diff --git a/home-manager/flake.lock b/home-manager/flake.lock
index 3f7091b..8335f8b 100644
--- a/home-manager/flake.lock
+++ b/home-manager/flake.lock
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1738841109,
-        "narHash": "sha256-sEgE3nifaRU5gfAx33ds0tx/j+qM0/5/bHopv/w6c0c=",
+        "lastModified": 1738878603,
+        "narHash": "sha256-fmhq8B3MvQLawLbMO+LWLcdC2ftLMmwSk+P29icJ3tE=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "f99c704fe3a4cf8d72b2d568ec80bc38be1a9407",
+        "rev": "433799271274c9f2ab520a49527ebfe2992dcfbd",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -242,11 +242,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1738804720,
-        "narHash": "sha256-3bAR5ALk5AoFt4BlsQRdjSV6VVH6lbgtYdElb0A+qDc=",
+        "lastModified": 1738880187,
+        "narHash": "sha256-1RieTOf8k5WQDMUpk2y24jmCUGS5Z8vyVb1xOaZu6cc=",
         "owner": "0xc000022070",
         "repo": "zen-browser-flake",
-        "rev": "7868f1c54b7f8e09be194aaa0934791596df1ea1",
+        "rev": "6449d5cd3ddd3e21650ed2b80c59acfbb196fb2b",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/home-manager/flake.nix b/home-manager/flake.nix
index 80b76cc..b7b6b1b 100644
--- a/home-manager/flake.nix
+++ b/home-manager/flake.nix
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@
 
       pkgs = (
         import ((import nixpkgs { }).applyPatches {
-          name = "gpt4all 3.9.0";
+          name = "gpt4all 3.9.0 (PR #372723)";
           src = inputs.nixpkgs;
           patches = [
             (builtins.fetchurl {
               url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/372723.diff";
-              sha256 = "1vq035iwmc8dhi4zfhgivm1vr14yjjv8fgp00dk5wh3j401p6s6k";
+              sha256 = "039vr6xssic2bdkax440w9xfrvq8jrmm54xhsgpi93mnwj4m8fz1";
             })
           ];
         }) { }
diff --git a/home-manager/gui.nix b/home-manager/gui.nix
index 7efcd45..6432670 100644
--- a/home-manager/gui.nix
+++ b/home-manager/gui.nix
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@
       wl-screenrec
 
       gimp
+
+      # wayland-compatible color picker
+      hyprpicker
     ]
     ++ (builtins.filter lib.isDerivation (builtins.attrValues nerd-fonts));
 
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@
   # make chromium-based stuff use wayland
   home.file.".config/chromium-flags.conf".text = "--ozone-platform-hint=auto";
 
-  #dark mode
+  # dark mode
   dconf.settings = {
     "org/gnome/desktop/interface" = {
       color-scheme = "prefer-dark";
@@ -152,20 +155,10 @@
     BROWSER = "zen";
   };
 
-  #for trezor stuff
-  /*
-    trezor-udev-rules #trezor udev rules
-    trezord
-    trezor-suite
-    monero-gui
-    monero-cli
-    trezorctl
-  */
-
-  #allow extra fonts to be detected by fontconfig
+  # allow extra fonts to be detected by fontconfig
   fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
 
-  #gtk application theming
+  # gtk application theming
   gtk = {
     enable = true;
     # make gtk3 applications look like libadwaita applications!
@@ -179,7 +172,7 @@
     };
   };
 
-  #qt application theming - BROKEN and on fire
+  # qt application theming - BROKEN and on fire
   # qt = {
   #   enable = true;
   #   platformTheme = {
@@ -196,7 +189,7 @@
   #   };
   # };
 
-  #macOS cursor!
+  # macOS cursor!
   home.pointerCursor = {
     gtk.enable = true;
     package = pkgs.apple-cursor;
diff --git a/home-manager/no-gui.nix b/home-manager/no-gui.nix
index 4b85b95..20bfcc5 100644
--- a/home-manager/no-gui.nix
+++ b/home-manager/no-gui.nix
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@
     # terminal image viewer
     timg
     lsof
+
+    tcpdump
   ];
 
   # home.file.".cargo/config.toml".text = ''
diff --git a/home-manager/progs/alacritty.nix b/home-manager/progs/alacritty.nix
index 49de2b1..3b91dcf 100644
--- a/home-manager/progs/alacritty.nix
+++ b/home-manager/progs/alacritty.nix
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
     enable = true;
     package = pkgs.alacritty;
     settings = {
-      # use the fish shell
-      # shell.program = "${pkgs.fish}/bin/fish";
-
       # some programs can't handle alacritty
       env.TERM = "xterm-256color";
 
diff --git a/home-manager/progs/eww/config/statusbar.yuck b/home-manager/progs/eww/config/statusbar.yuck
index 97ce264..3e3e440 100644
--- a/home-manager/progs/eww/config/statusbar.yuck
+++ b/home-manager/progs/eww/config/statusbar.yuck
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 (defwindow statusbar
   :monitor 0
   :stacking "fg"
diff --git a/home-manager/progs/gpt4all/gpt4all.nix b/home-manager/progs/gpt4all/gpt4all.nix
index 114f174..d496436 100644
--- a/home-manager/progs/gpt4all/gpt4all.nix
+++ b/home-manager/progs/gpt4all/gpt4all.nix
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 let
   models = [
     rec {
-      name = "DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B-Q4_0";
+      name = "DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B-IQ4_XS";
       filename = builtins.elemAt (lib.splitString "?" src.name) 0;
       context_length = 32768;
       gen_length = 8192;
       src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-        url = "https://huggingface.co/bartowski/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B-GGUF/resolve/main/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B-Q4_0.gguf?download=true";
-        sha256 = "906b3382f2680f4ce845459b4a122e904002b075238080307586bcffcde49eef";
+        url = "https://huggingface.co/bartowski/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B-GGUF/resolve/main/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B-IQ4_XS.gguf?download=true";
+        sha256 = "031b190e7aa81770b5d069de181dcfe4b284bf5d75fa12f82f5e54a3178adcfd";
       };
     }
   ];
diff --git a/home-manager/progs/helix.nix b/home-manager/progs/helix.nix
index 3f5919e..74202c7 100644
--- a/home-manager/progs/helix.nix
+++ b/home-manager/progs/helix.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
       # modified fleet_dark theme
       my_theme =
         let
+          pastel-pink = "#c67C7E";
+
+          darkish-green = "#6B8D46";
+
           white = "#ffffff";
           gray-120 = "#d1d1d1";
           gray-110 = "#c2c2c2";
@@ -110,7 +114,10 @@
           "constant.character" = yellow;
           "constant.character.escape" = cyan;
           "constant.numeric" = yellow;
-          "string" = pink;
+
+          # string datatypes, also includes quoted attributes in nix
+          "string" = pastel-pink;
+
           "string.regexp" = cyan;
           "string.special" = {
             fg = yellow;
@@ -126,8 +133,13 @@
           # "variable.other" = {} # .member
           "variable.other.member" = violet;
           "label" = yellow;
-          "keyword" = cyan; # .operator / .directive / .function
+
+          # `keyword` in language, such as function declaration
+          "keyword" = darkish-green;
+
+          # function name color when calling the function
           "function" = yellow;
+
           "function.declaration" = "#EFEFEF";
           "function.macro" = lime;
           "function.builtin" = lime;
@@ -181,18 +193,22 @@
           "ui.statusline" = {
             fg = gray-120;
             bg = gray-20;
-          }; # .inactive / .normal / .insert / .select
+          };
+          # NOR
           "ui.statusline.normal" = {
             fg = gray-120;
             bg = gray-20;
           };
+          # inactive
           "ui.statusline.inactive" = {
             fg = gray-90;
           };
+          # INS
           "ui.statusline.insert" = {
             fg = gray-20;
             bg = blue-90;
           };
+          # SEL
           "ui.statusline.select" = {
             fg = gray-20;
             bg = yellow-60;
@@ -200,27 +216,38 @@
 
           "ui.cursor" = {
             modifiers = [ "reversed" ];
-          }; # .insert / .select / .match / .primary
+          };
+
+          # .insert / .select / .match / .primary
           "ui.cursor.match" = {
             bg = blue-30;
-          }; # .insert / .select / .match / .primary
+          };
+          # .insert / .select / .match / .primary
           "ui.selection" = {
             bg = gray-50;
-          }; # .primary
+          };
+
+          # actual selection of text via visual mode or cursor (or search?)
           "ui.selection.primary" = {
-            bg = blue-40;
+            bg = blue-20;
           };
 
           "ui.cursorline" = {
             bg = gray-15;
           };
-          "ui.linenr" = gray-70;
-          "ui.linenr.selected" = gray-110;
 
+          # line numbers
+          "ui.linenr" = yellow-30;
+
+          # line number of currently selected line
+          "ui.linenr.selected" = yellow-50;
+
+          # .info # .nor
           "ui.popup" = {
             fg = gray-120;
             bg = gray-20;
-          }; # .info
+          };
+
           "ui.window" = {
             fg = gray-50;
           };
@@ -228,20 +255,25 @@
             fg = gray-120;
             bg = gray-20;
           };
+
           "ui.menu" = {
             fg = gray-120;
             bg = gray-20;
-          }; # .selected
+          };
+
+          #.selected
           "ui.menu.selected" = {
             fg = white;
             bg = blue-40;
-          }; # .selected
+          };
+
           # Calculated as #ffffff with 30% opacity
           "ui.menu.scroll" = {
             fg = "#dfdfdf";
           };
 
-          "ui.text" = gray-120; # .focus / .info
+          "ui.text" = gray-120;
+          # .focus / .info
           "ui.text.focus" = {
             fg = white;
             bg = blue-40;
diff --git a/home-manager/progs/niri.nix b/home-manager/progs/niri.nix
index 0e8a971..b11b89d 100644
--- a/home-manager/progs/niri.nix
+++ b/home-manager/progs/niri.nix
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@
           "down"
         ];
 
+        # color picker and copies to clipboard
+        "Mod+Ctrl+Alt+C".action = spawn [
+          "${pkgs.hyprpicker}/bin/hyprpicker"
+          "-za"
+        ];
+
         # "Framework" key (F12)
         # "XF86AudioMedia".action = spawn [];
 
diff --git a/home-manager/system-mreow.nix b/home-manager/system-mreow.nix
index be8dff3..9b4bcab 100644
--- a/home-manager/system-mreow.nix
+++ b/home-manager/system-mreow.nix
@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@
   programs.borgmatic = {
     enable = true;
     package = pkgs.borgmatic;
-    backups =
-      let
-        borgPasswordFile = config.age.secrets.borg-laptop-password.path;
-      in
-      import ./progs/borg.nix { inherit homeDirectory borgPasswordFile; };
+    backups = import ./progs/borg.nix {
+      borgPasswordFile = config.age.secrets.borg-laptop-password.path;
+      inherit homeDirectory;
+    };
   };
 }