diff --git a/.config/bat/config b/.config/bat/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6e1f57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/bat/config
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--theme="ansi"
+
+# See $PAGER in ~/.config/shell/env
+--pager="less --chop-long-lines --ignore-case --LONG-PROMPT --status-column --quit-if-one-screen --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS"
+
+--style="numbers,changes,header"
+
+# Unrecognized mappings
+
+--map-syntax ".bash_history:Bourne Again Shell (bash)"
+--map-syntax "**/bash/history:Bourne Again Shell (bash)"
+--map-syntax "**/zsh/history:Bourne Again Shell (bash)"
+
+--map-syntax ".flake8:INI"
+
+--map-syntax "poetry.lock:TOML"
diff --git a/.config/shell/aliases b/.config/shell/aliases
index ed85ac8..522f114 100644
--- a/.config/shell/aliases
+++ b/.config/shell/aliases
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 alias dotfiles='git --git-dir=$XDG_DATA_HOME/dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME'
 
 
+if _command_exists batcat; then
+    alias bat='batcat'
+fi
+
+
 # Integrate `git`
 if _command_exists git; then
 
diff --git a/.config/shell/env b/.config/shell/env
index 84ee7c7..751bd14 100644
--- a/.config/shell/env
+++ b/.config/shell/env
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export XDG_DATA_HOME="$HOME/.local/share"  # also set in ~/.local/bin/install-do
 export XDG_STATE_HOME="$HOME/.local/state"
 
 # Make up a XDG directory for binaries (that does not exist in the standard)
-export XDG_BIN_HOME="$HOME/.local/bin"
+export XDG_BIN_HOME="$HOME/.local/bin"  # also set in ~/.local/bin/install-dotfiles
 
 
 # Convenient names for various places in the system
@@ -28,8 +28,14 @@ export PAGER="less --chop-long-lines --ignore-case --LONG-PROMPT --no-init --sta
 export TZ="Europe/Berlin"
 export VISUAL=$EDITOR
 
+if command -v bat >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    export MANPAGER="sh -c 'col -bx | bat --language man --plain'"
+    export MANROFFOPT="-c"
+fi
+
 
 # Move common tools' config and cache files into XDG directories
 
+export BAT_CONFIG_PATH="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bat/config"
 export LESSHISTFILE="$XDG_STATE_HOME/less/history"
 export VIMINIT='let $MYVIMRC="'"$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"'/vim/vimrc" | source $MYVIMRC'
diff --git a/.local/bin/install-dotfiles b/.local/bin/install-dotfiles
index 0a84400..56f6656 100755
--- a/.local/bin/install-dotfiles
+++ b/.local/bin/install-dotfiles
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 set -eu
 
 
+XDG_BIN_HOME="${XDG_BIN_HOME:-$HOME/.local/bin}"  # also set in ~/.config/shell/env
 XDG_DATA_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"  # also set in ~/.config/shell/env
 
 DOTFILES_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME/dotfiles"  # also set in ~/.config/shell/env
@@ -96,6 +97,12 @@ _git config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
 _git remote set-url origin "$DOTFILES_SSH"
 
 
+if command -v batcat >/dev/null 2>&1 && ! command -v bat >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    mkdir -p "$XDG_BIN_HOME"
+    ln -sf "$(command -v batcat)" "$XDG_BIN_HOME/bat"
+fi
+
+
 echo ""
 echo "The dotfiles were installed successfully (branch: $DOTFILES_BRANCH)"
 echo ""