diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 329682f..c88e698 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Cross-platform terminal emulator built from the ground up with speed, good font
 
 Simple setup with automatic config reloading, a colorscheme, font and a couple other bits.
 
+The `wezterm.local_linux.lua` file is meant as a template for creating a local configuration while also tracking generic linux xcursor configurations
+required to fix an issue with cursor display. To use it, copy the file to `~/.config/wezterm/local.lua` and wezterm should reload configs automatically.
+
 ### Zsh
 
 NOTE: Auto-installs oh-my-zsh directly from the github repository when a user opens Zsh for the first time
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 1f06d83..7ac38fc 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ then
     ln -fs $PWD/tmux.conf $HOME/.tmux.conf
 fi
 
-if [ ! -L $HOME/.wezterm.lua ]
+if [ ! -L $HOME/.config/wezterm/wezterm.lua ]
 then
-    ln -fs $PWD/wezterm.lua $HOME/.wezterm.lua
+    mkdir -p $HOME/.config/wezterm
+    ln -fs $PWD/wezterm.lua $HOME/.config/wezterm/wezterm.lua
 fi
 
 if [ ! -L $HOME/.config/nvim/snippets ]
diff --git a/wezterm.local_linux.lua b/wezterm.local_linux.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b5e38d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wezterm.local_linux.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+local wezterm = require('wezterm')
+
+local function setup(config)
+    -- Fixing the cursor theme
+    local xcursor_size = nil
+    local xcursor_theme = nil
+
+    local success, stdout, _ = wezterm.run_child_process({
+        "gsettings",
+        "get",
+        "org.gnome.desktop.interface",
+        "cursor-theme"
+    })
+
+    if success then
+        xcursor_theme = stdout:gsub("'(.+)'\n", "%1")
+    end
+
+    local success, _, _ = wezterm.run_child_process({
+        "gsettings",
+        "get",
+        "org.gnome.desktop.interface",
+        "cursor-size"
+    })
+
+    if success then
+        xcursor_size = tonumber(stdout)
+    end
+
+    config.xcursor_theme = xcursor_theme
+    config.xcursor_size = xcursor_size
+    -- end cursor theme
+
+    return config
+end
+
+return {
+    setup = setup,
+}
diff --git a/wezterm.lua b/wezterm.lua
index 553263f..7918d85 100644
--- a/wezterm.lua
+++ b/wezterm.lua
@@ -2,36 +2,6 @@ local wezterm = require 'wezterm'
 
 local config = wezterm.config_builder()
 
--- Fixing the cursor theme
-local xcursor_size = nil
-local xcursor_theme = nil
-
-local success, stdout, _ = wezterm.run_child_process({
-    "gsettings",
-    "get",
-    "org.gnome.desktop.interface",
-    "cursor-theme"
-})
-
-if success then
-    xcursor_theme = stdout:gsub("'(.+)'\n", "%1")
-end
-
-local success, _, _ = wezterm.run_child_process({
-    "gsettings",
-    "get",
-    "org.gnome.desktop.interface",
-    "cursor-size"
-})
-
-if success then
-    xcursor_size = tonumber(stdout)
-end
-
-config.xcursor_theme = xcursor_theme
-config.xcursor_size = xcursor_size
--- end cursor theme
-
 -- Visual options
 config.color_scheme = 's3r0 modified (terminal.sexy)'
 -- config.color_scheme = 'darkmatrix'
@@ -54,4 +24,11 @@ config.window_padding = {
 
 config.automatically_reload_config = true
 
+local local_config_filename = os.getenv('HOME') .. '/.config/wezterm/local.lua'
+local local_config = io.open(local_config_filename, 'r')
+if local_config~=nil then
+    local local_setup = require('local')
+    config = local_setup.setup(config)
+end
+
 return config