diff --git a/home-modules/applications/zed-editor.nix b/home-modules/applications/zed-editor.nix
index db64280..dfc1621 100644
--- a/home-modules/applications/zed-editor.nix
+++ b/home-modules/applications/zed-editor.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
 {
   programs.zed-editor = {
     enable = true;
@@ -24,30 +24,6 @@
       nodePackages.cspell
       direnv
     ];
-    userSettings = {
-      assistant = {
-        default_model = {
-          provider = "openai";
-          model = "o1-mini";
-        };
-        version = "2";
-      };
-      vim_mode = false;
-      ui_font_size = 16;
-      buffer_font_size = 16;
-      theme = {
-        mode = "system";
-        light = "Andromeda";
-        dark = "One Dark";
-      };
-      telemetry = {
-        diagnostics = false;
-        metrics = false;
-      };
-      languages = {
-        Markdown.remove_trailing_whitespace_on_save = false;
-        Markdown-Inline.remove_trailing_whitespace_on_save = false;
-      };
-    };
+    userSettings = lib.importJSON ./zed-editor/settings.json;
   };
 }
diff --git a/home-modules/applications/zed-editor/settings.json b/home-modules/applications/zed-editor/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4f1995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home-modules/applications/zed-editor/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  "assistant": {
+    "default_model": {
+      "model": "o1-mini",
+      "provider": "openai"
+    },
+    "version": "2"
+  },
+  "buffer_font_size": 16,
+  "languages": {
+    "Markdown": {
+      "remove_trailing_whitespace_on_save": false
+    },
+    "Markdown-Inline": {
+      "remove_trailing_whitespace_on_save": false
+    }
+  },
+  "telemetry": {
+    "diagnostics": false,
+    "metrics": false
+  },
+  "theme": {
+    "dark": "One Dark",
+    "light": "Andromeda",
+    "mode": "dark"
+  },
+  "ui_font_size": 16,
+  "vim_mode": false
+}