diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15200db..9628430 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 what is currently not working:
-- tablet mode
+- gdm doesn't let me use other tty
+- gdm thinks i tried to login when pressing on the user
 
 what i want to do:
 - split up configs
-- look into home manager
 - learn flakes
+- give more stuff over to home-manager
diff --git a/nixos/cfg/home-manager.nix b/nixos/cfg/home-manager.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d13590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/cfg/home-manager.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+{ config, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports =
+    [
+      <home-manager/nixos>
+    ];
+
+  home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+  programs.dconf.enable = true;
+
+  home-manager.users.matt = { config, pkgs, lib, ... }: let
+    flake-compat = builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/master.tar.gz";
+
+    hyprland = (import flake-compat {
+      src = builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/archive/v0.26.0.tar.gz";
+    }).defaultNix;
+
+    hyprland-touch-gestures = (with import <nixpkgs> {}; callPackage ./hyprland-touch-gestures.nix {})
+;
+
+  in {
+    programs.waybar = {
+      enable = true;
+      package = pkgs.waybar.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
+        mesonFlags = oldAttrs.mesonFlags ++ [ "-Dexperimental=true" ];
+      });
+    };
+    
+    home.packages = with pkgs; [ 
+      libsForQt5.qtstyleplugin-kvantum
+      alacritty
+      brightnessctl
+      pulseaudio
+      alsa-utils
+      wget
+      firefox
+      tree
+      mlocate
+      gcc
+      rsync
+      tmux
+      git
+      git-lfs
+      killall
+      htop
+      fzf
+      jq
+      ripgrep
+      hyprpaper
+      python3
+      rofi-wayland
+      wev
+      networkmanagerapplet
+      nextcloud-client
+      tutanota-desktop
+      galaxy-buds-client
+      gnome.gnome-calculator
+      swaynotificationcenter
+      #swayosd
+      (with import <nixpkgs> {}; callPackage ./swayosd.nix {})
+      swayidle
+      wl-clipboard
+      cliphist
+      polkit-kde-agent
+      gtklock
+      gtklock-playerctl-module
+      gtklock-powerbar-module
+      grim
+      slurp
+      swappy
+      gnome.seahorse
+      neovim
+      fontfor
+      qt5ct
+      lxappearance
+      gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme
+      xorg.xcursorthemes
+      imagemagick
+      usbutils
+      catppuccin-plymouth
+      evtest
+      squeekboard
+      glib
+      appimage-run
+    ];
+
+    home.sessionVariables = {
+      XDG_DATA_DIRS = "${pkgs.gsettings-desktop-schemas}/share/gsettings-schemas/${pkgs.gsettings-desktop-schemas.name}:\$XDG_DATA_DIRS";
+    };
+
+    imports = [
+     hyprland.homeManagerModules.default
+    ];
+
+    wayland.windowManager.hyprland = {
+      enable = true;
+      
+      plugins = with pkgs; [
+        hyprland-touch-gestures
+      ];
+
+      extraConfig = ''
+        source = ~/.config/hypr/main.conf
+        env = XDG_DATA_DIRS, ${pkgs.gsettings-desktop-schemas}/share/gsettings-schemas/${pkgs.gsettings-desktop-schemas.name}:$XDG_DATA_DIRS
+      '';
+    };
+
+    home.stateVersion = "23.05";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/configuration.nix b/nixos/configuration.nix
index 8e30683..c2269b8 100644
--- a/nixos/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/configuration.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   imports =
     [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
       ./hardware-configuration.nix
-#      ./cfg/Hyprland.nix
+      ./cfg/home-manager.nix
     ];
 
   boot = {
@@ -64,14 +64,17 @@
     enable = true;
     powerOnBoot = true;
   };
+
   services.blueman.enable = true;
-  programs.dconf.enable = true;
 
   services.udev.extraRules = ''
-    ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="backlight", RUN+="${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash -c '${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chgrp video /sys/class/backlight/%k/brightness'"
-    ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="backlight", RUN+="${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash -c '${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chmod g+w /sys/class/backlight/%k/brightness'"
+    # give permanent path to keyboard XF86* binds
+    SUBSYSTEMS=="input", ATTRS{id/product}=="0006", ATTRS{id/vendor}=="0000", SYMLINK += "video-bus"
   '';
 
+  # enable brightness control for swayosd
+  programs.light.enable = true;
+
   services.fprintd.enable = true;
 
   systemd.services.fprintd = {
@@ -186,8 +189,9 @@
     jack.enable = true;
     pulse.enable = true;
   };
-
+  hardware.sensor.iio.enable = true;
   hardware.opengl.enable = true;
+  hardware.opengl.driSupport32Bit = true;
 
   xdg.portal.enable = true;
   services.flatpak.enable = true;
@@ -198,27 +202,23 @@
   # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with 'passwd'.
   users.users.matt = {
     isNormalUser = true;
-    extraGroups = [ "wheel" "input" "adm" ];
+    extraGroups = [ "wheel" "input" "adm" "mlocate" "video" ];
   #   packages = with pkgs; [
   #     firefox
   #     tree
   #   ];
   };
-
+  
   nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
 
   # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
   # $ nix search wget
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-    libsForQt5.qtstyleplugin-kvantum
-    alacritty
     brightnessctl
     pulseaudio
     alsa-utils
-    hyprland
     wget
-    firefox
     tree
     mlocate
     gcc
@@ -229,43 +229,16 @@
     killall
     htop
     fzf
-    libinput-gestures
     jq
     ripgrep
-    hyprpaper
     python3
-    rofi-wayland
-    wev
-    networkmanagerapplet
-    nextcloud-client
-    tutanota-desktop
-    galaxy-buds-client
-    gnome.gnome-keyring
-    gnome.gnome-calculator
-    swaynotificationcenter
-    #swayosd
-    (with import <nixpkgs> {}; callPackage ./cfg/swayosd.nix {})
-    swayidle
-    wl-clipboard
-    cliphist
-    polkit-kde-agent
-    gtklock
-    gtklock-playerctl-module
-    gtklock-powerbar-module
-    grim
-    slurp
-    swappy
-    gnome.seahorse
     neovim
-    fontfor
-    qt5ct
-    qt6Packages.qtstyleplugin-kvantum
-    lxappearance
     gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme
     xorg.xcursorthemes
     imagemagick
     usbutils
     catppuccin-plymouth
+    evtest
   ];
 
   fonts = {
@@ -289,11 +262,6 @@
       jetbrains-mono
       #google-fonts
       ubuntu_font_family
-      #fira-code
-      #fira-code-symbols
-      #mplus-outline-fonts.githubRelease
-      #dina-font
-      #proggyfonts
     ];
   };
 
@@ -312,12 +280,12 @@
     });
   };
 
+  # TODO: see if setting them in Hyprland.nix works
   environment.sessionVariables = {
     GTK_THEME 		 = "Lavanda-Dark";
     QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME = "qt5ct";
     QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE	 = "kvantum";
     QT_FONT_DPI		 = "125";
-
   };
 
   environment.variables = {