diff --git a/dot_cargo/config.toml b/dot_cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0992c0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dot_cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[build]
+target-dir = "/home/user/.cargo/target"
diff --git a/private_dot_config/helix/config.toml b/private_dot_config/helix/config.toml
index 4ef928e..994965f 100644
--- a/private_dot_config/helix/config.toml
+++ b/private_dot_config/helix/config.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 [editor]
 clipboard-provider = "termcode"
 auto-pairs = false # defaults to `true`
-line-number = "relative"
-mouse = false
+insert-final-newline = false
 
 [editor.soft-wrap]
 enable = true
 max-wrap = 25 # increase value to reduce forced mid-word wrapping
 max-indent-retain = 0
 # wrap-indicator = ""  # set wrap-indicator to "" to hide it
+
+[editor.smart-tab]
+# TODO: apparently this was enabled by default in some release and now
+# i can't input tabs???????? This happened on may 5th but the last update
+# was 2025-07 i don't understand shit
+enable = false
diff --git a/private_dot_config/private_fish/config.fish b/private_dot_config/private_fish/config.fish
index 2defd85..e9242c2 100644
--- a/private_dot_config/private_fish/config.fish
+++ b/private_dot_config/private_fish/config.fish
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 if status is-interactive
     # Commands to run in interactive sessions can go here
+    atuin init fish | source
 end
 
 fish_add_path ~/.local/bin
+fish_add_path ~/.cargo/bin
+
+# test nix integration
+fish_add_path ~/.nix-profile/bin
+set -gxa XDG_DATA_DIRS $HOME/.nix-profile/share
+
 abbr -a -- hx helix
 
 set -gx EDITOR helix
diff --git a/private_dot_local/bin/executable_setup.sh b/private_dot_local/bin/executable_setup.sh
index 638a8ef..60a3e3c 100644
--- a/private_dot_local/bin/executable_setup.sh
+++ b/private_dot_local/bin/executable_setup.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ if [ ! $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 pacman -Sy --quiet
-pacman -S --needed --quiet zellij fish tmux vim helix htop chezmoi lsd wezterm micro starship torbrowser-launcher qbittorrent vlc gajim libayatana-appindicator
+pacman -S --needed --quiet zellij fish tmux vim helix htop chezmoi lsd wezterm micro starship torbrowser-launcher qbittorrent vlc gajim libayatana-appindicator dust zoxide cargo cargo-binstall cargo-update chromium gimp inkscape wireshark-qt handbrake ventoy-bin atuin
+pacman -S --needed --quiet bat fd dust
 pacman -S --needed --quiet gvfs-{goa,wsdd}
-pacman -S --needed --quiet gnome-shell-extensions gnome-shell-extension-appindicator gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-panel
+pacman -S --needed --quiet gnome-shell-extensions gnome-shell-extension-appindicator gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-panel cosmic-store libreoffice
 install_optional wezterm