diff --git a/dotfiles/takamaki/niri.kdl b/dotfiles/takamaki/niri.kdl
index ea3ff01..1ec6948 100644
--- a/dotfiles/takamaki/niri.kdl
+++ b/dotfiles/takamaki/niri.kdl
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ overview { zoom 0.67; }
 layout {
     gaps 16
     struts {
-        left 6
-        right 6
-        top 0
-        bottom 0
+        left 24
+        right 24
+        top -8
+        bottom -4
     }
     focus-ring {
         width 1.5
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ binds {
     Mod+Shift+WheelScrollUp { focus-workspace-up; }
     Mod+Shift+WheelScrollDown { focus-workspace-down; }
 
-    Mod+equal { set-column-width "+2%"; }
-    Mod+minus { set-column-width "-2%"; }
+    Mod+equal { set-column-width "+5%"; }
+    Mod+minus { set-column-width "-5%"; }
 
     Mod+Shift+Up { move-window-to-workspace-up; }
     Mod+Shift+Down { move-window-to-workspace-down; }
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ binds {
     Mod+Control+Left { focus-monitor-left; }
     Mod+Control+Right { focus-monitor-right; }
 
+    Mod+Shift+Control+Up { move-workspace-up; }
+    Mod+Shift+Control+Down { move-workspace-down; }
+
     Mod+Shift+Control+Left { move-window-to-monitor-left; }
     Mod+Shift+Control+Right { move-window-to-monitor-right; }
 
@@ -130,8 +133,24 @@ binds {
     Mod+XF86AudioLowerVolume cooldown-ms=250 { spawn "decrease-brightness" "/dev/i2c-10"; }
     Mod+Shift+XF86AudioRaiseVolume cooldown-ms=250 { spawn "increase-brightness" "/dev/i2c-6"; }
     Mod+Shift+XF86AudioLowerVolume cooldown-ms=250 { spawn "decrease-brightness" "/dev/i2c-6"; }
+
+    Mod+Slash { spawn "niri-scratch-workspace-toggle"; }
+    Mod+Shift+Slash { move-window-to-workspace "x" focus=false; }
+
+    Mod+X { toggle-window-floating; }
+    Mod+Z { spawn "kitty" "zsh" "-i" "-c" "apply-config"; }
+}
+workspace "x" {
+    hidden true
+    layout {
+        focus-ring {
+            width 3
+            active-color "#a33d3d"
+        }
+    }
 }
 spawn-at-startup "noctalia"
+spawn-at-startup "niri-listen-for-scratch-workspace-change"
 window-rule {
     draw-border-with-background false
     geometry-corner-radius 4
diff --git a/modules/hosts/takamaki/takamaki.nix b/modules/hosts/takamaki/takamaki.nix
index bb2354f..9861444 100644
--- a/modules/hosts/takamaki/takamaki.nix
+++ b/modules/hosts/takamaki/takamaki.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
         extraPackages = with pkgs; [
           nix-init
           github-desktop
-          self.packages.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.biri
         ];
 
         shellScripts = let 
@@ -118,6 +117,31 @@
           increase-brightness = mkBrightnessScript "+";
 
           decrease-brightness = mkBrightnessScript "-";
+
+          niri-scratch-workspace-toggle = ''
+            if niri msg --json workspaces-with-hidden | jq -e '.[] | select(.name=="x") | .is_hidden' >/dev/null; then
+              niri msg action unhide-workspace --focus=false "x"
+              OUTPUT=$(niri msg --json focused-output | jq '.name' | sed 's/"//g')
+              echo "OUTPUT=$OUTPUT"
+              niri msg action move-workspace-to-monitor --reference "x" "$OUTPUT"
+              echo "moved scratch workspace: $(niri msg --json workspaces | jq '.[] | select(.name=="x") | .output')"
+              niri msg action focus-workspace "x"
+            else
+              niri msg action hide-workspace "x"
+            fi
+          '';
+
+          niri-listen-for-scratch-workspace-change = ''
+            niri msg --json event-stream | while read -r event; do
+              if echo $event | jq -e '.WorkspaceActivated.focused' >/dev/null; then
+                if niri msg --json workspaces | jq -e '.[] | select(.name=="x") | .is_active==false' >/dev/null; then
+                  niri msg action hide-workspace "x"
+                fi
+              elif echo $event | jq -e '.WorkspacesChanged.workspaces.[] | select(.name=="x") | .is_active==false' >/dev/null; then
+                niri msg action hide-workspace "x"
+              fi
+            done
+          '';
         };
       };
     };