diff --git a/entropy/nixos/configuration.nix b/entropy/nixos/configuration.nix
index 57261cb..a8aa932 100644
--- a/entropy/nixos/configuration.nix
+++ b/entropy/nixos/configuration.nix
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
     cargo-watch
 
     unstable.rust-analyzer
-    #unstable.helix
+    helix
 
     ## other programming languages and compilers
     stack
diff --git a/entropy/nixos/flake.lock b/entropy/nixos/flake.lock
index 3b92fca..7f5ab3b 100644
--- a/entropy/nixos/flake.lock
+++ b/entropy/nixos/flake.lock
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
     },
     "nixos-hardware": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1717995329,
-        "narHash": "sha256-lQJXEFHHVsFdFLx0bvoRbZH3IXUBsle6EWj9JroTJ/s=",
+        "lastModified": 1719552654,
+        "narHash": "sha256-PX3msbC5KdwCDnucGtir3qzlzv+1fuiU4tk17nljFIE=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixos-hardware",
-        "rev": "58b52b0dd191af70f538c707c66c682331cfdffc",
+        "rev": "3980e7816c99d9e4da7a7b762e5b294055b73b2f",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1717974879,
-        "narHash": "sha256-GTO3C88+5DX171F/gVS3Qga/hOs/eRMxPFpiHq2t+D8=",
+        "lastModified": 1719254875,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ECni+IkwXjusHsm9Sexdtq8weAq/yUyt1TWIemXt3Ko=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "c7b821ba2e1e635ba5a76d299af62821cbcb09f3",
+        "rev": "2893f56de08021cffd9b6b6dfc70fd9ccd51eb60",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@
     },
     "unstable": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1717974879,
-        "narHash": "sha256-GTO3C88+5DX171F/gVS3Qga/hOs/eRMxPFpiHq2t+D8=",
+        "lastModified": 1719254875,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ECni+IkwXjusHsm9Sexdtq8weAq/yUyt1TWIemXt3Ko=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "c7b821ba2e1e635ba5a76d299af62821cbcb09f3",
+        "rev": "2893f56de08021cffd9b6b6dfc70fd9ccd51eb60",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {