diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index dfb931b..121b436 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-" genera editing options
+" general editing options
+set noswapfile
 set nocompatible
 set tabstop=4
 set expandtab
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ au BufNewFile,BufRead *Makefile,*.mk set noexpandtab
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py,*.java set tabstop=2
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.app set filetype=erlang
 au BufNewFile,BufRead .bash_* set filetype=sh
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.sil set filetype=tex
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.erl filetype indent off
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.hrl filetype indent off
 
@@ -31,5 +33,3 @@ let g:clj_paren_rainbow = 1
 let vimclojure#NailgunClient = "/Users/jwall/bin/ng"
 
 let g:erlangFoldSplitFunction=0
-
-colorscheme desert256
diff --git a/nix/darwin/darwin-configuration.nix b/nix/darwin/darwin-configuration.nix
index cdba49b..642f72b 100644
--- a/nix/darwin/darwin-configuration.nix
+++ b/nix/darwin/darwin-configuration.nix
@@ -33,12 +33,7 @@
   programs = with pkgs; {
     neovim.enable = true;
     neovim.configure = {
-      customRC = ''
-        set noswapfile
-        set ts=4
-        set expandtab
-        set autoindent
-      '';
+      customRC = (builtins.readFile ../../.vimrc);
       packages.myVimPackage = with pkgs.vimPlugins; {
         start = [
                 coc-nvim
@@ -91,6 +86,7 @@
         htop
         colima
         lima
+        google-cloud-sdk
         inputs.sile
         inputs.runwhen
         inputs.durnitisp