diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index c34f1f9..47c528e 100755
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -32,18 +32,20 @@ in {
   	};
   };
 
+  time.timeZone = mkDefault "America/Los_Angeles";
+  
+  i18n.defaultLocale = mkDefault "en_US.UTF-8";
+
+  hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware = true;
+
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
     unrar unzip
+    micro
     curl wget
-    # nixos-rebuild w/ flakes does not work without git
-    # do not remove this
-    # nix is awesome
+    # im pretty sure removing this breaks nixos-rebuild
+    # have fun
     git
   ];
 
-  time.timeZone = mkDefault "America/Los_Angeles";
-
-  i18n.defaultLocale = mkDefault "en_US.UTF-8";
-
   system.stateVersion = mkDefault "23.11";
 }
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 88e4268..b798848 100755
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1705535278,
-        "narHash": "sha256-V5+XKfNbiY0bLKLQlH+AXyhHttEL7XcZBH9iSbxxexA=",
+        "lastModified": 1709445365,
+        "narHash": "sha256-DVv6nd9FQBbMWbOmhq0KVqmlc3y3FMSYl49UXmMcO+0=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "b84191db127c16a92cbdf7f7b9969d58bb456699",
+        "rev": "4de84265d7ec7634a69ba75028696d74de9a44a7",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1705496572,
-        "narHash": "sha256-rPIe9G5EBLXdBdn9ilGc0nq082lzQd0xGGe092R/5QE=",
+        "lastModified": 1709237383,
+        "narHash": "sha256-cy6ArO4k5qTx+l5o+0mL9f5fa86tYUX3ozE1S+Txlds=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "842d9d80cfd4560648c785f8a4e6f3b096790e19",
+        "rev": "1536926ef5621b09bba54035ae2bb6d806d72ac8",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {