diff --git a/src/config.zig b/src/config.zig
index 8f011f4..eb37c6d 100644
--- a/src/config.zig
+++ b/src/config.zig
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ tab_width: usize = 8,
 
 top_bar: []const u8 = "tabs",
 bottom_bar: []const u8 = "mode file log selection diagnostics keybind linenumber clock spacer",
+show_scrollbars: bool = true,
+show_fileicons: bool = true,
 
 lsp_request_timeout: usize = 10,
 
diff --git a/src/tui/Menu.zig b/src/tui/Menu.zig
index 0a2090c..14f68f1 100644
--- a/src/tui/Menu.zig
+++ b/src/tui/Menu.zig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const WidgetList = @import("WidgetList.zig");
 const Button = @import("Button.zig");
 const scrollbar_v = @import("scrollbar_v.zig");
 const Plane = @import("renderer").Plane;
+const tui = @import("tui.zig");
 
 pub const Container = WidgetList;
 pub const scroll_lines = 3;
@@ -61,7 +62,10 @@ pub fn create(ctx_type: type, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Plane, opts:
         .menu = try WidgetList.createV(allocator, container.plane, @typeName(@This()), .dynamic),
         .container = container,
         .container_widget = container.widget(),
-        .scrollbar = if (opts.on_scroll) |on_scroll| (try scrollbar_v.create(allocator, parent, null, on_scroll)).dynamic_cast(scrollbar_v).? else null,
+        .scrollbar = if (tui.config().show_scrollbars)
+            if (opts.on_scroll) |on_scroll| (try scrollbar_v.create(allocator, parent, null, on_scroll)).dynamic_cast(scrollbar_v).? else null
+        else
+            null,
         .opts = opts,
     };
     self.menu.ctx = self;
diff --git a/src/tui/editor.zig b/src/tui/editor.zig
index 22de20f..a253a83 100644
--- a/src/tui/editor.zig
+++ b/src/tui/editor.zig
@@ -5512,7 +5512,8 @@ pub const EditorWidget = struct {
         const editorWidget = Widget.to(self);
         try container.add(try editor_gutter.create(allocator, container.widget(), editorWidget, &self.editor));
         try container.add(editorWidget);
-        try container.add(try scrollbar_v.create(allocator, container.plane, editorWidget, EventHandler.to_unowned(container)));
+        if (tui.config().show_scrollbars)
+            try container.add(try scrollbar_v.create(allocator, container.plane, editorWidget, EventHandler.to_unowned(container)));
         return container.widget();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/tui/filelist_view.zig b/src/tui/filelist_view.zig
index 0c2c662..017da56 100644
--- a/src/tui/filelist_view.zig
+++ b/src/tui/filelist_view.zig
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub fn create(allocator: Allocator, parent: Plane) !Widget {
             .on_click5 = mouse_click_button5,
         }),
     };
-    self.menu.scrollbar.?.style_factory = scrollbar_style;
+    if (self.menu.scrollbar) |scrollbar| scrollbar.style_factory = scrollbar_style;
     try self.commands.init(self);
     return Widget.to(self);
 }
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ fn handle_scroll(self: *Self, _: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) error{Exit}!void {
 }
 
 fn update_scrollbar(self: *Self) void {
-    self.menu.scrollbar.?.set(@intCast(self.entries.items.len), @intCast(self.view_rows), @intCast(self.view_pos));
+    if (self.menu.scrollbar) |scrollbar|
+        scrollbar.set(@intCast(self.entries.items.len), @intCast(self.view_rows), @intCast(self.view_pos));
 }
 
 fn mouse_click_button4(menu: **Menu.State(*Self), _: *Button.State(*Menu.State(*Self))) void {
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/buffer_palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/buffer_palette.zig
index f9814dd..3db56c1 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/buffer_palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/buffer_palette.zig
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ pub fn on_render_menu(_: *Type, button: *Type.ButtonState, theme: *const Widget.
     if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &file_path_) catch false)) @panic("invalid buffer file path");
     if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &icon) catch false)) @panic("invalid buffer file type icon");
     if (!(cbor.matchInt(u24, &iter, &color) catch false)) @panic("invalid buffer file type color");
-    tui.render_file_icon(&button.plane, icon, color);
+    if (tui.config().show_fileicons) {
+        tui.render_file_icon(&button.plane, icon, color);
+        _ = button.plane.print(" ", .{}) catch {};
+    }
     button.plane.set_style(style_label);
     _ = button.plane.print(" {s} ", .{file_path_}) catch {};
 
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/file_type_palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/file_type_palette.zig
index 9a065e5..4c439cf 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/file_type_palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/file_type_palette.zig
@@ -90,9 +90,12 @@ pub fn on_render_menu(_: *Type, button: *Type.ButtonState, theme: *const Widget.
     if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &description_) catch false)) @panic("invalid file_type description");
     if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &icon) catch false)) @panic("invalid file_type icon");
     if (!(cbor.matchInt(u24, &iter, &color) catch false)) @panic("invalid file_type color");
-    tui.render_file_icon(&button.plane, icon, color);
+    if (tui.config().show_fileicons) {
+        tui.render_file_icon(&button.plane, icon, color);
+        _ = button.plane.print(" ", .{}) catch {};
+    }
     button.plane.set_style(style_label);
-    _ = button.plane.print(" {s} ", .{description_}) catch {};
+    _ = button.plane.print("{s} ", .{description_}) catch {};
 
     var name_: []const u8 = undefined;
     if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &name_) catch false))
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
index 9366c4a..87f31f7 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
                 .view_rows = get_view_rows(tui.screen()),
                 .entries = std.ArrayList(Entry).init(allocator),
             };
-            self.menu.scrollbar.?.style_factory = scrollbar_style;
+            if (self.menu.scrollbar) |scrollbar| scrollbar.style_factory = scrollbar_style;
             self.longest_hint = try options.load_entries(self);
             if (@hasDecl(options, "restore_state"))
                 options.restore_state(self) catch {};
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
         }
 
         fn update_scrollbar(self: *Self) void {
-            self.menu.scrollbar.?.set(@intCast(@max(self.total_items, 1) - 1), @intCast(self.view_rows), @intCast(self.view_pos));
+            if (self.menu.scrollbar) |scrollbar|
+                scrollbar.set(@intCast(@max(self.total_items, 1) - 1), @intCast(self.view_rows), @intCast(self.view_pos));
         }
 
         fn mouse_click_button4(menu: **Menu.State(*Self), _: *Button.State(*Menu.State(*Self))) void {
diff --git a/src/tui/status/filestate.zig b/src/tui/status/filestate.zig
index c9f2e10..82af48c 100644
--- a/src/tui/status/filestate.zig
+++ b/src/tui/status/filestate.zig
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ fn render_mini_mode(plane: *Plane, theme: *const Widget.Theme) void {
 fn render_normal(self: *Self, plane: *Plane, theme: *const Widget.Theme) void {
     plane.on_styles(style.italic);
     _ = plane.putstr(" ") catch {};
-    if (self.file_icon.len > 0) {
+    if (self.file_icon.len > 0 and tui.config().show_fileicons) {
         self.render_file_icon(plane, theme);
         _ = plane.print(" ", .{}) catch {};
     }
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ fn render_normal(self: *Self, plane: *Plane, theme: *const Widget.Theme) void {
 fn render_detailed(self: *Self, plane: *Plane, theme: *const Widget.Theme) void {
     plane.on_styles(style.italic);
     _ = plane.putstr(" ") catch {};
-    if (self.file_icon.len > 0) {
+    if (self.file_icon.len > 0 and tui.config().show_fileicons) {
         self.render_file_icon(plane, theme);
         _ = plane.print(" ", .{}) catch {};
     }