (lib) mkIf mkOption types filterAttrs mapAttrsToList;
   cfg = config.homelab.motd;
 
-  # Collect all homelab services that define a motd string
-  motdServices =
+  # collect services to display
+  motd_list =
     mapAttrsToList (_: v: v.motd)
     (filterAttrs (_: v: v ? motd && v.motd != null) config.homelab);
+
 in {
   options.homelab.motd = {
     enable = mkOption {
       type = types.bool;
       default = true;
-      description = "Enable the homelab MOTD.";
+      description = "enable motd script";
     };
   };
 
@@ -24,10 +25,10 @@ in {
     environment.etc."motd".text = ''
       #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-      BLUE="\033[1;34m"
-      RED="\033[1;31m"
-      YELLOW="\033[1;33m"
-      RESET="\033[0m"
+      active="\033[1;34m"
+      inactive="\033[1;31m"
+      headings="\033[0;36m"
+      reset="\033[0m"
 
       # --- System Info ---
       default_iface=$(ip route | awk '/default/ {print $5; exit}')
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ in {
       nixos_version=$(grep VERSION= /etc/os-release | cut -d'"' -f2)
       kernel_version=$(uname -r)
 
-      echo -e "''${YELLOW}System Info''${RESET}"
+      echo -e "''${headings}System Info''${reset}"
       echo -e "  Hostname: $(hostname)"
       echo -e "  Interface: ''${default_iface}"
       echo -e "  IPv4: ''${ip_addr}"
@@ -51,28 +52,28 @@ in {
       mem_percent=$((100 * mem_used / mem_total))
       uptime_fmt=$(uptime -p 2>/dev/null || cat /proc/uptime | awk '{print int($1/3600)"h "int(($1%3600)/60)"m"}')
 
-      echo -e "''${YELLOW}Resources''${RESET}"
+      echo -e "''${headings}Resources''${reset}"
       echo -e "  CPU Usage: ''${cpu_usage}"
       echo -e "  Memory: ''${mem_percent}% used"
       echo -e "  Uptime: ''${uptime_fmt}"
       echo
 
       # --- Homelab Services ---
-      echo -e "''${YELLOW}Homelab Services''${RESET}"
+      echo -e "''${headings}Homelab Services''${reset}"
 
       ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (map (service: ''
           if systemctl list-units --type=service --all | grep -q "${service}"; then
             status=$(systemctl is-active ${service} 2>/dev/null)
             if [ "''${status}" = "active" ]; then
-              echo -e "  ''${BLUE}${service}''${RESET} - running"
+              echo -e "  ''${active}${service}''${reset} - running"
             else
-              echo -e "  ''${RED}${service}''${RESET} - not running"
+              echo -e "  ''${inactive}${service}''${reset} - not running"
             fi
           else
-            echo -e "  ''${RED}${service}''${RESET} - not found"
+            echo -e "  ''${inactive}${service}''${reset} - not found"
           fi
         '')
-        motdServices)}
+        motd_list)}
 
       echo
     '';