diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 4813367..a5c05d9 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
     ...
   } @ inputs: let
     mods = import ./modules;
+    cLib = import ./lib {inherit (nixpkgs) lib;};
     mkLinuxSystem = mod:
       nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
-        specialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
+        specialArgs = {inherit inputs cLib;};
         modules =
           [
             inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
diff --git a/home/c/default.nix b/home/c/default.nix
index d7e7aa2..3f8bd92 100644
--- a/home/c/default.nix
+++ b/home/c/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   };
 
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    # TODO: sort this out
     gnome.adwaita-icon-theme
     networkmanagerapplet
     libsecret
diff --git a/home/c/programs/fish/default.nix b/home/c/programs/fish/default.nix
index 4b3c330..4268b18 100644
--- a/home/c/programs/fish/default.nix
+++ b/home/c/programs/fish/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
-{pkgs, ...}: let
+{
+  pkgs,
+  cLib,
+  ...
+}: let
   mkFishPlug = pkg: {
     name = pkg.pname;
     inherit (pkg) src;
   };
+  tmux = cLib.getProgFor pkgs "tmux";
 in {
   programs.fish = {
     enable = true;
@@ -12,14 +17,15 @@ in {
       trap __trap_exit_tmux EXIT
     '';
 
+    # TODO: dont use this directly
     shellAliases = {v = "nvim";};
 
     functions = {
       __trap_exit_tmux = {
         body = ''
-          test (tmux list-windows | wc -l) = 1 || exit
-          test (tmux list-panes | wc -l) = 1 || exit
-          tmux switch-client -t main
+          test (${tmux} list-windows | wc -l) = 1 || exit
+          test (${tmux} list-panes | wc -l) = 1 || exit
+          ${tmux} switch-client -t main
         '';
       };
     };
diff --git a/home/c/programs/hypr/default.nix b/home/c/programs/hypr/default.nix
index bcdacdb..a3e9483 100644
--- a/home/c/programs/hypr/default.nix
+++ b/home/c/programs/hypr/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,28 @@
-{...}: {
+{
+  pkgs,
+  cLib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  getProgFor' = cLib.getProgFor' pkgs;
+  getProgFor = cLib.getProgFor pkgs;
+  web = getProgFor "firefox";
+  mail = getProgFor "betterbird";
+  chat = getProgFor "discord";
+  media = getProgFor "spotify";
+  terminal = getProgFor "alacritty";
+  runner = getProgFor "rofi";
+  rofi-rbw = getProgFor "rofi-rbw-wayland";
+  tmux = getProgFor "tmux";
+  slurp = getProgFor "slurp";
+  grim = getProgFor "grim";
+  wl-copy = getProgFor' "wl-clipboard" "wl-copy";
+  mullvad = getProgFor' "mullvad-vpn" "mullvad-gui";
+  playerctl = getProgFor "playerctl";
+  brightnessctl = getProgFor "brightnessctl";
+  wpctl = getProgFor' "wireplumber" "wpctl";
+  hyprlock = getProgFor "hyprlock";
+  hyprctl = getProgFor' "hyprland" "hyprctl";
+in {
   services = {
     blueman-applet.enable = true;
     network-manager-applet.enable = true;
@@ -65,7 +89,7 @@
     enable = true;
     systemd.enable = true;
     xwayland.enable = true;
-    # TODO: move to nix config over text
+
     settings = {
       "monitor" = ",prefered,auto,1";
 
@@ -137,13 +161,13 @@
           "$mainMod SHIFT, q, exit"
           "$mainMod, F, fullscreen"
           "$mainMod SHIFT, f, togglefloating"
-          "$mainMod, d, exec, rofi -show drun"
-          "$mainMod, w, exec, rofi -show window"
-          "$mainMod, p, exec, rofi-rbw --no-folder"
+          "$mainMod, d, exec, ${runner} -show drun"
+          "$mainMod, w, exec, ${runner} -show window"
+          "$mainMod, p, exec, ${rofi-rbw} --no-folder"
           "$mainMod, s, togglesplit"
-          "$mainMod SHIFT, r, exec, hyprctl reload"
-          "$mainMod, return, exec, alacritty -e tmux new -A -s main"
-          "$mainMod SHIFT, return, exec, [float; pin] alacritty -e tmux new -A -s main"
+          "$mainMod SHIFT, r, exec, ${hyprctl} reload"
+          "$mainMod, return, exec, ${terminal} -e ${tmux} new -A -s main"
+          "$mainMod SHIFT, return, exec, [float; pin] ${terminal} -e ${tmux} new -A -s main"
 
           "$mainMod, b, workspace, name:web"
           "$mainMod, n, workspace, name:chat"
@@ -172,9 +196,9 @@
           "$mainMod SHIFT, l, movewindow, r"
           "$mainMod SHIFT, k, movewindow, u"
           "$mainMod SHIFT, j, movewindow, d"
-          ''SHIFT, Print, exec, grim -g "$(slurp)" - | wl-copy''
-          ", Print, exec, grim - | wl-copy"
-          "$mainMod, 0, exec, hyprlock"
+          ''SHIFT, Print, exec, ${grim} -g "$(${slurp})" - | ${wl-copy}''
+          ", Print, exec, ${grim} - | ${wl-copy}"
+          "$mainMod, 0, exec, ${hyprlock}"
         ]
         ++ (builtins.concatLists (builtins.genList (x: let
             ws = x + 1;
@@ -187,10 +211,10 @@
           9));
 
       workspace = [
-        "name:web, on-created-empty: firefox"
-        "name:chat, on-created-empty: discord"
-        "name:media, on-created-empty: spotify"
-        "name:mail, on-created-empty: betterbird"
+        "name:web, on-created-empty: ${web}"
+        "name:chat, on-created-empty: ${chat}"
+        "name:media, on-created-empty: ${media}"
+        "name:mail, on-created-empty: ${mail}"
       ];
 
       bindm = [
@@ -199,25 +223,19 @@
       ];
 
       bindle = [
-        ", XF86AudioRaiseVolume, exec, wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 5%+"
-        ", XF86AudioLowerVolume, exec, wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 5%-"
-        ", XF86AudioMute , exec, wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ toggle"
-        ", XF86AudioMicMute , exec, wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@ toggle"
-        ", XF86AudioPlay , exec, playerctl play-pause"
-        ", XF86AudioPause , exec, playerctl play-pause"
-        ", XF86AudioNext , exec, playerctl next"
-        ", XF86AudioPrev , exec, playerctl previous"
-        ", XF86MonBrightnessUp, exec, brightnessctl -c backlight set +5%"
-        ", XF86MonBrightnessDown, exec, brightnessctl -c backlight set 5%-"
+        ", XF86AudioRaiseVolume, exec, ${wpctl} set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 5%+"
+        ", XF86AudioLowerVolume, exec, ${wpctl} set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 5%-"
+        ", XF86AudioMute , exec, ${wpctl} set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ toggle"
+        ", XF86AudioMicMute , exec, ${wpctl} set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@ toggle"
+        ", XF86AudioPlay , exec, ${playerctl} play-pause"
+        ", XF86AudioPause , exec, ${playerctl} play-pause"
+        ", XF86AudioNext , exec, ${playerctl} next"
+        ", XF86AudioPrev , exec, ${playerctl} previous"
+        ", XF86MonBrightnessUp, exec, ${brightnessctl} -c backlight set +5%"
+        ", XF86MonBrightnessDown, exec, ${brightnessctl} -c backlight set 5%-"
       ];
 
-      exec = [
-        #"pkill wpaperd & sleep 0.5 && wpaperd"
-        #"pkill waybar & sleep 0.5 && waybar"
-        #"pkill mako & sleep 0.5 && mako"
-      ];
-
-      exec-once = ["mullvad-gui"];
+      exec-once = [(toString mullvad)];
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/home/c/programs/nvim/.luarc.json b/home/c/programs/nvim/.luarc.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 904146d..0000000
--- a/home/c/programs/nvim/.luarc.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "diagnostics.globals": [
-        "vim",
-				"lsp_on_attach"
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/home/c/programs/nvim/default.nix b/home/c/programs/nvim/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 000a085..0000000
--- a/home/c/programs/nvim/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,313 +0,0 @@
-{
-  config,
-  pkgs,
-  lib,
-  ...
-}: {
-  programs.neovim = let
-    leaders = ''
-      vim.g.mapleader = ' '
-      vim.g.maplocalleader = ' '
-    '';
-    toLua = str: ''
-      lua << EOF
-      ${leaders}
-      ${str}
-      EOF
-    '';
-    toLuaFile = file: ''
-      lua << EOF
-      ${leaders}
-      ${builtins.readFile file}
-      EOF
-    '';
-    toLuaFileLSP = file: ''
-      lua << EOF
-      ${leaders}
-      ${builtins.readFile ./plugin/lsp/lsp-keys.lua}
-      ${builtins.readFile file}
-      EOF
-    '';
-
-    fromGit = ref: rev: repo:
-      pkgs.vimUtils.buildVimPlugin {
-        pname = "${lib.strings.sanitizeDerivationName repo}";
-        version = ref;
-        src = builtins.fetchGit {
-          url = "https://github.com/${repo}.git";
-          inherit ref;
-          inherit rev;
-        };
-      };
-
-    # always installs latest version
-    pluginGit = fromGit "HEAD";
-  in {
-    enable = true;
-
-    # package = pkgs.neovim-nightly;
-
-    extraPackages = with pkgs; [
-      # Rust
-      rust-analyzer
-      cargo
-      rustc
-      rustfmt
-
-      # YAML
-      yaml-language-server
-
-      # JSON
-      nodePackages.vscode-json-languageserver
-
-      # Go
-      gopls
-
-      # Typescript
-      nodePackages.typescript
-      nodePackages.typescript-language-server
-
-      # Javascript
-      eslint_d
-
-      # Python
-      nodePackages.pyright
-      black
-
-      # Util
-      ripgrep
-      fzf
-
-      # C-Family
-      clang-tools
-
-      # Shell
-      shellcheck
-      shfmt
-
-      # Lua
-      lua-language-server
-      selene
-      stylua
-
-      # Nix
-      rnix-lsp
-      nixfmt
-      statix
-
-      # LLM
-      ollama
-
-      # Haskell
-      haskellPackages.haskell-debug-adapter
-      haskellPackages.haskell-language-server
-      haskellPackages.fourmolu
-      ghc
-
-      # Docker
-      dockerfile-language-server-nodejs
-      docker-compose-language-service
-    ];
-
-    defaultEditor = true;
-
-    viAlias = true;
-    vimAlias = true;
-    vimdiffAlias = true;
-
-    extraLuaConfig = ''
-      ${builtins.readFile ./options.lua}
-    '';
-
-    plugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; [
-      {
-        plugin = nvim-lspconfig;
-        config = toLuaFileLSP ./plugin/lsp/lsp.lua;
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = crates-nvim;
-        config = toLua "require('crates').setup()";
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = rustaceanvim;
-        config = toLuaFileLSP ./plugin/lsp/rust.lua;
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = haskell-tools-nvim;
-        config = toLuaFileLSP ./plugin/lsp/haskell.lua;
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = SchemaStore-nvim;
-        config = toLuaFileLSP ./plugin/lsp/schemastore.lua;
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = todo-comments-nvim;
-        config =
-          toLua
-          "require('todo-comments').setup(); vim.api.nvim_set_keymap('n', '<leader>vtd', ':TodoTelescope<CR>', { noremap = true });";
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = comment-nvim;
-        config = toLua "require('Comment').setup()";
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = onedark-nvim;
-        config = "colorscheme onedark";
-      }
-
-      neodev-nvim
-
-      {
-        plugin = nvim-cmp;
-        config = toLuaFile ./plugin/cmp.lua;
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = telescope-nvim;
-        config = toLuaFile ./plugin/telescope.lua;
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin =
-          pluginGit "951b163e55ce7639eb320c450bde9283c4fe968b"
-          "laytan/cloak.nvim";
-        config = toLuaFile ./plugin/cloak.lua;
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin =
-          pluginGit "41ad952c8269fa7aa3a4b8a5abb44541cb628313"
-          "David-Kunz/gen.nvim";
-        config = toLuaFile ./plugin/gen.lua;
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = nvim-dap;
-        config = toLuaFile ./plugin/debugger.lua;
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin =
-          pluginGit "fd35a46f4b7c1b244249266bdcb2da3814f01724"
-          "xiyaowong/transparent.nvim";
-        config = toLua "require('transparent').setup{}";
-      }
-
-      nvim-dap-ui
-      telescope-dap-nvim
-      nvim-dap-virtual-text
-
-      telescope-fzf-native-nvim
-
-      cmp_luasnip
-      cmp-nvim-lsp
-
-      luasnip
-      friendly-snippets
-
-      {
-        plugin = hardtime-nvim;
-        config = toLua "require('hardtime').setup()";
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = nvim-surround;
-        config = toLua "require('nvim-surround').setup{}";
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = harpoon;
-        config = toLuaFile ./plugin/harpoon.lua;
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = lualine-nvim;
-        config =
-          toLua
-          "require('lualine').setup{options = {icons_enabled = true, theme = 'onedark', component_separators = '|', section_separators = ''}, sections = { lualine_a = { { 'buffers', } } }}";
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = nvim-autopairs;
-        config = toLua "require('nvim-autopairs').setup {}";
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = leap-nvim;
-        config = toLua "require('leap.user').add_default_mappings()";
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = none-ls-nvim;
-        config = toLuaFile ./plugin/lsp/none-ls.lua;
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = oil-nvim;
-        config = toLuaFile ./plugin/oil.lua;
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = zen-mode-nvim;
-        config = toLuaFile ./plugin/zen.lua;
-      }
-      twilight-nvim
-
-      nvim-web-devicons
-
-      {
-        plugin = undotree;
-        config =
-          toLua "vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>u', vim.cmd.UndotreeToggle)";
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = gitsigns-nvim;
-        config = toLuaFile ./plugin/gitsigns.lua;
-      }
-
-      {
-        plugin = nvim-treesitter.withPlugins (p: [
-          p.tree-sitter-nix
-          p.tree-sitter-vim
-          p.tree-sitter-bash
-          p.tree-sitter-lua
-          p.tree-sitter-python
-          p.tree-sitter-rust
-          p.tree-sitter-json
-          p.tree-sitter-c
-          p.tree-sitter-comment
-          p.tree-sitter-javascript
-          p.tree-sitter-fish
-          p.tree-sitter-dockerfile
-          p.tree-sitter-cpp
-          p.tree-sitter-git_config
-          p.tree-sitter-git_rebase
-          p.tree-sitter-gitattributes
-          p.tree-sitter-gitcommit
-          p.tree-sitter-gitignore
-          p.tree-sitter-markdown
-          p.tree-sitter-markdown_inline
-          p.tree-sitter-make
-          p.tree-sitter-norg
-          p.tree-sitter-ssh_config
-          p.tree-sitter-typescript
-          p.tree-sitter-tsx
-          p.tree-sitter-haskell
-          p.tree-sitter-yaml
-          p.tree-sitter-zig
-        ]);
-        config = toLuaFile ./plugin/treesitter.lua;
-      }
-
-      vim-nix
-    ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/home/c/programs/tmux/default.nix b/home/c/programs/tmux/default.nix
index ffabf71..0f4cfeb 100644
--- a/home/c/programs/tmux/default.nix
+++ b/home/c/programs/tmux/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-{pkgs, ...}: {
+{
+  pkgs,
+  cLib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  getProgFor = cLib.getProgFor pkgs;
+  getProgFor' = cLib.getProgFor' pkgs;
+  tmux = getProgFor "tmux";
+  tmux-sessionizer = getProgFor' "tmux-sessionizer-cl" "tmux-sessionizer";
+in {
   programs.tmux = {
     enable = true;
     shortcut = "x";
@@ -42,9 +51,9 @@
       bind \\ split-window -v -c "#{pane_current_path}"
       bind c new-window -c "#{pane_current_path}"
 
-      bind-key -r s run-shell "tmux display-popup -E 'tmux-sessionizer -s'"
-      bind-key -r f run-shell "tmux display-popup -E 'tmux-sessionizer -p'"
-      bind-key -r m run-shell "tmux switch-client -t main"
+      bind-key -r s run-shell "${tmux} display-popup -E '${tmux-sessionizer} -s'"
+      bind-key -r f run-shell "${tmux} display-popup -E '${tmux-sessionizer} -p'"
+      bind-key -r m run-shell "${tmux} switch-client -t main"
       bind S choose-tree
 
       bind -r k select-pane -U
@@ -54,7 +63,7 @@
     '';
   };
 
-  home.packages = [
-    pkgs.tmux-sessionizer-cl
-  ];
+  # home.packages = [
+  #   pkgs.tmux-sessionizer-cl
+  # ];
 }
diff --git a/home/c/programs/waybar/default.nix b/home/c/programs/waybar/default.nix
index e5c5bfe..1d941fc 100644
--- a/home/c/programs/waybar/default.nix
+++ b/home/c/programs/waybar/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-{pkgs, ...}: {
+{
+  pkgs,
+  cLib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  soundControl = cLib.getProgFor pkgs "pwvucontrol";
+in {
   programs.waybar = {
     enable = true;
     package = pkgs.waybar.override {
@@ -35,7 +41,7 @@
           tooltip = false;
         };
         wireplumber = {
-          on-click = "${pkgs.pwvucontrol}/bin/pwvucontrol";
+          on-click = toString soundControl;
           format = "{icon}  {volume}%";
           format-muted = "";
           format-icons = ["" "" ""];
diff --git a/hosts/artemis/home.nix b/hosts/artemis/home.nix
index fb18af5..3bfde5c 100644
--- a/hosts/artemis/home.nix
+++ b/hosts/artemis/home.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-{inputs, ...}: {
+{
+  inputs,
+  cLib,
+  ...
+}: {
   programs.hyprlock.enable = true;
   security.pam.services.hyprlock = {};
   home-manager = {
@@ -11,6 +15,6 @@
       inputs.self.homeManagerModules.trayscale
     ];
     users.c = import ../../home/c;
-    extraSpecialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
+    extraSpecialArgs = {inherit inputs cLib;};
   };
 }
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8b84db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{lib, ...}: let
+  getProgFor' = pkgs: prog: progn: lib.getExe' pkgs.${prog} progn;
+  getProgFor = pkgs: prog: getProgFor' pkgs prog prog;
+in {
+  inherit getProgFor getProgFor';
+}