diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 8aef01b..6057c1d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
         modules = [
           (import ./modules/impurity.nix self)
           ./modules/preserve-system.nix
+          ./modules/overlay-pkgs
           ./modules/core.nix
+          ./modules/system.nix
           ./modules/user
           ./systems/lenovo.nix
         ];
diff --git a/modules/overlay-pkgs/default.nix b/modules/overlay-pkgs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..444881b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/overlay-pkgs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  nixpkgs.overlays = [(final: prev: {
+    kwrite = final.callPackage ./kwrite.nix {};
+  })];
+}
diff --git a/modules/overlay-pkgs/kwrite.nix b/modules/overlay-pkgs/kwrite.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e208968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/overlay-pkgs/kwrite.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{ kate }: kate.overrideAttrs (_: _: {
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_kate=FALSE" ];
+})
diff --git a/modules/system.nix b/modules/system.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a34a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/system.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }: {
+  programs.dconf.enable = true;
+
+  services.cpupower-gui.enable = true;
+
+  # power management
+  services.tlp.enable = true;
+
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    git
+    vim
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/modules/user/default.nix b/modules/user/default.nix
index a9f6573..9e6b791 100644
--- a/modules/user/default.nix
+++ b/modules/user/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
   username = "admin";
   homeDirectory = "/home/${username}";
 in {
-  imports = [ inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager ];
+  imports = [
+    inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
+
+    ./general.nix
+  ];
 
   options.user = lib.mkOption {
     type = with lib.types; attrsOf anything;
@@ -53,8 +57,6 @@ in {
       XCURSOR_SIZE = "24";
     };
 
-    programs.hyprland.enable = true;
-
     home-manager = {
       extraSpecialArgs = {
         inherit system inputs;
@@ -76,6 +78,9 @@ in {
         inherit username homeDirectory;
         stateVersion = config.system.stateVersion;
       };
+
+      # enable xdg dir management
+      xdg.enable = true;
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/user/general.nix b/modules/user/general.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74513f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/user/general.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ pkgs, homeConfig, ... }: {
+  user = {
+    home.packages = with pkgs; [
+      ark
+      kwrite
+      krita
+      gimp
+      vlc
+      mpv
+      gpicview
+      filelight
+      cantata
+      logseq
+
+
+      unrar # used by ark
+      xdg-utils
+    ];
+
+    programs = {
+      direnv = {
+        enable = true;
+        nix-direnv.enable = true;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}