diff --git a/lua/plugins.lua b/lua/plugins.lua
index 22e0cfe..478ea31 100644
--- a/lua/plugins.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins.lua
@@ -97,8 +97,18 @@ require("snacks").setup({
         enabled = true,
         doc = { inline = false },
     },
+    terminal = {},
 })
 
+-- Toggle a bottom terminal panel (reuses the same shell instance).
+vim.keymap.set({ "n", "t" }, "<leader>t",
+    function()
+        Snacks.terminal(nil, {
+            win = { position = "bottom", height = 10 },
+        })
+    end,
+    { desc = "Toggle terminal" })
+
 -- Rebuild mdmath JS deps on plugin update
 vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("PackChanged", {
     callback = function(ev)