diff --git a/nix-conf/home-manager/base/alacritty.nix b/nix-conf/home-manager/base/alacritty.nix
index b919c1e..e69f9b2 100644
--- a/nix-conf/home-manager/base/alacritty.nix
+++ b/nix-conf/home-manager/base/alacritty.nix
@@ -9,28 +9,37 @@ let
   cfg = config.base.alacritty;
 in
 {
-  options.base.alacritty.font.family = myLib.mkOption {
-    type = myLib.types.singleLineStr;
-    default = actualConfig.font.normal.family;
-    description = ''
-      The font family for Alacritty
-    '';
-    example = "DroidSansMono NF";
-  };
-  options.base.alacritty.enable = myLib.mkOption {
-    type = myLib.types.bool;
-    default = true;
-    description = ''
-      Enables alacritty
-    '';
-    example = true;
-  };
-  options.base.alacritty._actualConfig = myLib.mkOption {
-    type = myLib.types.attrs;
-    visible = false;
-    default = actualConfig;
-    description = "underlying default config";
-  };
+  options.base.alacritty =
+    {
+      font.family = myLib.mkOption {
+        type = myLib.types.singleLineStr;
+        default = actualConfig.font.normal.family;
+        description = ''
+          The font family for Alacritty
+        '';
+        example = "DroidSansMono NF";
+      };
+      enable = myLib.mkOption {
+        type = myLib.types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = ''
+          Enables alacritty
+        '';
+        example = true;
+      };
+      _actualConfig = myLib.mkOption {
+        type = myLib.types.attrs;
+        visible = false;
+        default = actualConfig;
+        description = "underlying default config";
+      };
+      additionalConfigPath = myLib.mkOption {
+        type = myLib.types.nullOr myLib.types.path;
+        visible = false;
+        default = null;
+        description = "impurely write our alacritty.yml to this path";
+      };
+    };
 
   config.programs.alacritty = {
     enable = cfg.enable;
diff --git a/nix-conf/home-manager/default.nix b/nix-conf/home-manager/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2026ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix-conf/home-manager/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+(import
+  (
+    # Get corresponding version of flake-compat declared in on ./flake.lock
+    let lock = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./flake.lock); in
+    fetchTarball {
+      url = "https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/${lock.nodes.flake-compat.locked.rev}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = lock.nodes.flake-compat.locked.narHash;
+    }
+  )
+  { src = ./.; } # calls flake.nix
+).defaultNix
+
diff --git a/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.lock b/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.lock
index 36a6e70..aec14d4 100644
--- a/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.lock
+++ b/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 {
   "nodes": {
+    "flake-compat": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1668681692,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Ht91NGdewz8IQLtWZ9LCeNXMSXHUss+9COoqu6JLmXU=",
+        "owner": "edolstra",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "rev": "009399224d5e398d03b22badca40a37ac85412a1",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "edolstra",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "flake-utils": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1667395993,
@@ -53,11 +69,11 @@
         "utils": "utils"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1669071065,
-        "narHash": "sha256-KBpgj3JkvlPsJ3duOZqFJe6tgr+wc75t8sFmgRbBSbw=",
+        "lastModified": 1670970889,
+        "narHash": "sha256-TWJo3/X3Q3r+HeX16QN4FE6ddBpGtAboymSEF+4Nnc0=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "f7641a3ff398ccce952e19a199d775934e518c1d",
+        "rev": "e412025fffdcd6219ddd21c65d9a1b90005ce508",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -102,11 +118,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1669140675,
-        "narHash": "sha256-npzfyfLECsJWgzK/M4gWhykP2DNAJTYjgY2BWkz/oEQ=",
+        "lastModified": 1670929434,
+        "narHash": "sha256-n5UBO6XBV4h3TB7FYu2yAuNQMEYOrQyKeODUwKe06ow=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "2788904d26dda6cfa1921c5abb7a2466ffe3cb8c",
+        "rev": "1710ed1f6f8ceb75cf7d1cf55ee0cc21760e1c7a",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -134,6 +150,7 @@
     },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
+        "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "nixgl": "nixgl",
@@ -147,11 +164,11 @@
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_3"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1669170936,
-        "narHash": "sha256-TKPH4Pzkjw5gAPo9hejs3O4mWJW6V/RSiOj8UuSFRTs=",
+        "lastModified": 1670985057,
+        "narHash": "sha256-QfLKTSQUc82HXeIipukznInr5IXXgK1YKm5dplm1Q+A=",
         "owner": "oxalica",
         "repo": "rust-overlay",
-        "rev": "c90c223c4aef334356029b89c72bb65e26f7efe6",
+        "rev": "da99b6227d450438d53ba4b0cf64e43ad2e93e58",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.nix b/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.nix
index 5d2dad1..83b5fef 100644
--- a/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.nix
+++ b/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
     flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
     nixgl.url = "github:guibou/nixGL";
     rust-overlay.url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+    # Allows default.nix to call onto flake.nix. Useful for nix eval and automations
+    flake-compat = {
+      url = "github:edolstra/flake-compat";
+      flake = false;
+    };
   };
 
   outputs =
diff --git a/nix-conf/pkgs/default.nix b/nix-conf/pkgs/default.nix
index 2a516dd..57da39a 100644
--- a/nix-conf/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/nix-conf/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 # personalized/custom packages
 { pkgs, lib, ... }@pkgs_input: {
   # dot-hwtr = import "./dot-hwtr" pkgs_input;
+  cargo-bacon = pkgs.rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec { 
+      pname = "bacon";
+  };
 }