diff --git a/home/home.nix b/home/home.nix
index 1df649d..b5d8f3a 100644
--- a/home/home.nix
+++ b/home/home.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ in {
 
   home.sessionVariables = {
     EDITOR = "nvim";
+    SHELL = "zsh";
     HOME = "/home/synchronous";
     XDG_CACHE_HOME = "$HOME/.cache";
     DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS = "unix:path=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/bus";
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ in {
       go
       calibre
       gcc
+      vscode
 
       # security
       aflplusplus
diff --git a/home/programs/zsh/zshrc b/home/programs/zsh/zshrc
index bf546df..e7451ca 100644
--- a/home/programs/zsh/zshrc
+++ b/home/programs/zsh/zshrc
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ alias sxhkdrc="nvim /home/synchronous/nix-cfg/home/programs/sxhkd/sxhkdrc"
 alias programs="cd /home/synchronous/nix-cfg/home/programs"
 alias home-cfg="nvim /home/synchronous/nix-cfg/home/home.nix"
 alias nix-shell="nix-shell --run zsh"
+alias nix-snippets="echo 'flake-devshell, nix-default'" 
+alias snippets="cd /home/synchronous/.config/nvim/snippets"
 
 alias nrc="cd /home/synchronous/nix-cfg/home/programs/nvim"