diff --git a/common.nix b/common.nix
index 5b9df02..ae566df 100644
--- a/common.nix
+++ b/common.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,39 @@
-_: {lib, ...}: {
+_: {
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}: {
+  #use a better tty
+  services.kmscon = {
+    enable = true;
+    hwRender = true;
+    extraConfig = ''
+      font-size=10
+    '';
+    fonts = [
+      {
+        name = "Overpass Mono";
+        package = pkgs.overpass;
+      }
+      {
+        name = "OverpassMono Nerd Font";
+        package =
+          pkgs.nerdfonts.override
+          {
+            fonts = ["Overpass"];
+          };
+      }
+      {
+        name = "Material Design Icons";
+        package = pkgs.material-design-icons;
+      }
+    ];
+  };
+  systemd.services = {
+    "autovt@tty1".enable = false;
+    "kmsconvt@tty1".enable = false;
+  };
+
   #hardware stuff
   hardware = {
     enableRedistributableFirmware = true;
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 401d7b5..aad0609 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@
     },
     "master": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1676591006,
-        "narHash": "sha256-pOIGhMOZuo3DRqhV0UIpJuRzVpw5RGrn/+DCov/d4T8=",
+        "lastModified": 1676689129,
+        "narHash": "sha256-vxrK0/BO3DDP6TuqBdu+gtlyKpP3X7pbWySAiBdDons=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "e95204260063aa90718a94eaccac3591a5c64469",
+        "rev": "adc41db18f43ecac5b910f030d80c6f63070c065",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -246,15 +246,15 @@
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils_3",
         "neovim-src": "neovim-src",
         "nixpkgs": [
-          "master"
+          "unstable"
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1676518460,
-        "narHash": "sha256-RS0QNSofkjv+4zpxzgvxJ9yd9syhB9Vv4qMQ7m+DSbc=",
+        "lastModified": 1676688838,
+        "narHash": "sha256-HtvnH++N3ks4jNkrwLKzsJj81NojHDcjboBfHwocj2c=",
         "owner": "Gerg-L",
         "repo": "nvim-flake",
-        "rev": "e8c8de7c88722a73e3fa73e35e6af50cf7ccb3ff",
+        "rev": "bcfba539ade44f6372f7ed0581970429f7a9cba7",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -298,11 +298,11 @@
     },
     "stable": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1676375384,
-        "narHash": "sha256-6HI3jZiuJX+KLz05cocYy2mBAWlISEKHU84ftYfxHZ8=",
+        "lastModified": 1676546582,
+        "narHash": "sha256-MJ+PXNmUyxnMTFoss7G2lEcUY2cfYZM6RudBAL5aX1k=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "c43f676c938662072772339be6269226c77b51b8",
+        "rev": "2fb7d749c084890192b2cd08ba264e5e4a14df1b",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -334,11 +334,11 @@
     },
     "unstable": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1676481215,
-        "narHash": "sha256-afma/1RU0EePRyrBPcjBdOt+dV8z1bJH9dtpTN/WXmY=",
+        "lastModified": 1676569297,
+        "narHash": "sha256-2n4C4H3/U+3YbDrQB6xIw7AaLdFISCCFwOkcETAigqU=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "28319deb5ab05458d9cd5c7d99e1a24ec2e8fc4b",
+        "rev": "ac1f5b72a9e95873d1de0233fddcb56f99884b37",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index e716dd8..d5e487a 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  inputs = rec {
+  inputs = {
     #channels
     master.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs";
     unstable.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     };
     nvim-flake = {
       url = "github:Gerg-L/nvim-flake";
-      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "master";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "unstable";
     };
     fetch-rs = {
       url = "github:Gerg-L/fetch-rs";
diff --git a/imports/dwm.nix b/imports/dwm.nix
index 5c6d28a..6c2baa0 100644
--- a/imports/dwm.nix
+++ b/imports/dwm.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
       lightdm = {
         enable = true;
         background = ../images/recursion.png;
+        extraConfig =  "minimum-vt=1";
         greeters.mini = {
           enable = true;
           user = settings.username;
diff --git a/imports/gnome.nix b/imports/gnome.nix
index 1a26644..92eda4e 100644
--- a/imports/gnome.nix
+++ b/imports/gnome.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ _: {
     ]);
   services.xserver = {
     enable = true;
+    tty = 1;
     exportConfiguration = true; #make config debuggable
     layout = "us";
     libinput.enable = true;
diff --git a/imports/xfce.nix b/imports/xfce.nix
index 38fc932..cb28a42 100644
--- a/imports/xfce.nix
+++ b/imports/xfce.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ _: {
 }: {
   services.xserver = {
     enable = true;
+    tty = 1;
     exportConfiguration = true; #make config debuggable
     layout = "us";
     libinput.enable = true;
diff --git a/nix.nix b/nix.nix
index f1669ac..9930738 100644
--- a/nix.nix
+++ b/nix.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 }: {
   inputs,
   lib,
-  pkgs,
   self,
+  settings,
   ...
 }: {
   nix = {
-    package = nix.packages.${pkgs.system}.nix;
+    #   package = nix.packages.${pkgs.system}.nix;
     #automatically get registry from input flakes
     registry =
       (
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
           )
           inputs
         )
+        // {
+          nixpkgs.flake = unstable;
+          system.flake = self;
+        }
       )
       // {system = {flake = self;};};
     #automatically add registry entries to nixPath
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@
       flake-registry = builtins.toFile "empty-flake-registry.json" ''{"flakes":[],"version":2}'';
       keep-outputs = true;
       keep-derivations = true;
-       trusted-users = [
+      trusted-users = [
         "root"
         "@wheel"
       ];
diff --git a/systems/desktop.nix b/systems/desktop.nix
index 87de747..214d036 100644
--- a/systems/desktop.nix
+++ b/systems/desktop.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ inputs: {
     (import ../imports/sxhkd.nix inputs)
     (import ../imports/theme.nix inputs)
     (import ../imports/vfio.nix inputs)
- #   (import ../imports/mining.nix inputs)
+    #   (import ../imports/mining.nix inputs)
     (import ../imports/spicetify.nix inputs)
   ];
   system.stateVersion = "23.05";