diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*~
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "bundle/nord-theme"]
+	path = bundle/nord-theme
+	url = https://github.com/arcticicestudio/nord-emacs.git
diff --git a/bundle/nord-theme b/bundle/nord-theme
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+Subproject commit c4e0b5548e2f3a149658617b33813cb115bdecfe
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
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+(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/bundle/nord-theme/"))
+(load-theme 'nord t)
+(menu-bar-mode -1)
+(custom-set-variables
+ ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
+ ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
+ ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
+ ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
+ '(custom-safe-themes
+   (quote
+    ("4515feff287a98863b7b7f762197a78a7c2bfb6ec93879e7284dff184419268c" default))))
+(custom-set-faces
+ ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
+ ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
+ ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
+ ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
+ )