diff --git a/modules/home-manager/common/all-cli.nix b/modules/home-manager/common/all-cli.nix
index dc60f5e..5cfefbb 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager/common/all-cli.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager/common/all-cli.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ in {
     dos2unix
     du-dust
     duf
+    esptool
     fd
     git-filter-repo
     gotop
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ in {
     tmux = {
       enable = true;
       historyLimit = 100000;
+      mouse = true;
       tmuxinator.enable = true;
       plugins = with pkgs.tmuxPlugins; [
         vim-tmux-navigator
diff --git a/modules/home-manager/common/all-gui.nix b/modules/home-manager/common/all-gui.nix
index 2551d30..23bc178 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager/common/all-gui.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager/common/all-gui.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
     # nothing here right now
   ];
   programs = {
+    git.aliases = {
+      kraken = "!gitkraken -p $(cd \"\${1:-.}\" && git rev-parse --show-toplevel)";
+    };
     vscode = {
       enable = true;
     };
diff --git a/modules/home-manager/files/nvim/lua/config/vim-options.lua b/modules/home-manager/files/nvim/lua/config/vim-options.lua
index 7c9bcc5..f45637f 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager/files/nvim/lua/config/vim-options.lua
+++ b/modules/home-manager/files/nvim/lua/config/vim-options.lua
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ vim.opt.softtabstop = 2
 vim.opt.shiftwidth = 2
 vim.opt.shiftround = true
 
+-- make sure all the mouse stuff is on.
+-- pressing alt to hightlight + copy/paste works like it does outside of nvim
+vim.opt.mouse = "a"
+
 vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>h", ":nohlsearch<CR>")
 
 vim.wo.relativenumber = true