diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 03564a0..0bde13c 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -22,6 +22,24 @@ if [ -f '/home/talksik/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc' ]; then . '/hom
 if [ -f '/home/talksik/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk/completion.bash.inc' ]; then . '/home/talksik/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk/completion.bash.inc'; fi
 
 # chatgpt
-alias s=tgpt
+alias s='tgpt'
 
 [ -f ~/.inshellisense/key-bindings.bash ] && source ~/.inshellisense/key-bindings.bash
+
+shopt nocaseglob # ignore case when matching
+shopt cdspell # fix common spelling mistakes
+shopt -s autocd # for bash
+
+take () {
+    mkdir -p "$1" && cd "$1"
+}
+
+lfcd() {
+    dir=$(lf -print-last-dir "$@")
+    while ! cd "$dir" 2> /dev/null
+    do
+        dir=$(dirname "$dir")
+    done
+}
+
+export NB_EDITOR=nvim
diff --git a/.config/polybar/shades/config.ini b/.config/polybar/shades/config.ini
index 66254fa..fb60870 100644
--- a/.config/polybar/shades/config.ini
+++ b/.config/polybar/shades/config.ini
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ module-margin-right = 0
 ;   font-3 = FontAwesome:size=10
 ; See the Fonts wiki page for more details
 
-font-0 = "Fantasque Sans Mono:pixelsize=15;3"
-font-1 = "Iosevka Nerd Font:pixelsize=20;4"
+font-0 = "HasklugNerdFont:pixelsize=15;3"
+font-1 = "HasklugNerdFont:pixelsize=20;4"
 
 ; Modules are added to one of the available blocks
 ;   modules-left = cpu ram
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6126d32..66e87af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 ## Clone
-```
+```bash
 cd ~
 git init
 git remote add origin [my-repo]
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ git checkout origin/master -ft
 ```
 
 ## Dependencies
-```
+```bash
+$ sudo apt install net-tools
 $ sudo apt install fzf picom feh xclip
+$ sudo apt install polybar
+# for i3 install, make sure you get version > 4.22 for gaps to work
+
 ```
 
 ## Nix
@@ -18,12 +22,12 @@ $ sudo apt install fzf picom feh xclip
 2. `nix-shell` from $HOME to launch shell based on `shell.nix`
 
 ## nvim setup
-1. run `nix-shell` from $HOME. The `shell.nix` in this repo should have neovim, ripgrep, and packer as dependencies.
-2. open nvim anywhere. `nvim .`
-3. run `:PackerSync`
- - if this doesn't work, try this to get nvim to load packer: `git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim\
- ~/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim`
-4. `:q` and then again `nvim .`
+```bash
+# get neovim from whereever but make sure that its a newer version
+$ sudo snap install neovim --classic
+$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim ~/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim`
+$
+```
 
 #### Details
 All plugin related remaps are in their respective files.