diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index 4d9e599..406b9d5 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ let
   email = "daringseal@gmail.com";
   workEmail = "mess@yelp.com";
   lockCmd = "i3lock -i ~/.lockscreen-image";
-  niv = import (builtins.fetchTarball {
+  niv = (import (builtins.fetchTarball {
     url = "https://github.com/nmattia/niv/tarball/abd0de3269fd712955d27b70e32921841c7b8bb7";
     sha256 = "0b38n1ad00s1qqyw3ml3pypf8i1pw4aqw0bpa02qq9iv7sp3x0gz";
-  }) { };
+  }) { }).niv;
 
 in {
   home = {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ in {
     packages = with pkgs; [
       # nix utilities
       cachix
-      niv.niv
+      niv
       nixfmt
       nix-prefetch-git
       # command line utilities
@@ -217,9 +217,8 @@ in {
         "lightline options
         let g:lightline = {'colorscheme': 'jellybeans'}
 
-        "view saving
-        au BufWinLeave ?* mkview 1
-        au BufWinEnter ?* silent loadview 1
+        "cursor saving
+        autocmd BufReadPost * if @% !~# '\.git[\/\\]COMMIT_EDITMSG$' && line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal! g`\"" | endif
 
         "nerdtree
         "show hidden files