diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index d6a11b2..a1d7ba7 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -127,12 +127,13 @@ Both include the home-manager module. Primarily I chose that route so that I cou
 ** General
 All my machines have these settings.
 
-Every machine has it's own hardware config/
+Every machine has it's own hardware config and we'll throw in the cachix piece here too.
 #+NAME: hardware
 #+begin_src nix
 imports =
   [
     ./hardware-configuration.nix
+    /etc/nixos/cachix.nix
   ];
 #+end_src
 
@@ -146,9 +147,10 @@ nix = {
 };
 #+end_src
 
-I use plasma and awesome mostly as my desktop.
+I use plasma and awesome mostly as my desktop. Also all desktops will likely need ntfs support in order to work with windows devices.
 #+NAME: desktop
 #+begin_src nix
+boot.supportedFilesystems = [ "ntfs" ];
 services.xserver = {
   enable = true;
   windowManager.awesome = {
@@ -267,6 +269,7 @@ killall
 git
 tmux
 dutree
+cachix
 unzip
 unrar
 p7zip
@@ -276,6 +279,7 @@ usbutils
 binutils
 podman-compose
 exa
+# img2pdf
 yt-dlp
 bat
 rsync
@@ -398,6 +402,7 @@ OVMFFull
 element-desktop-wayland
 scrcpy
 python
+python3
 airshipper
 # hyprland
 
@@ -420,6 +425,7 @@ qtcreator
 extra-cmake-modules
 pkg-config
 libsForQt5.wrapQtAppsHook
+python310Packages.pyqt5
 # LIBRARIES FOR DEV
 qt5.full
 qt5.qtbase
@@ -649,7 +655,7 @@ Notice how I am including all of my software here. It may be a big file, but hav
   ];
 
   services.emacs = {
-    enable = true;
+    enable = false;
     package = with pkgs; ((emacsPackagesFor emacsPgtkNativeComp).emacsWithPackages (epkgs: [ epkgs.vterm epkgs.magit epkgs.pdf-tools pkgs.mu ]));
   };
 
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 9d09a22..83ba3dd 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1663219003,
-        "narHash": "sha256-g+FkhLtjjWJss6mUkWYxeI1kSd1ytd7gdThm3v2bRuw=",
+        "lastModified": 1663242403,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Y0gpc46wE6nqp0Viv6qRK+lCBnwrrqkl3MmDGKVSH4A=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "emacs-overlay",
-        "rev": "e6e2da01c61c6ee0a95ea3ecc2fe4d751caa4554",
+        "rev": "6d21d47c97f12d1dcb7d1726a9a4ae22aad11442",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/scripts/upgrade-nix b/scripts/upgrade-nix
index d51f1aa..185aabd 100755
--- a/scripts/upgrade-nix
+++ b/scripts/upgrade-nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 currentdir=$(pwd)
 cd ~/.dotfiles
-nixos-rebuild --use-remote-sudo switch  --verbose --flake .#
+nixos-rebuild --use-remote-sudo switch  --verbose --impure --flake .#
 cd $currentdir
diff --git a/system/kaladin/configuration.nix b/system/kaladin/configuration.nix
index a0b6f62..a5d783e 100644
--- a/system/kaladin/configuration.nix
+++ b/system/kaladin/configuration.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   imports =
     [
       ./hardware-configuration.nix
+      /etc/nixos/cachix.nix
     ];
   nix = {
     extraOptions = "experimental-features = nix-command flakes";
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
     };
   };
 
+  boot.supportedFilesystems = [ "ntfs" ];
   services.xserver = {
     enable = true;
     windowManager.awesome = {
@@ -169,6 +171,7 @@
     git
     tmux
     dutree
+    cachix
     unzip
     unrar
     p7zip
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@
     binutils
     podman-compose
     exa
+    # img2pdf
     yt-dlp
     bat
     rsync
@@ -295,6 +299,7 @@
     element-desktop-wayland
     scrcpy
     python
+    python3
     airshipper
     # hyprland
     
@@ -319,6 +324,7 @@
     extra-cmake-modules
     pkg-config
     libsForQt5.wrapQtAppsHook
+    python310Packages.pyqt5
     # LIBRARIES FOR DEV
     qt5.full
     qt5.qtbase
diff --git a/system/syl/cachix.nix b/system/syl/cachix.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecd2d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/syl/cachix.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+# WARN: this file will get overwritten by $ cachix use <name>
+{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+  folder = ./cachix;
+  toImport = name: value: folder + ("/" + name);
+  filterCaches = key: value: value == "regular" && lib.hasSuffix ".nix" key;
+  imports = lib.mapAttrsToList toImport (lib.filterAttrs filterCaches (builtins.readDir folder));
+in {
+  inherit imports;
+  nix.settings.substituters = ["https://cache.nixos.org/"];
+}
diff --git a/system/syl/cachix/nix-community.nix b/system/syl/cachix/nix-community.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9eacfa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/syl/cachix/nix-community.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+{
+  nix = {
+    settings.substituters = [
+      "https://nix-community.cachix.org"
+    ];
+    settings.trusted-public-keys = [
+      "nix-community.cachix.org-1:mB9FSh9qf2dCimDSUo8Zy7bkq5CX+/rkCWyvRCYg3Fs="
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/system/syl/configuration.nix b/system/syl/configuration.nix
index bbfa2fd..c0e8d8d 100644
--- a/system/syl/configuration.nix
+++ b/system/syl/configuration.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   imports =
     [
       ./hardware-configuration.nix
+      /etc/nixos/cachix.nix
     ];
   nix = {
     extraOptions = "experimental-features = nix-command flakes";
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
     ];
   };
 
+  boot.supportedFilesystems = [ "ntfs" ];
   services.xserver = {
     enable = true;
     windowManager.awesome = {
@@ -182,6 +184,7 @@
     git
     tmux
     dutree
+    cachix
     unzip
     unrar
     p7zip
@@ -191,6 +194,7 @@
     binutils
     podman-compose
     exa
+    # img2pdf
     yt-dlp
     bat
     rsync
@@ -308,6 +312,7 @@
     element-desktop-wayland
     scrcpy
     python
+    python3
     airshipper
     # hyprland
     
@@ -334,6 +339,7 @@
     extra-cmake-modules
     pkg-config
     libsForQt5.wrapQtAppsHook
+    python310Packages.pyqt5
     # LIBRARIES FOR DEV
     qt5.full
     qt5.qtbase
@@ -385,7 +391,7 @@
   ];
 
   services.emacs = {
-    enable = true;
+    enable = false;
     package = with pkgs; ((emacsPackagesFor emacsPgtkNativeComp).emacsWithPackages (epkgs: [ epkgs.vterm epkgs.magit epkgs.pdf-tools pkgs.mu ]));
   };