diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 42b3ab7..0d21e0d 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -156,17 +156,14 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1770984934,
-        "narHash": "sha256-5+/r1CFqmmzUIqZNjrGUjGgF4BxDkQ2NUrKkCsBBE9s=",
-        "owner": "emilelcb",
-        "repo": "Cerulean",
-        "rev": "3ba385ee25cc02c91fe4c245a734d59c54a1b1df",
-        "type": "github"
+        "lastModified": 1771048427,
+        "narHash": "sha256-pGqtZ6LH3hcmtSiCy8bMnRxkBBT0CU18pIHlEm9yCs4=",
+        "path": "/home/me/cry/mk/Cerulean",
+        "type": "path"
       },
       "original": {
-        "owner": "emilelcb",
-        "repo": "Cerulean",
-        "type": "github"
+        "path": "/home/me/cry/mk/Cerulean",
+        "type": "path"
       }
     },
     "crane": {
@@ -1257,22 +1254,6 @@
       }
     },
     "nixpkgs_10": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1770197578,
-        "narHash": "sha256-AYqlWrX09+HvGs8zM6ebZ1pwUqjkfpnv8mewYwAo+iM=",
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "00c21e4c93d963c50d4c0c89bfa84ed6e0694df2",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "nixpkgs_11": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1769461804,
         "narHash": "sha256-msG8SU5WsBUfVVa/9RPLaymvi5bI8edTavbIq3vRlhI=",
@@ -1493,7 +1474,7 @@
         "nixpkgs-unstable": "nixpkgs-unstable",
         "sddm-silent": "sddm-silent",
         "spicetify-nix": "spicetify-nix",
-        "systems": "systems_6",
+        "systems": "systems_5",
         "zen": "zen"
       }
     },
@@ -1557,8 +1538,12 @@
     },
     "spicetify-nix": {
       "inputs": {
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_10",
-        "systems": "systems_5"
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs-unstable"
+        ],
+        "systems": [
+          "systems"
+        ]
       },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1770846656,
@@ -1649,21 +1634,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "systems_6": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1681028828,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
-        "owner": "nix-systems",
-        "repo": "default",
-        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nix-systems",
-        "repo": "default",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "treefmt-nix": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -1766,7 +1736,7 @@
     "zen": {
       "inputs": {
         "home-manager": "home-manager_2",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_11"
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_10"
       },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1770910552,
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 09bf215..3c4eacf 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   inputs = {
     systems.url = "github:nix-systems/default";
 
-    # WARNING: don't remove duplicate!! (cry64 will fix)
     nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
     nixpkgs-staging.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/staging-next";
 
@@ -44,9 +43,15 @@
     awww.url = "git+https://codeberg.org/LGFae/awww";
     zen.url = "github:0xc000022070/zen-browser-flake";
     iamb.url = "github:ulyssa/iamb";
-    spicetify-nix.url = "github:Gerg-L/spicetify-nix";
     nixcord.url = "github:FlameFlag/nixcord";
     millennium.url = "github:trivaris/millennium?dir=packages/nix";
+    spicetify-nix = {
+      url = "github:Gerg-L/spicetify-nix";
+      inputs = {
+        systems.follows = "systems";
+        nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs-unstable";
+      };
+    };
 
     # temp theme until i bother creating my own </3
     sddm-silent = {
diff --git a/homes/modules/programs/neovim/nixcats.nix b/homes/modules/programs/neovim/nixcats.nix
index ad4a32d..6d26b5d 100644
--- a/homes/modules/programs/neovim/nixcats.nix
+++ b/homes/modules/programs/neovim/nixcats.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ in {
     # it will be the namespace for your options.
     nixCats = {
       enable = true;
-      nixpkgs_version = inputs.nixpkgs;
+      nixpkgs_version = inputs.nixpkgs-unstable;
       # this will add the overlays from ./overlays and also,
       # add any plugins in inputs named "plugins-pluginName" to pkgs.neovimPlugins
       # It will not apply to overall system, just nixCats.
diff --git a/hosts/nixarawrui/default.nix b/hosts/nixarawrui/default.nix
index e51ce7e..88c362c 100644
--- a/hosts/nixarawrui/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/nixarawrui/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   inputs,
   upkgs,
   spkgs,
-  root,
   ...
 }: {
   imports = [
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@
     extraModulePackages = with kernelPackages; [v4l2loopback];
 
     # qemu
-    # boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems = [
+    # binfmt.emulatedSystems = [
     #   "riscv64-linux"
     # ];
     # the following line is from:
@@ -286,6 +285,10 @@
     };
   };
 
+  # XXX: WARNING: NOTE: (@dobutterfliescry)
+  # XXX: WARNING: NOTE: WHYYYYYY DOES AURORA'S CONFIG NOT PROPAGATE INPUTS??
+  home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
+
   # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
   # $ nix search wget
   environment.systemPackages = with upkgs; [
@@ -318,12 +321,12 @@
 
     # game stuff :3
     (lutris.override {
-      extraupkgs = upkgs: [
+      extraPkgs = upkgs: [
         libadwaita
       ];
     })
     (steam.override {
-      extraupkgs = upkgs: [
+      extraPkgs = upkgs: [
         nss
         xorg.libX11
         xorg.libXScrnSaver
diff --git a/nixpkgs.nix b/nixpkgs.nix
index 93f40f4..2428743 100644
--- a/nixpkgs.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
   inputs,
   system,
   ...
-}: {
-  nixpkgs.channels.default = {
+} @ args: {
+  nixpkgs.channels.default = rec {
+    default = upkgs;
     # nixpkgs-unstable
     upkgs = {
       inherit system;
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@
         cachyos.overlays.pinned
         millennium.overlays.default
 
-        (import ./overlays.nix {inherit inputs;})
+        # XXX: WARNING: TODO: cerulean will
+        (import ./overlays.nix args)
       ];
 
       config.allowUnfree = true;
diff --git a/overlays.nix b/overlays.nix
index 30fe392..99638ba 100644
--- a/overlays.nix
+++ b/overlays.nix
@@ -3,20 +3,18 @@
   inputs,
   system,
   ...
-}: [
-  (self: super: {
-    ekphos = import ../packages/ekphos {
-      pkgs = super;
-    };
+}: (self: super: {
+  ekphos = import ../packages/ekphos {
+    pkgs = super;
+  };
 
-    element-desktop = super.element-desktop.overrideAttrs (final: prev: {
-      desktopItems = [
-        ((builtins.elemAt prev.desktopItems 0).override {
-          exec = "element-desktop %u --password-store=\"gnome-libsecret\"";
-        })
-      ];
-    });
+  element-desktop = super.element-desktop.overrideAttrs (final: prev: {
+    desktopItems = [
+      ((builtins.elemAt prev.desktopItems 0).override {
+        exec = "element-desktop %u --password-store=\"gnome-libsecret\"";
+      })
+    ];
+  });
 
-    hyprland-git = inputs.hyprland-git.packages.${system};
-  })
-]
+  hyprland-git = inputs.hyprland-git.packages.${system};
+})
diff --git a/snow.nix b/snow.nix
index af178fa..f434d30 100644
--- a/snow.nix
+++ b/snow.nix
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ cerulean.mkNexus ./. (self: {
   nexus = {
     specialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
 
-    extraPkgConfig = {
-      config.allowUnfree = true;
-    };
-
     extraModules = with inputs; [
       home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
     ];