diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index bb88807..415840e 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,29 @@
-# all my home stuff :3
-sysConf: { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
 {
-	home.sessionVariables = {
-		# system configuration
-		EDITOR = "nvim";
+	# Home Manager needs a bit of information about you and the paths it should
+	# manage.
+	home.username = "hive";
+	home.homeDirectory = "/home/hive";
 
-		# cleanup homedir
-		CARGO_HOME = "${config.xdg.dataHome}/cargo";
+	# This value determines the Home Manager release that your configuration is
+	# compatible with. This helps avoid breakage when a new Home Manager release
+	# introduces backwards incompatible changes.
+	#
+	# You should not change this value, even if you update Home Manager. If you do
+	# want to update the value, then make sure to first check the Home Manager
+	# release notes.
+	home.stateVersion = "23.05"; # Please read the comment before changing.
 
-		# fish config
-		fish_greeting = "✨️ heya ${sysConf.user}, welcome to ${sysConf.prettyHost} ~";
-	};
-	# installing my packages uvu
+	# The home.packages option allows you to install Nix packages into your
+	# environment.
 	home.packages = with pkgs; [
 		bat
 		diceware
 		pwgen
 		kitty
+		git
+		neovim
 		schildichat-desktop
 		dino
 		mangohud
@@ -44,6 +51,33 @@ sysConf: { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 		appindicator
 	]);
 
+
+	# Home Manager is pretty good at managing dotfiles. The primary way to manage
+	# plain files is through 'home.file'.
+	home.file = {
+		# # Building this configuration will create a copy of 'dotfiles/screenrc' in
+		# # the Nix store. Activating the configuration will then make '~/.screenrc' a
+		# # symlink to the Nix store copy.
+		# ".screenrc".source = dotfiles/screenrc;
+
+		# # You can also set the file content immediately.
+		# ".gradle/gradle.properties".text = ''
+		#   org.gradle.console=verbose
+		#   org.gradle.daemon.idletimeout=3600000
+		# '';
+	};
+
+	home.sessionVariables = {
+  		# system configuration
+		EDITOR = "nvim";
+
+		# cleanup homedir
+		CARGO_HOME = "${config.xdg.dataHome}/cargo";
+
+		# fish config
+		fish_greeting = "✨️ heya ${config.home.username}, welcome to $(hostname) ~";
+	};
+
 	# configure programs
 	programs.home-manager.enable = true;
 	programs.fish = {
@@ -75,7 +109,4 @@ fish_vi_key_bindings
 	};
 	programs.browserpass.enable = true;
 	programs.gpg.enable = true;
-
-	# don't uh, change this or something might break lol idk
-	home.stateVersion = "22.11";
 }