diff --git a/nix/configurations/vanadium.nix b/nix/configurations/vanadium.nix
index 9332268b..019b2f4f 100644
--- a/nix/configurations/vanadium.nix
+++ b/nix/configurations/vanadium.nix
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ in
         ../homeModules/common/tmux
         ../homeModules/common/vim
         ../homeModules/common/wired
+        ../homeModules/common/vlc.nix
         ../homeModules/common/atuin.nix
         ../homeModules/common/direnv.nix
         ../homeModules/common/feh.nix
diff --git a/nix/homeModules/common/vlc.nix b/nix/homeModules/common/vlc.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d324ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/homeModules/common/vlc.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+{ lib, config, ... }:
+let
+  # Kinda slow but there's no option defined and I'm lazy
+  vlcInstalled = lib.any (x: lib.getName x == "vlc") config.home.packages;
+in
+{
+  xdg = lib.mkIf vlcInstalled {
+    enable = true;
+    mimeApps =
+      let
+        associations = lib.genAttrs vlcTypes (_: "vlc.desktop");
+        # credit: https://github.com/tiredofit/home
+        vlcTypes = [
+          "application/mxf"
+          "application/ogg"
+          "application/sdp"
+          "application/smil"
+          "application/streamingmedia"
+          "application/vnd.apple.mpegurl"
+          "application/vnd.ms-asf"
+          "application/vnd.rn-realmedia"
+          "application/vnd.rn-realmedia-vbr"
+          "application/x-cue"
+          "application/x-extension-m4a"
+          "application/x-extension-mp4"
+          "application/x-matroska"
+          "application/x-mpegurl"
+          "application/x-ogg"
+          "application/x-ogm"
+          "application/x-ogm-audio"
+          "application/x-ogm-video"
+          "application/x-shorten"
+          "application/x-smil"
+          "application/x-streamingmedia"
+          "audio/3gpp"
+          "audio/3gpp2"
+          "audio/AMR"
+          "audio/aac"
+          "audio/ac3"
+          "audio/aiff"
+          "audio/amr-wb"
+          "audio/dv"
+          "audio/eac3"
+          "audio/flac"
+          "audio/m3u"
+          "audio/m4a"
+          "audio/mp1"
+          "audio/mp2"
+          "audio/mp3"
+          "audio/mp4"
+          "audio/mpeg"
+          "audio/mpeg2"
+          "audio/mpeg3"
+          "audio/mpegurl"
+          "audio/mpg"
+          "audio/musepack"
+          "audio/ogg"
+          "audio/opus"
+          "audio/rn-mpeg"
+          "audio/scpls"
+          "audio/vnd.dolby.heaac.1"
+          "audio/vnd.dolby.heaac.2"
+          "audio/vnd.dts"
+          "audio/vnd.dts.hd"
+          "audio/vnd.rn-realaudio"
+          "audio/vorbis"
+          "audio/wav"
+          "audio/webm"
+          "audio/x-aac"
+          "audio/x-adpcm"
+          "audio/x-aiff"
+          "audio/x-ape"
+          "audio/x-m4a"
+          "audio/x-matroska"
+          "audio/x-mp1"
+          "audio/x-mp2"
+          "audio/x-mp3"
+          "audio/x-mpegurl"
+          "audio/x-mpg"
+          "audio/x-ms-asf"
+          "audio/x-ms-wma"
+          "audio/x-musepack"
+          "audio/x-pls"
+          "audio/x-pn-au"
+          "audio/x-pn-realaudio"
+          "audio/x-pn-wav"
+          "audio/x-pn-windows-pcm"
+          "audio/x-realaudio"
+          "audio/x-scpls"
+          "audio/x-shorten"
+          "audio/x-tta"
+          "audio/x-vorbis"
+          "audio/x-vorbis+ogg"
+          "audio/x-wav"
+          "audio/x-wavpack"
+          "video/3gp"
+          "video/3gpp"
+          "video/3gpp2"
+          "video/avi"
+          "video/divx"
+          "video/dv"
+          "video/fli"
+          "video/flv"
+          "video/mkv"
+          "video/mp2t"
+          "video/mp4"
+          "video/mp4v-es"
+          "video/mpeg"
+          "video/msvideo"
+          "video/ogg"
+          "video/quicktime"
+          "video/vnd.divx"
+          "video/vnd.mpegurl"
+          "video/vnd.rn-realvideo"
+          "video/webm"
+          "video/x-avi"
+          "video/x-flc"
+          "video/x-flic"
+          "video/x-flv"
+          "video/x-m4v"
+          "video/x-matroska"
+          "video/x-mpeg2"
+          "video/x-mpeg3"
+          "video/x-ms-afs"
+          "video/x-ms-asf"
+          "video/x-ms-wmv"
+          "video/x-ms-wmx"
+          "video/x-ms-wvxvideo"
+          "video/x-msvideo"
+          "video/x-ogm"
+          "video/x-ogm+ogg"
+          "video/x-theora"
+          "video/x-theora+ogg"
+        ];
+      in
+      {
+        enable = true;
+        associations.added = associations;
+        defaultApplications = associations;
+      };
+  };
+}