diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 639b06e..f8d64a6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ node_modules
 .vscode-test/
 *.vsix
 src/symbol-icon-theme.modified.json
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
+
+/variants
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 152c0bd..79aab48 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   "publisher": "miguelsolorio",
   "icon": "symbols.png",
   "preview": true,
-  "main": "./src/extension.js",
   "engines": {
     "vscode": "^1.70.0"
   },
@@ -30,34 +29,24 @@
   "author": {
     "name": "Miguel Solorio"
   },
-  "activationEvents": [
-    "onStartupFinished"
-  ],
   "contributes": {
     "iconThemes": [
       {
         "id": "symbols",
         "label": "Symbol Icons",
-        "path": "./src/symbol-icon-theme.modified.json"
-      }
-    ],
-    "configuration": {
-      "type": "object",
-      "title": "Symbols",
-      "properties": {
-        "symbols.hidesExplorerArrows": {
-          "type": "boolean",
-          "default": false,
-          "description": "Hide arrow icons in the explorer section."
-        }
+        "path": "./variants/symbol-icon-theme.json"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "symbols-no-folder-arrows",
+        "label": "Symbol Icons (No Folder Arrows)",
+        "path": "./variants/symbol-icon-theme.no-arrows.json"
       }
-    }
+    ]
   },
   "scripts": {
     "release": "release-it"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/vscode": "^1.70.0",
     "release-it": "^15.3.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/generate.js b/scripts/generate.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..44200ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/generate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const path = require("path");
+const fs = require("fs");
+
+const basePath = path.resolve(__dirname);
+
+const sourceThemePath = path.join(
+  basePath,
+  "..",
+  "src",
+  "symbol-icon-theme.json"
+);
+
+const sourcethemeJSON = require(sourceThemePath);
+
+// make variant directory
+const outPath = path.join(basePath, "..", "variants");
+fs.mkdirSync(outPath, { recursive: true });
+
+
+// replace paths with relative paths
+Object.keys(sourcethemeJSON.iconDefinitions).forEach(iconDef=>{
+  const ogPath = path.join("src",sourcethemeJSON.iconDefinitions[iconDef].iconPath)
+  const relativePath = path.relative(outPath,ogPath)
+  sourcethemeJSON.iconDefinitions[iconDef].iconPath = relativePath
+})
+
+
+const variants = {
+  default: {
+    name: "symbol-icon-theme.json",
+    theme: { ...sourcethemeJSON },
+  },
+};
+
+variants.noFolderArrows = {
+  name: "symbol-icon-theme.no-arrows.json",
+  theme: {
+    ...sourcethemeJSON,
+    hidesExplorerArrows: true,
+  },
+};
+
+// write to files
+Object.keys(variants).forEach((key) => {
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(outPath, variants[key].name),
+    JSON.stringify(variants[key].theme, null, 2)
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/extension.js b/src/extension.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 793d266..0000000
--- a/src/extension.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-const vscode = require("vscode");
-const { monitorConfigChanges } = require("./lib/change-listener");
-const { syncOriginal } = require("./lib/theme");
-
-/**
- * @param {vscode.ExtensionContext} context
- */
-async function activate(context) {
-  console.log("miguelsolorio.symbols activated");
-
-  await syncOriginal();
-  monitorConfigChanges();
-
-  vscode.workspace.onDidChangeConfiguration(monitorConfigChanges);
-
-  vscode.window.onDidChangeWindowState((state) => {
-    if (state.focused) {
-      monitorConfigChanges();
-    }
-  });
-}
-
-function deactivate() {}
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-module.exports = {
-  activate,
-  deactivate,
-};
diff --git a/src/lib/change-listener.js b/src/lib/change-listener.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 49ef93b..0000000
--- a/src/lib/change-listener.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-const {
-  themeJSONToConfig,
-  getWorkspaceConfiguration,
-  updateConfig,
-} = require("./config");
-const { getThemeFile } = require("./theme");
-
-function monitorConfigChanges() {
-  const themeJSON = getThemeFile();
-  const currentState = themeJSONToConfig(themeJSON);
-  const workspaceState = getWorkspaceConfiguration();
-
-  const updatedKeys = {};
-
-  for (let currentKey in currentState) {
-    if (currentState[currentKey] != workspaceState[currentKey]) {
-      updatedKeys[currentKey] = workspaceState[currentKey];
-    }
-  }
-  
-  updateConfig(updatedKeys);
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  monitorConfigChanges,
-};
diff --git a/src/lib/config.js b/src/lib/config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bded517..0000000
--- a/src/lib/config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-const vscode = require("vscode");
-
-const defaultConfig = require("../symbol-icon-theme.json");
-const pkgConfig = require("../../package.json");
-const { getThemeFile, writeThemeFile } = require("./theme");
-const {PKG_PROP_MAP} = require("./constants")
-
-
-
-// get the configuration definition from the package.json
-// and also the default state of the theme to act as fallback
-// values for the configs
-const configDef = pkgConfig.contributes.configuration;
-const configKeys = Object.keys(configDef.properties);
-const defaultState = themeJSONToConfig(defaultConfig);
-
-/**
- * @description will get the current **workspace** configuration
- */
-function getWorkspaceConfiguration() {
-  const config = {};
-  for (let key of configKeys) {
-    if (!PKG_PROP_MAP[key]) {
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    const valueGroup = vscode.workspace
-      .getConfiguration("symbols")
-      .inspect(PKG_PROP_MAP[key]);
-
-    config[PKG_PROP_MAP[key]] =
-      valueGroup.workspaceValue ||
-      valueGroup.globalValue ||
-      defaultState[PKG_PROP_MAP[key]];
-  }
-
-  return config;
-}
-
-/**
- * @description normalize a theme definition json to only have
- * keys that are defined in the configuration section of the package.json
- */
-function themeJSONToConfig(themeDef) {
-  const result = {};
-
-  for (let key of configKeys) {
-    if (!PKG_PROP_MAP[key]) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    result[PKG_PROP_MAP[key]] = themeDef[PKG_PROP_MAP[key]];
-  }
-
-  return result;
-}
-
-/**
- * @description update the changed property in the global settings and
- * in the theme definition file
- */
-function updateConfig(config) {
-  const themeJSON = getThemeFile();
-
-  for (let key in config) {
-    console.log(`symbols.${key} changed, updating to ${config[key]}`);
-    vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("symbols").update(key, config[key], true);
-    themeJSON.hidesExplorerArrows = config[key];
-  }
-
-  writeThemeFile(themeJSON);
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  getWorkspaceConfiguration,
-  themeJSONToConfig,
-  updateConfig
-};
diff --git a/src/lib/constants.js b/src/lib/constants.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e78bf60..0000000
--- a/src/lib/constants.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// mapped properties for keys in package.json vs keys in vscode
-const PKG_PROP_MAP = {
-  "symbols.hidesExplorerArrows": "hidesExplorerArrows",
-};
-
-const MESSAGES = {
-  needsReloadToSync: "A Reload is needed to sync with the updated settings",
-  reloadButton: "Reload",
-};
-
-module.exports = {
-  PKG_PROP_MAP,
-  MESSAGES,
-};
diff --git a/src/lib/theme.js b/src/lib/theme.js
deleted file mode 100644
index dc7a3b1..0000000
--- a/src/lib/theme.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-const fs = require("fs");
-const path = require("path");
-const { PKG_PROP_MAP } = require("./constants");
-const { confirmReload } = require("./window");
-
-const THEME_FILE = "symbol-icon-theme.modified.json";
-const DEFAULT_THEME_FILE = "symbol-icon-theme.json";
-
-// getPath and getDefaultPath are seperated in
-// case we decide to change the path at which the
-// modified theme is kept
-
-/**
- * @description get the path for the theme definition
- * (or the theme file that vscode looks for)
- */
-function getPath() {
-  if (__dirname === "src") {
-    return path.join(__dirname, THEME_FILE);
-  } else {
-    // relative to the current file aka theme.js
-    return path.join(__dirname, "..", THEME_FILE);
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * @description get the path for the default theme file (or the source code theme)
- */
-function getDefaultFilePath() {
-  if (__dirname === "src") {
-    return path.join(__dirname, DEFAULT_THEME_FILE);
-  } else {
-    // relative to the current file aka theme.js
-    return path.join(__dirname, "..", DEFAULT_THEME_FILE);
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * @description check if the theme source exists,
- * if not, create one and then send the path
- */
-function resolveOrCreateTheme() {
-  const themeFile = getPath();
-  if (!fs.existsSync(themeFile)) {
-    fs.copyFileSync(getDefaultFilePath(), themeFile);
-  }
-  return themeFile;
-}
-
-/**
- * @description get the theme json, either from the modified one
- * or the default one
- */
-function getThemeFile() {
-  return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(resolveOrCreateTheme(), "utf-8"));
-}
-
-/**
- * @description get the source theme json
- */
-function getSoureFile() {
-  return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(getDefaultFilePath(), "utf-8"));
-}
-
-// write the theme data file to the **modified** theme
-// file
-function writeThemeFile(data) {
-  fs.writeFileSync(getPath(), JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
-}
-
-/**
- * @description, force clone the original to modified theme
- * to make sure updates are merged to it
- *
- * Note: kept seperate from the
- * resolveOrCreateTheme if we wish to move this into a deeper diffing based
- * sync later (unnecessary right now since the themeFile is small)
- */
-async function syncOriginal() {
-  let themePath = getPath();
-  let themeJSON = getThemeFile();
-  let originalJSON = getSoureFile();
-
-  let needsSync = false;
-
-  const configurableKeys = Object.values(PKG_PROP_MAP);
-
-  // shallow check
-  for (const key in originalJSON) {
-    if (configurableKeys.indexOf(key) > -1) {
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    const stringifiedSource = JSON.stringify(originalJSON[key]);
-    if (!themeJSON[key]) {
-      needsSync = true;
-      break;
-    }
-
-    const stringifiedTheme = JSON.stringify(themeJSON[key]);
-    if (stringifiedSource != stringifiedTheme) {
-      console.log({
-        stringifiedSource,
-        stringifiedTheme,
-      });
-      needsSync = true;
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (needsSync) {
-    await confirmReload();
-    fs.unlinkSync(themePath);
-    fs.copyFileSync(getDefaultFilePath(), themePath);
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  getThemeFile,
-  writeThemeFile,
-  syncOriginal,
-};
diff --git a/src/lib/window.js b/src/lib/window.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 91d4b04..0000000
--- a/src/lib/window.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-const vscode = require("vscode");
-const { MESSAGES } = require("./constants");
-
-async function confirmReload() {
-  const response = await vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
-    MESSAGES.needsReloadToSync,
-    MESSAGES.reloadButton
-  );
-
-  if (response != MESSAGES.reloadButton) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  vscode.commands.executeCommand("workbench.action.reloadWindow");
-  return true;
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  confirmReload,
-};