diff --git a/roles/arch/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/arch/tasks/main.yaml
index a6f4393..1ac3444 100644
--- a/roles/arch/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/arch/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,15 @@
 - name: Install yay
   aur: name=yay
   become_user: daniel
+
+- name: Enable pacman color
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /bedrock/strata/arch/etc/pacman.conf
+    regexp: '^#? ?Color'
+    line: Color
+
+- name: Enable pacman parallel downloads
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /bedrock/strata/arch/etc/pacman.conf
+    regexp: '^#? ?ParallelDownloads ?= ?'
+    line: ParallelDownloads = 5