diff --git a/home/gnome/appearance.nix b/home/gnome/appearance.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..129aa1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/gnome/appearance.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  dconf = {
+    enable = true;
+    settings =
+      let
+        backgroundOptions = {
+          color-shading-type = "solid";
+          picture-options = "zoom";
+          picture-uri = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.background-image";
+          primary-color = "#3a4ba0";
+          secondary-color = "#2f302f";
+        };
+      in
+      {
+        "org/gnome/desktop/background" = backgroundOptions // {
+          picture-uri-dark = backgroundOptions.picture-uri;
+        };
+        "org/gnome/desktop/screensaver" = backgroundOptions;
+        "org/gnome/desktop/interface".color-scheme = "prefer-dark";
+      };
+  };
+  home.file.".background-image".source = ./background-image.jpg;
+}
diff --git a/hosts/tohru/background-image.jpg b/home/gnome/background-image.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from hosts/tohru/background-image.jpg
rename to home/gnome/background-image.jpg
diff --git a/home/gnome/default.nix b/home/gnome/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e5a1ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/gnome/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports = [
+    # TODO: nix-ify other parts of GNOME config
+    ./appearance.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/hosts/tohru/home.nix b/hosts/tohru/home.nix
index 332aa97..4727942 100644
--- a/hosts/tohru/home.nix
+++ b/hosts/tohru/home.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 {
   home-manager.users.qenya = { pkgs, ... }: {
     imports = [
+      ../../home/gnome
       ../../home/vscode.nix
     ];
 
@@ -17,28 +18,6 @@
       tor-browser-bundle-bin
     ];
 
-    dconf = {
-      enable = true;
-      settings =
-        let
-          backgroundOptions = {
-            color-shading-type = "solid";
-            picture-options = "zoom";
-            picture-uri = "${config.users.users.qenya.home}/.background-image";
-            primary-color = "#3a4ba0";
-            secondary-color = "#2f302f";
-          };
-        in
-        {
-          "org/gnome/desktop/background" = backgroundOptions // {
-            picture-uri-dark = backgroundOptions.picture-uri;
-          };
-          "org/gnome/desktop/screensaver" = backgroundOptions;
-          "org/gnome/desktop/interface".color-scheme = "prefer-dark";
-        };
-    };
-    home.file.".background-image".source = ./background-image.jpg;
-
     programs.chromium.enable = true;
     programs.firefox.enable = true;