diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5f94ab..f4ed728 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ nvim/plugin
 alacritty/themes
 
 myzsh
+ncspot/userstate.cbor
diff --git a/ncspot/config.toml b/ncspot/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23d6dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncspot/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+notify=false
+
+[notification_format]
+body = "%album\n%artists"
diff --git a/ncspot/playerctl_notifier.sh b/ncspot/playerctl_notifier.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8438385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncspot/playerctl_notifier.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+killall -q playerctl
+# delete all the copied image files first
+find "$HOME/.cache/ncspot/" -type f -exec sh -c 'file -b --mime-type "$0" | grep -q "^image/" && rm "$0"' {} \;
+playerctl metadata --follow --format '{{ mpris:trackid }}' | while read -r line; do
+    title=$(playerctl metadata title)
+    album=$(playerctl metadata album)
+    artist=$(playerctl metadata artist)
+    art_url=$(playerctl metadata mpris:artUrl)
+    ap="${art_url##*/}"
+
+    if [[ -n $ap ]]; then
+        cfp="$HOME/.cache/ncspot/covers/$ap"
+
+        until [ -e $cfp ]; do
+            sleep 1
+        done
+        MIME_TYPE=$(file -b --mime-type "$cfp")
+        SUB_TYPE=$(echo "$MIME_TYPE" | cut -d'/' -f2)
+        curr_dir="$HOME/.cache/ncspot"
+        nfp="$curr_dir/$ap.$SUB_TYPE" 
+        cp $cfp $nfp
+
+        # Extract the subtype (e.g., "jpeg", "plain")
+        SUB_TYPE=$(echo "$MIME_TYPE" | cut -d'/' -f2)
+        notify-send -a ncspot "$title" "$album\n$artist" --hint=string:image-path:$nfp --icon "/usr/share/icons/Papirus-Dark/24x24/devices/audio-speakers.svg"
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 9360c56..a2504b2 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
 export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
 export EDITOR='nvim'
-export VISUAL='nvim'
+export VISUAL='nvim-qt'
 alias vim='nvim'
 alias ws='web_search'
+alias ncspot='~/.config/ncspot/playerctl_notifier.sh & ncspot'
 
 zstyle ':completion:*' completer _complete _approximate
 zstyle ':completion:*' group-name ''