diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/config/merge.sh b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/config/merge.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39eadb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/config/merge.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+SOURCE_FILE=$(realpath -m "$1")
+TARGET_FILE=$(realpath -m "$2")
+
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "$TARGET_FILE")"
+
+TEMP_FILE=$(mktemp)
+cat "$SOURCE_FILE" > "$TEMP_FILE"
+
+if [ -f "$TARGET_FILE" ]; then
+  while IFS='=' read -r key value; do
+    if ! grep -q "^${key}=" "$TEMP_FILE"; then
+      echo "${key}=${value}" >> "$TEMP_FILE"
+    fi
+  done < "$TARGET_FILE"
+fi
+
+mv "$TEMP_FILE" "$TARGET_FILE"
+
+echo "Configuration file $TARGET_FILE has been updated."
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/config/prefs b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/config/prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..374b94b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/config/prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+app.autostart-mode="off"
+storage.last-location="/home/nick/.cache/spotify/Storage"
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/config/user-prefs b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/config/user-prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5aef78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/config/user-prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+audio.crossfade_v2=true
+audio.allow_downgrade=false
+audio.sync_bitrate_enumeration=4
+audio.play_bitrate_enumeration=4
+audio.play_bitrate_non_metered_migrated=true
+audio.play_bitrate_non_metered_enumeration=4
+ui.track_notifications_enabled=false
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/default.nix
index 727a48e..2a0936a 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 {
   config,
   inputs,
+  lib,
   pkgs,
   ...
 }:
@@ -58,6 +59,87 @@
         ];
       };
 
+    systemd.user = {
+      services =
+        let
+          merge = lib.meta.getExe (
+            pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+              name = "merge";
+              runtimeInputs = with pkgs; [
+                gnugrep
+                coreutils
+              ];
+              text = builtins.readFile ./config/merge.sh;
+            }
+          );
+        in
+        {
+          spotify-init = {
+            Unit = {
+              Description = "Populate Spotify preferences from template";
+              After = config.environment.persistence."/persist"."${home}/.config/spotify".mount;
+              DefaultDependencies = false;
+            };
+
+            Service = {
+              ExecStart = "${merge} ${./config/prefs} ${home}/.config/spotify/prefs";
+              Type = "oneshot";
+              RemainAfterExit = true;
+            };
+          };
+
+          spotify-init-user = {
+            Unit = {
+              Description = "Populate Spotify user preferences from template";
+              After = config.environment.persistence."/persist"."${home}/.config/spotify".mount;
+              DefaultDependencies = false;
+            };
+
+            Service = {
+              ExecStart = lib.meta.getExe (
+                pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+                  name = "merge-user";
+                  text = ''
+                    for USER_DIR in ${home}/.config/spotify/Users/*/; do
+                      ${merge} ${./config/user-prefs} "$USER_DIR/prefs"
+                    done
+                  '';
+                }
+              );
+              Type = "oneshot";
+              RemainAfterExit = true;
+            };
+          };
+        };
+
+      paths = {
+        spotify-init = {
+          Unit = {
+            Description = "Monitor Spotify directory";
+            After = config.environment.persistence."/persist"."${home}/.config/spotify".mount;
+          };
+
+          Path.PathExists = "${home}/.config/spotify";
+
+          Install.WantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+        };
+
+        spotify-init-user = {
+          Unit = {
+            Description = "Monitor Spotify user directory";
+            After = config.environment.persistence."/persist"."${home}/.config/spotify".mount;
+          };
+
+          Path = {
+            PathExists = "${home}/.config/spotify/Users";
+            PathModified = "${home}/.config/spotify/Users";
+          };
+
+          Install.WantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
     theme.templates."${home}/.config/spotify/colors.css".source = ./colors.css;
   };
 }