diff --git a/home/default.nix b/home/default.nix
index 72737dd..342ff0b 100644
--- a/home/default.nix
+++ b/home/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,24 @@
    inputs.nix-colors.homeManagerModules.default
    inputs.ags.homeManagerModules.default
   ];
+
+    programs.neovim.enable = true;
+
+  xdg.configFile."nvim".source = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "NvChad";
+    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "NvChad";
+      repo = "NvChad";
+      rev = "f17e83010f25784b58dea175c6480b3a8225a3e9";
+      hash = "sha256-P5TRjg603/7kOVNFC8nXfyciNRLsIeFvKsoRCIwFP3I=";
+    };
+    installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out
+    cp -r ./* $out/
+    cd $out/
+     cp -r ${./my_nvchad_config} $out/lua/custom
+    '';
+  };
   
   home.username = "joy";
     home.homeDirectory = "/home/joy";
@@ -22,14 +40,6 @@
   };
 
 
-
-
-    # basically copy the whole nvchad that is fetched from github to ~/.config/nvim
-  xdg.configFile."nvim/" = {
-    source = (pkgs.callPackage ./nvchad/default.nix{}).nvchad;
-  };
-
-
   colorScheme = inputs.nix-colors.colorSchemes.gruvbox-dark-medium;
 
 } 
diff --git a/home/my_nvchad_config b/home/my_nvchad_config
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..82c9711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/my_nvchad_config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 82c9711f62025c16d138c0bc6e8b7cf46ca6ccc5
diff --git a/modules/default.nix b/modules/default.nix
index ca86977..790cd62 100644
--- a/modules/default.nix
+++ b/modules/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@
     ./misc
     ./gdm
     ./ssh
-    ./nvchad
   ];
 }
diff --git a/modules/nvchad/default.nix b/modules/nvchad/default.nix
index 0fbfbc8..4590b2c 100644
--- a/modules/nvchad/default.nix
+++ b/modules/nvchad/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 { stdenv, pkgs, fetchFromGithub, ... }:
 
 {
-nvchad = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "nvchad";
-  version = "";
-  dontBuild = true;
+  programs.neovim.enable = true;
 
-  src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "NvChad";
-    repo = "NvChad";
-    rev = "c8777040fbda6a656f149877b796d120085cd918";
-    sha256 = "sha256-J4SGwo/XkKFXvq+Va1EEBm8YOQwIPPGWH3JqCGpFnxY=";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    # Fetch the whole repo and put it in $out
-    mkdir $out
-    cp -aR $src/* $out/
-  '';
+  xdg.configFile."nvim".source = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "NvChad";
+    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "NvChad";
+      repo = "NvChad";
+      rev = "f17e83010f25784b58dea175c6480b3a8225a3e9";
+      hash = "sha256-P5TRjg603/7kOVNFC8nXfyciNRLsIeFvKsoRCIwFP3I=";
+    };
+    installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out
+    cp -r ./* $out/
+    cd $out/
+    cp -r ${./my_nvchad_config} $out/lua/custom
+    '';
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/packages/default.nix b/modules/packages/default.nix
index 60737b3..4505f87 100644
--- a/modules/packages/default.nix
+++ b/modules/packages/default.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,5 @@
   boxbuddy
   distrobox
   neovim
-  stdenv.mkDerivation
   ];  
 }