diff --git a/gui/awesome/autostart b/gui/awesome/autostart
index ee1d984..fc1b12c 100755
--- a/gui/awesome/autostart
+++ b/gui/awesome/autostart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ! /bin/pgrep flameshot && flameshot &
 ! /bin/pgrep nm-applet && nm-applet &
 ! /bin/pgrep copyq && copyq &
+! /bin/pgrep syncthing && syncthing &
 # ! /bin/pgrep -f "lua virtcam.lua" && cd ~/dotfiles/gui/virtcam && lua virtcam.lua &
 
 # input method
diff --git a/gui/syncthing.sh b/gui/syncthing.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6722a98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/syncthing.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
+. "$DIR/../env.sh"
+
+log 'Setting up syncthing'
+
+case "$UNAMEA" in
+    *Ubuntu*)
+        sudo apt install -y \
+            syncthing
+        ;;
+    *artix*)
+        sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed \
+            syncthing
+        ;;
+esac
+
+
+echo "export LOCKER=i3lock"