diff --git a/config/nvim/lua/core/plugin_config/init.lua b/config/nvim/lua/core/plugin_config/init.lua
index f491ad5b..eb35f111 100644
--- a/config/nvim/lua/core/plugin_config/init.lua
+++ b/config/nvim/lua/core/plugin_config/init.lua
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ require("core.plugin_config.null_ls")
 require("core.plugin_config.colorscheme")
 require("core.plugin_config.liveserver")
 require("core.plugin_config.color-picker")
-require("core.plugin_config.start")
diff --git a/config/nvim/lua/core/plugin_config/start.lua b/config/nvim/lua/core/plugin_config/start.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d431fe7..00000000
--- a/config/nvim/lua/core/plugin_config/start.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-require'start'.set_background_ascii(require'start'.added_neovim_1)
diff --git a/config/nvim/lua/core/start.lua b/config/nvim/lua/core/start.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a305f3f..00000000
--- a/config/nvim/lua/core/start.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,219 +0,0 @@
-local api = vim.api
-
-
-local M = {}
-
-
-local function string_to_lines_table(ascii)
-  local lines = {}
-  local line_start = 1
-  for i = 1, #ascii do
-    if string.sub(ascii, i, i) == '\n' then
-      local this_line = string.sub(ascii, line_start, i - 1)
-      line_start = i + 1
-      table.insert(lines, this_line)
-    end
-  end
-  return lines
-end
-
-M['added_neovim_1'] = [[
-.__   __.  _______   ______   ____    ____  __  .___  ___.
-|  \ |  | |   ____| /  __  \  \   \  /   / |  | |   \/   |
-|   \|  | |  |__   |  |  |  |  \   \/   /  |  | |  \  /  |
-|  . `  | |   __|  |  |  |  |   \      /   |  | |  |\/|  |
-|  |\   | |  |____ |  `--'  |    \    /    |  | |  |  |  |
-|__| \__| |_______| \______/      \__/     |__| |__|  |__|
-
-]]
-
-M['default_ascii_1'] = [[
-  _   _        __      _______ __  __
- | \ | |       \ \    / /_   _|  \/  |
- |  \| | ___  __\ \  / /  | | | \  / |
- | . ` |/ _ \/ _ \ \/ /   | | | |\/| |
- | |\  |  __/ (_) \  /   _| |_| |  | |
- |_| \_|\___|\___/ \/   |_____|_|  |_|
-
-]]
-
-M['default_ascii_2'] = [[
-   /‾| /‾/__  ____|‾|  /‾(_)___ ___
-  /  |/ / _ \/ __ \ | / / / __ `__ \
- / /|  /  __/ /_/ / |/ / / / / / / /
-/_/ |_/\___/\____/|___/_/_/ /_/ /_/
-]]
-
-M['neovim_is_awesome'] = [[
- _   _                 _             _        ___
-| \ | |               (_)           (_)      / _ \
-|  \| | ___  _____   ___ _ __ ___    _ ___  / /_\ \_      _____  ___  ___  _ __ ___   ___
-| . ` |/ _ \/ _ \ \ / / | '_ ` _ \  | / __| |  _  \ \ /\ / / _ \/ __|/ _ \| '_ ` _ \ / _ \
-| |\  |  __/ (_) \ V /| | | | | | | | \__ \ | | | |\ V  V /  __/\__ \ (_) | | | | | |  __/
-\_| \_/\___|\___/ \_/ |_|_| |_| |_| |_|___/ \_| |_/ \_/\_/ \___||___/\___/|_| |_| |_|\___|
-]]
-
-M['neovim_wetletter'] = [[
- .-. .-.,---.   .---..-.   .-.,-.
- |  \| || .-'  / .-. )\ \ / / |(||\    /|
- |   | || `-.  | | |(_)\ V /  (_)|(\  / |
- | |\  || .-'  | | | |  ) /   | |(_)\/  |
- | | |)||  `--.\ `-' / (_)    | || \  / |
- /(  (_)/( __.' )---'         `-'| |\/| |
-(__)   (__)    (_)               '-'  '-'
-]]
-
-M['neovim_varsity'] = [[ ____  _____                         _
-|_   \|_   _|                       (_)
-  |   \ | |  .---.   .--.   _   __  __   _ .--..--.
-  | |\ \| | / /__\\/ .'`\ \[ \ [  ][  | [ `.-. .-. |
- _| |_\   |_| \__.,| \__. | \ \/ /  | |  | | | | | |
-|_____|\____|'.__.' '.__.'   \__/  [___][___||__||__]
-
-]]
-
-M['neovim_twisted'] = [[
-  __   __    _____   _____     _     _   __    __    __
- /_/\ /\_\ /\_____\ ) ___ (   /_/\ /\_\ /\_\  /_/\  /\_\
- ) ) \ ( (( (_____// /\_/\ \  ) ) ) ( ( \/_/  ) ) \/ ( (
-/_/   \ \_\\ \__\ / /_/ (_\ \/_/ / \ \_\ /\_\/_/ \  / \_\
-\ \ \   / // /__/_\ \ )_/ / /\ \ \_/ / // / /\ \ \\// / /
- )_) \ (_(( (_____\\ \/_\/ /  \ \   / /( (_(  )_) )( (_(
- \_\/ \/_/ \/_____/ )_____(    \_\_/_/  \/_/  \_\/  \/_/
-
-]]
-
-M['neovim_this'] = [[
- ▄▀▀▄ ▀▄  ▄▀▀█▄▄▄▄  ▄▀▀▀▀▄   ▄▀▀▄ ▄▀▀▄  ▄▀▀█▀▄    ▄▀▀▄ ▄▀▄
-█  █ █ █ ▐  ▄▀   ▐ █      █ █   █    █ █   █  █  █  █ ▀  █
-▐  █  ▀█   █▄▄▄▄▄  █      █ ▐  █    █  ▐   █  ▐  ▐  █    █
-  █   █    █    ▌  ▀▄    ▄▀    █   ▄▀      █       █    █
-▄▀   █    ▄▀▄▄▄▄     ▀▀▀▀       ▀▄▀     ▄▀▀▀▀▀▄  ▄▀   ▄▀
-█    ▐    █    ▐                       █       █ █    █
-▐         ▐                            ▐       ▐ ▐    ▐
-
-]]
-
-M['neovim_sweet'] = [[
-                                         .-.
- ___ .-.     .--.     .--.    ___  ___  ( __)  ___ .-. .-.
-(   )   \   /    \   /    \  (   )(   ) (''") (   )   '   \
- |  .-. .  |  .-. ; |  .-. ;  | |  | |   | |   |  .-.  .-. ;
- | |  | |  |  | | | | |  | |  | |  | |   | |   | |  | |  | |
- | |  | |  |  |/  | | |  | |  | |  | |   | |   | |  | |  | |
- | |  | |  |  ' _.' | |  | |  | |  | |   | |   | |  | |  | |
- | |  | |  |  .'.-. | '  | |  ' '  ; '   | |   | |  | |  | |
- | |  | |  '  `-' / '  `-' /   \ `' /    | |   | |  | |  | |
-(___)(___)  `.__.'   `.__.'     '_.'    (___) (___)(___)(___)
-
-]]
-
-M['neovim_swampland'] = [[
- ___   __    ______   ______   __   __   ________  ___ __ __
-/__/\ /__/\ /_____/\ /_____/\ /_/\ /_/\ /_______/\/__//_//_/\
-\::\_\\  \ \\::::_\/_\:::_ \ \\:\ \\ \ \\__.::._\/\::\| \| \ \
- \:. `-\  \ \\:\/___/\\:\ \ \ \\:\ \\ \ \  \::\ \  \:.      \ \
-  \:. _    \ \\::___\/_\:\ \ \ \\:\_/.:\ \ _\::\ \__\:.\-/\  \ \
-   \. \`-\  \ \\:\____/\\:\_\ \ \\ ..::/ //__\::\__/\\. \  \  \ \
-    \__\/ \__\/ \_____\/ \_____\/ \___/_( \________\/ \__\/ \__\/
-
-]]
-
-M['neovim_srelif'] = [[
-__/\\\\\_____/\\\______________________________________________________________________
- _\/\\\\\\___\/\\\______________________________________________________________________
-  _\/\\\/\\\__\/\\\_____________________________________________/\\\_____________________
-   _\/\\\//\\\_\/\\\_____/\\\\\\\\______/\\\\\_____/\\\____/\\\_\///_____/\\\\\__/\\\\\___
-    _\/\\\\//\\\\/\\\___/\\\/////\\\___/\\\///\\\__\//\\\__/\\\___/\\\__/\\\///\\\\\///\\\_
-     _\/\\\_\//\\\/\\\__/\\\\\\\\\\\___/\\\__\//\\\__\//\\\/\\\___\/\\\_\/\\\_\//\\\__\/\\\_
-      _\/\\\__\//\\\\\\_\//\\///////___\//\\\__/\\\____\//\\\\\____\/\\\_\/\\\__\/\\\__\/\\\_
-       _\/\\\___\//\\\\\__\//\\\\\\\\\\__\///\\\\\/______\//\\\_____\/\\\_\/\\\__\/\\\__\/\\\_
-        _\///_____\/////____\//////////_____\/////_________\///______\///__\///___\///___\///__
-
-]]
-
-M['neovim_poison'] = [[
-
-@@@  @@@  @@@@@@@@   @@@@@@   @@@  @@@  @@@  @@@@@@@@@@
-@@@@ @@@  @@@@@@@@  @@@@@@@@  @@@  @@@  @@@  @@@@@@@@@@@
-@@!@!@@@  @@!       @@!  @@@  @@!  @@@  @@!  @@! @@! @@!
-!@!!@!@!  !@!       !@!  @!@  !@!  @!@  !@!  !@! !@! !@!
-@!@ !!@!  @!!!:!    @!@  !@!  @!@  !@!  !!@  @!! !!@ @!@
-!@!  !!!  !!!!!:    !@!  !!!  !@!  !!!  !!!  !@!   ! !@!
-!!:  !!!  !!:       !!:  !!!  :!:  !!:  !!:  !!:     !!:
-:!:  !:!  :!:       :!:  !:!   ::!!:!   :!:  :!:     :!:
- ::   ::   :: ::::  ::::: ::    ::::     ::  :::     ::
-::    :   : :: ::    : :  :      :      :     :      :
-
-]]
-
-M['neovim_serifcap'] = [[
- _  _  ___   __  _  _  __  __  __
-( \( )(  _) /  \( )( )(  )(  \/  )
- )  (  ) _)( () )\\//  )(  )    (
-(_)\_)(___) \__/ (__) (__)(_/\/\_)
-
-]]
-
-M['neovim_sblood'] = [[
- @@@  @@@ @@@@@@@@  @@@@@@  @@@  @@@ @@@ @@@@@@@@@@
- @@!@!@@@ @@!      @@!  @@@ @@!  @@@ @@! @@! @@! @@!
- @!@@!!@! @!!!:!   @!@  !@! @!@  !@! !!@ @!! !!@ @!@
- !!:  !!! !!:      !!:  !!!  !: .:!  !!: !!:     !!:
- ::    :  : :: :::  : :. :     ::    :    :      :
-
-]]
-
-M['neovim_script'] = [[
- , _
-/|/ \                 o
- |   |   _   __           _  _  _
- |   |  |/  /  \_|  |_|  / |/ |/ |
- |   |_/|__/\__/  \/  |_/  |  |  |_/
-
-]]
-
-M['location'] = {
-  center = function(width, height, ascii_col, ascii_lines)
-    local h = math.floor((height / 2) - (ascii_lines / 2))
-    local w = math.floor((width / 2) - (ascii_col / 2))
-    return w, h
-  end
-}
-
-local function str_repeat(str, number)
-  local s = ""
-  for _ = 1, number do
-    s = s .. str
-  end
-  return s
-end
-
-M['set_background_ascii'] = function(ascii)
-  local height = vim.api.nvim_get_option('lines')
-  local width = vim.api.nvim_get_option('columns')
-  local lines = string_to_lines_table(ascii)
-  local ascii_col = #lines[1]
-  local ascii_lines = #lines
-  local start_col, start_row = M.location.center(width, height, ascii_col, ascii_lines)
-  if vim.fn.argc() < 1 then
-    local buf = vim.api.nvim_create_buf(true, true)
-    for i, _ in ipairs(lines) do
-      lines[i] = (str_repeat(' ', start_col)) .. (lines[i])
-    end
-    local new_lines = {}
-    for _ = 1, start_row do
-      table.insert(new_lines, '')
-    end
-    for _, l in ipairs(lines) do
-      table.insert(new_lines, l)
-    end
-    vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(buf, 0, -1, false, new_lines)
-    vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(buf, 'modifiable', false)
-    vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(buf, 'buflisted', false)
-    local win = api.nvim_get_current_win()
-    api.nvim_set_current_buf(buf)
-  end
-end
-
-return M