diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 8cc9e8f..2a5427c 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   imports =
     [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
       ./hardware-configuration.nix
-      <home-manager/nixos>
+      #<home-manager/nixos>
     ];
 
   # Bootloader.
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
   boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
 
-  home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
-  home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+  #home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+  #home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
   home-manager.backupFileExtension = "backup";
 
-  home-manager.users.rainy = import ./home.nix;
+  #home-manager.users.rainy = import ./home.nix;
 
   networking.hostName = "rainix"; # Define your hostname.
   # networking.wireless.enable = true;  # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@
     xkbVariant = "";
   };
 
+  # nix stuff
+
+  nix.settings.experimental-features = ["nix-command" "flakes"];
+
+  nix.gc = {
+    automatic = true;
+    dates = "weekly";
+    options = "--delete-older-than 7d";
+  };
+
   services.desktopManager.cosmic.enable = true;
 
   # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index a7c801a..d487243 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 {
   "nodes": {
+    "home-manager": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1745362344,
+        "narHash": "sha256-R4d7j2urn/W+K9crKJaxJvZOsVX5v7uCAymaDBq97SE=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "home-manager",
+        "rev": "b99e3e46b86aefc01f229e0a29d0c03c1079aaed",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "home-manager",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1745234285,
@@ -18,6 +38,7 @@
     },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
+        "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       }
     }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index b3a6c02..e6442c1 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,20 @@
 
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    home-manager = {
+      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
   };
 
-  outputs = { nixpkgs, ... }: {
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }@inputs: {
     nixosConfigurations.rainix = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
       system = "x86_64-linux";
-      modules = [ ./configuration.nix ]; 
+      modules = [ ./configuration.nix home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager {
+        home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+        home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+        home-manager.users.rainy = import ./home.nix;
+      } ]; 
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index 0c37b63..ffcb352 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     pkgs.mangohud
     pkgs.gamescope
     pkgs.fastfetch
+    pkgs.upscayl
   ];
 
   home.stateVersion = "25.05";
diff --git a/modules/fish.nix b/modules/fish.nix
index 7eeaf7e..5c7904c 100644
--- a/modules/fish.nix
+++ b/modules/fish.nix
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 {
   programs.fish.enable = true;
   programs.fish.shellAliases = {
-    nxr = "sudo nixos-rebuild switch";
-    nxe = "sudo nano /etc/nixos/configuration.nix";
-    nxh = "sudo nano /etc/nixos/home.nix";
+    nxr = "sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#";
+    nxe = "nano /home/rainy/nix-config/configuration.nix";
+    nxh = "nano /home/rainy/nix-config/home.nix";
     nxu = "sudo nix-channel --update && sudo nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade";
   };
 }