diff --git a/default/pacman/pacman.conf b/default/pacman/pacman.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10239f2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default/pacman/pacman.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
+
+[options]
+Color
+ILoveCandy
+VerbosePkgLists
+HoldPkg = pacman glibc
+Architecture = auto
+CheckSpace
+ParallelDownloads = 5
+DownloadUser = alpm
+
+# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
+# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
+SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
+LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
+
+# REPOSITORIES
+#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
+#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
+#     have identical names, regardless of version number
+#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
+#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
+[core]
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+[extra]
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+[omarchy]
+SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
+Server = https://pkgs.omarchy.org/$arch
diff --git a/install/preflight/pacman.sh b/install/preflight/pacman.sh
index 3134ec72..4ec80d4d 100755
--- a/install/preflight/pacman.sh
+++ b/install/preflight/pacman.sh
@@ -3,24 +3,9 @@
 # Install build tools
 sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm base-devel
 
-# Add fun and color and verbosity to the pacman installer
-if ! grep -q "ILoveCandy" /etc/pacman.conf; then
-  sudo sed -i '/^\[options\]/a Color\nILoveCandy\nVerbosePkgLists' /etc/pacman.conf
-fi
-
-# Add the Omarchy repository
-if ! grep -q "omarchy" /etc/pacman.conf; then
-  sudo tee -a /etc/pacman.conf >/dev/null <<'EOF'
-
-[omarchy]
-SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
-Server = https://pkgs.omarchy.org/$arch
-EOF
-fi
-
-# Set mirrors to global ones only
-omarchy-refresh-pacman-mirrorlist
+# Configure pacman
+sudo cp -f ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/pacman/pacman.conf /etc/pacman.conf
+sudo cp -f ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/pacman/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 
 # Refresh all repos
 sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm
-