diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index fecab71..5425993 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -52,12 +52,16 @@
   users.users."mollyw" = {
     isNormalUser = true;
     description = "Molly Wunderlich";
+    shell = pkgs.zsh;
     extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
     packages = with pkgs; [
       # Add user-specific packages here
     ];
   };
 
+  programs.zsh.enable = true;
+  programs.nix-ld.enable = true;
+
   # System packages
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
     vim