diff --git a/darwin/homebrew.nix b/darwin/homebrew.nix
index 549bd31..46430f7 100644
--- a/darwin/homebrew.nix
+++ b/darwin/homebrew.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     "alfred"
     "bartender"
     "bbedit"
+    "caprine"
     # "discord"
     # "element"
     "firefox"
diff --git a/home/helix.nix b/home/helix.nix
index a8d58e3..7f5aae0 100644
--- a/home/helix.nix
+++ b/home/helix.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
   programs.helix.settings = {
     editor.bufferline = "multiple";
     editor.color-modes = true;
+    editor.cursor-shape.insert = "bar";
+    editor.cursorline = true;
     editor.indent-guides.render = true;
     editor.indent-guides.skip-levels = 1;
     editor.line-number = "relative";
diff --git a/home/programs.nix b/home/programs.nix
index 18f9a6f..6fb7e3a 100644
--- a/home/programs.nix
+++ b/home/programs.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ in
     abduco # lightweight session management
     atool # archive tool
     bottom # fancy version of `top` with ASCII graphs
-    coreutils
+    # do i need these?
+    # coreutils
     curl
     du-dust # fancy version of `du`
     exa # fancy version of `ls`