diff --git a/common.nix b/common.nix
index e452bd3..240decf 100644
--- a/common.nix
+++ b/common.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,24 @@
 	i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
 	# capital cities was on to something here
 	environment.memoryAllocator.provider = "graphene-hardened";	
+	# dripped-out nano
+	programs = {
+		nano = {
+			enable = true;
+			nanorc = ''
+				set autoindent
+				set boldtext
+				set constantshow
+				set smarthome
+				set softwrap
+				set tabsize 2
+				set titlecolor blue
+				set statuscolor green
+				set keycolor red
+				set numbercolor blue
+			'';
+		};
+	};
 
 	nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
 	system.stateVersion = "25.05";
diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index a4f71dd..5334cff 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
-# your system. Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page, on
-# https://search.nixos.org/options and in the NixOS manual (`nixos-help`).
+# old configuration. was still in flake-land, just done wrong.
 
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: