diff --git a/native_configs/alacritty/alacritty.yml b/native_configs/alacritty/alacritty.yml
index 4fd1b01..773f376 100755
--- a/native_configs/alacritty/alacritty.yml
+++ b/native_configs/alacritty/alacritty.yml
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ key_bindings:
   #- { key: Q,              mods: Command,                    action: Quit                  }
   #- { key: W,              mods: Command,                    action: Quit                  }
   #- { key: N,              mods: Command,                    action: SpawnNewInstance      }
-  #- { key: F,              mods: Command|Control,            action: ToggleFullscreen      }
+  - { key: Return,              mods: Command,            action: ToggleFullscreen      }
   #- { key: F,              mods: Command, mode: ~Search,     action: SearchForward         }
   #- { key: B,              mods: Command, mode: ~Search,     action: SearchBackward        }
 
diff --git a/nix-conf/home-manager/base/alacritty.nix b/nix-conf/home-manager/base/alacritty.nix
index 8677649..5f08776 100644
--- a/nix-conf/home-manager/base/alacritty.nix
+++ b/nix-conf/home-manager/base/alacritty.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ in
         '';
         example = "DroidSansMono NF";
       };
+      font.size = myLib.mkOption {
+        type = myLib.types.number;
+        default = actualConfig.font.size;
+        description = ''
+          The default font size for Alacritty. This is probably measured in px.
+        '';
+        example = 7.0;
+      };
       enable = myLib.mkOption {
         type = myLib.types.bool;
         default = true;
@@ -45,6 +53,7 @@ in
     enable = cfg.enable;
     settings = myLib.recursiveUpdate actualConfig {
       font.normal.family = cfg.font.family;
+      font.size = cfg.font.size;
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nix-conf/home-manager/base/git.nix b/nix-conf/home-manager/base/git.nix
index c9eec86..cd57aa7 100644
--- a/nix-conf/home-manager/base/git.nix
+++ b/nix-conf/home-manager/base/git.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ in
       default = [
         ".vscode" # vscode settings
         ".direnv" # .envrc cached outputs
+        ".DS_Store" # MacOS users, amrite
       ];
       description = ''
         .gitignore patterns that are applied in every repository.
diff --git a/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.lock b/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.lock
index f3543ff..5a63f17 100644
--- a/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.lock
+++ b/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.lock
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
       },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1,
-        "narHash": "sha256-GgIXbuHvwReBHZUyfSKS6DET3CfD6EEKABj6ndpcqHQ=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-RkO+8E7MahERHw1C5DNObDjq4xeI+FqaWH9+M7Fv2UE=",
         "path": "./../../out-of-tree/nixGL",
         "type": "path"
       },
@@ -270,11 +270,11 @@
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_4"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1673490397,
-        "narHash": "sha256-VCSmIYJy/ZzTvEGjdfITmTYfybXBgZpMjyjDndbou+8=",
+        "lastModified": 1673576998,
+        "narHash": "sha256-I6vYVejEWTao+Ze/F6VFSTFxu6/X2OPT3Eu4AM/zzec=",
         "owner": "oxalica",
         "repo": "rust-overlay",
-        "rev": "0833f4d063a2bb75aa31680f703ba594a384ffe6",
+        "rev": "ca474ccdd5f81ed742328e15dae38bb57a1006e3",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.nix b/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.nix
index 6950948..50b196f 100644
--- a/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.nix
+++ b/nix-conf/home-manager/flake.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
       base = import ./base;
       inherit (base) mkModuleArgs;
 
-      kde_module = { config, pkgs, ... }: {
+      nerd_font_module = { config, pkgs, ... }: {
         fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
         home.packages = [
           (pkgs.nerdfonts.override { fonts = [ "DroidSansMono" ]; })
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
             inherit pkgs;
             modules = base.modules ++ [
               ./home.nix
-              kde_module
+              nerd_font_module
               ./base/productive_desktop.nix
               {
                 # since home.nix forces us to use keepass, and base.keepass.path
@@ -129,14 +129,17 @@
           };
           "htran" = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration { 
             inherit pkgs;
-            modules = [
+            modules = base.modules ++ [
               ./home.nix
               {
                 base.graphics.enable = false;
-                base.graphics.useNixGL.defaultPackage = null;
-                base.keepass.path = "/Users/htran/keepass.kdbx";
                 # don't want to deal with GL stuffs on mac yet :/
+                base.graphics.useNixGL.defaultPackage = null;
+                # NOTE: this actually does not exist
+                base.keepass.path = "/Users/htran/keepass.kdbx";
+                base.alacritty.font.size = 11.0;
               }
+              nerd_font_module
             ];
             extraSpecialArgs = mkModuleArgs {
               inherit pkgs;
diff --git a/scripts/hm-switch.sh b/scripts/hm-switch.sh
index e88df6e..2c41ad5 100755
--- a/scripts/hm-switch.sh
+++ b/scripts/hm-switch.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim/mason
 
 # test if we have home-manager, if not, attempt to use nix to put home-manager to
 # our environment
-if [ $(home-manager help >/dev/null 2>&1) ]; then
+if ! command -v home-manager ; then
     nix-shell -p home-manager --run "home-manager switch --flake $HOME_MANAGER_DIR $@"
 else
     home-manager switch -b backup --flake "$HOME_MANAGER_DIR" $@