diff --git a/nixos/configuration.nix b/nixos/configuration.nix
index 888d9cd..e4c0d8b 100644
--- a/nixos/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/configuration.nix
@@ -20,13 +20,24 @@
   wsl.defaultUser = "nixos";
   wsl.nativeSystemd = false;
 
+  nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];  # for vscode remote server
+
+  # TODO: move to home manager (?)
+  programs = {
+    direnv = {
+      enable = true;
+      # enableFishIntegration = true;
+      nix-direnv.enable = true;
+    };
+  };
+
   # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
   # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
   # on your system were taken. It's perfectly fine and recommended to leave
   # this value at the release version of the first install of this system.
   # Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
   # (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
-  system.stateVersion = "23.11"; # Did you read the comment?
+  system.stateVersion = "24.05"; # Did you read the comment?
 
   users.users.dth = {
     isNormalUser = true;
@@ -34,6 +45,11 @@
     initialPassword = "test";
   };
 
+  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+  environment.variables = {
+    DBT_USER = "DNTH";
+  };
+
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
     # tmux    # activated in tmux.nix
     # vim     # using neovim in stead
@@ -41,19 +57,21 @@
 
     git
     ripgrep
+    wget      # for vscode-server
+    busybox   # useful programs e.g. tree, unzip etc
 
     # make default.nix in python project folders instead of using a top-level python environment manager
     # pyenv
     # poetry
     
-    fastfetch
-    neofetch
+    neofetch    # system info
 
     # gimp	# bloat
+    # blender   # bloat
+    # inkscape  # bloat
+
     cowsay
     lolcat
   ];
 
-
-
 }
diff --git a/nixos/neovim.nix b/nixos/neovim.nix
index 3efcd29..ac1942c 100644
--- a/nixos/neovim.nix
+++ b/nixos/neovim.nix
@@ -14,24 +14,41 @@
 
         colorscheme gruvbox
 
-        set listchars=tab:→\ ,space:·,nbsp:␣,trail:•,eol:¶,precedes:«,extends:»
-        set clipboard+=unnamedplus
+        " relative line numbering when leaving insert mode
+        set relativenumber
+        autocmd InsertEnter * :set number norelativenumber
+        autocmd InsertLeave * :set nonumber relativenumber
 
-        " Replace-all is aliased to S.
+        " netrw (dir listing) settings
+        let g:netrw_liststyle = 3
+        let g:netrw_banner = 0
+        let g:netrw_browse_split = 3
+        let g:netrw_winsize = 25  " % of page
+
+	set listchars=tab:→\ ,space:·,nbsp:␣,trail:•,eol:¶,precedes:«,extends:»
+	set clipboard+=unnamedplus
+
+	" Replace-all is aliased to S.
         nnoremap S :%s//g<Left><Left>
+
+        " spellcheck
+        set spell spelllang=en_us
+        setlocal spell! spelllang=en_us
       '';
       # vimPlugins inspired from Alexnortung
       # https://discourse.nixos.org/t/neovim-no-longer-uses-config-or-plugins/13399/4
       packages.nix = with pkgs.vimPlugins; {
         start = [
-          vim-surround # Shortcuts for setting () {} etc.
+          vim-surround  # shortcuts for setting () {} etc.
           # coc-nvim coc-git coc-highlight coc-python coc-rls coc-vetur coc-vimtex coc-yaml coc-html coc-json # auto completion
-          vim-nix # nix highlight
-          vimtex # latex stuff
-          fzf-vim # fuzzy finder through vim
-          nerdtree # file structure inside nvim
-          rainbow # Color parenthesis
-          gruvbox-nvim # theme
+          vim-nix       # nix highlight
+          vimtex        # latex stuff
+          fzf-vim       # fuzzy finder through vim
+          nerdtree      # file structure inside nvim
+          rainbow       # color parenthesis
+	  gruvbox-nvim  # theme
+          goyo-vim      # write prose
+          limelight-vim # prose paragraph highlighter
         ];
         opt = [];
       };
diff --git a/nixos/tmux.nix b/nixos/tmux.nix
index ce1c107..1d37111 100644
--- a/nixos/tmux.nix
+++ b/nixos/tmux.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   programs.tmux = {
     enable = true;
     clock24 = true;
-    escapeTime = 20;
+    # escapeTime = 20;
     extraConfig = ''
       # remap prefix from ^+B to alt-f
       unbind C-b
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       bind -T copy-mode-vi Enter send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "xsel -i --clipboard"
 
       # reduce escape time
-      set-option -sg escape-time 20
+      set -sg escape-time 20
 
       # pane movement shortcuts
       bind h select-pane -L