diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7b43b4f..f2feca5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ MAKEFILE_PATH ?= $(shell dirname $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 default: install
 
 install:
-	${MAKEFILE_PATH}/setup.bash
+	cd ${MAKEFILE_PATH} && ./setup.bash
diff --git a/apps/de/polybar/config b/apps/de/polybar/config
index 9091064..0ece15a 100644
--- a/apps/de/polybar/config
+++ b/apps/de/polybar/config
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ margin-bottom = ${env:WINDOW_GAP:0}
 
 [module/microphone]
 type = custom/script
-exec = $DOTFILES_PATH/apps/de/polybar/mic.bash
+exec = $DOTFILES_PATH/apps/de/polybar/mic.sh
 tail = true
 format = <label>
 label-foreground = ${colors.icon}
diff --git a/apps/de/polybar/mic.bash b/apps/de/polybar/mic.sh
similarity index 84%
rename from apps/de/polybar/mic.bash
rename to apps/de/polybar/mic.sh
index b51f5ef..7fa0665 100755
--- a/apps/de/polybar/mic.bash
+++ b/apps/de/polybar/mic.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
 
-pidfile="/var/run/user/$UID/polybar-mic-script.pid"
+pidfile="/var/run/user/$(id -u)/polybar-mic-script.pid"
 
 if [ -e "$pidfile" ]; then
 	kill "$(cat "${pidfile}")" > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/apps/de/sxhkd/rc b/apps/de/sxhkd/rc
index 57d74df..ce6bbe8 100755
--- a/apps/de/sxhkd/rc
+++ b/apps/de/sxhkd/rc
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ XF86AudioPrev
 
 # open rofi as a window switcher
 super + w
-	"$DOTFILES_PATH/scripts/bin/app-launcher" -modi window,run -show window
+	"app-launcher" -modi window,run -show window
 
 # close the current application
 super + c
@@ -258,8 +258,5 @@ super + d
 super + ctrl + c
 	bspc rule -a '*' -o state=floating && urxvt --geometry 64x9 -e sh -c "cal -n 3 && bash"
 
-super + shift + v
-	kill -USR1 $(cat "/var/run/user/$UID/polybar-mic-script.pid")
-
 super + v
 	tmux new-window 'sh -ci tmuxswitcher'
diff --git a/apps/shell/bash/rc b/apps/shell/bash/rc
index 35e4062..fa37bac 100644
--- a/apps/shell/bash/rc
+++ b/apps/shell/bash/rc
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fi
 . maybe_source_env_file .hidden/bashrc
 
 # create paths we kind of expect to exist in some scripts
-mkdir -p "${NOTES_PATH}"
+mkdir -p "$NOTES_PATH" "$SCROTS_PATH" "$USER_LOGS_PATH"
 
 # open nice home instead if we're opening at home
 if [ "$PWD" = "$HOME" ] || [ "$PWD" = "$NICE_HOME" ]; then
diff --git a/apps/shell/fish/aliases.fish b/apps/shell/fish/aliases.fish
index fe0ca40..4028145 100755
--- a/apps/shell/fish/aliases.fish
+++ b/apps/shell/fish/aliases.fish
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ alias dd "dd status=progress"
 alias wifi "sudo nmtui"
 alias year 'cal (date +%Y)'
 alias y year
+alias pa pulsemixer
 
 # games aliases
 # this sometimes fixes steam dynamic library issues?
diff --git a/apps/shell/fish/config.fish b/apps/shell/fish/config.fish
index ba1f333..bf0ec94 100755
--- a/apps/shell/fish/config.fish
+++ b/apps/shell/fish/config.fish
@@ -4,56 +4,26 @@ set -U XDG_CONFIG_HOME $HOME/.config
 set -U DOTFILES_PATH $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dotfiles
 set -U ENV_PATH $HOME/.env
 
-# $DOTFILES_PATH/bin/lib/colors/shell
-$DOTFILES_PATH/bin/prelude
+function source_if_exists; test -f $ENV_PATH/$argv[1] && source $argv[1]; end
+function maybe_source_env_file; source_if_exists $ENV_PATH/$argv[1]; end
+function has_command; command -v $argv[1] 2>&1 >/dev/null; end
 
-function source_if_exists
-	test -f $ENV_PATH/$argv[1] && source $argv[1]
-end
-
-function maybe_source_env_file
-	source_if_exists $ENV_PATH/$argv[1]
-end
-
-function has_command
-	command -v $argv[1] 2>&1 >/dev/null
-end
-
-# TODO: better logic for auto-detecting alternative home directories?
-# 1. check dirname(basename $HOME)) matches username
-# 2. check if /home/$username
-set -U NICE_HOME $HOME
-test (basename $HOME) = .home && set -U NICE_HOME (realpath $HOME/..)
-test -e $HOME/.nice_home && set -U NICE_HOME (cat $HOME/.nice_home)
-test -e $ENV_PATH/.nice_home && set -U NICE_HOME (cat $ENV_PATH/.nice_home)
-
-# setup paths
 source $DOTFILES_PATH/apps/shell/fish/paths.fish
 
-# stop parsing here on a non-interactive shell
 status --is-interactive || exit
 
-# TODO: autocompletions?
-# TODO: ctrl-r history fzf
-# TODO: ctrl-p files fzf
-# TODO: forever history ignoring certain commands
-# TODO: per-env configuration
-
-source $DOTFILES_PATH/apps/shell/fish/key-bindings.fish
-source $DOTFILES_PATH/apps/shell/fish/colors.fish
-source $DOTFILES_PATH/apps/shell/fish/prompt.fish
-source $DOTFILES_PATH/apps/shell/fish/aliases.fish
+for f in key-bindings colors prompt aliases
+	source $DOTFILES_PATH/apps/shell/fish/$f.fish
+end
 
 set -U _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING 1
-# set -U LS_COLORS 'ow=01;36;40'
-set -U LESS -x2 # less tab size of 2 spaces
 set -U TERMINAL kitty
 set -U BROWSER firefox-developer-edition
 set -U ERL_AFLAGS "-kernel shell_history enabled -kernel shell_history_file_bytes 1024000" # iex history
 
 # set our EDITOR to neovim if we've got it
 set -U EDITOR vim
-if command -v nvim 2>&1 >/dev/null
+if has_command nvim
 	alias vim nvim
 	alias ovim 'command vim'
 	set -U EDITOR nvim
@@ -64,7 +34,7 @@ end
 maybe_source_env_file config.fish
 maybe_source_env_file .hidden/config.fish
 
-mkdir -p $NOTES_PATH
+mkdir -p $NOTES_PATH $USER_LOGS_PATH $SCROTS_PATH
 
 command -v fd 2>&1 >/dev/null && set -U FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND 'fd --type f --hidden --follow --exclude .git'
 
diff --git a/apps/shell/fish/key-bindings.fish b/apps/shell/fish/key-bindings.fish
index f3adba7..c7b2cb8 100755
--- a/apps/shell/fish/key-bindings.fish
+++ b/apps/shell/fish/key-bindings.fish
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 function fish_user_key_bindings
 	fzf_key_bindings
-	fish_vi_key_bindings
+	fish_vi_key_bindings --no-erase
 
 	set vi_esc "if commandline -P; commandline -f cancel; else; set fish_bind_mode default; commandline -f backward-char force-repaint; end"
 
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@ function fish_user_key_bindings
 
 	bind -M insert \cp up-or-search
 	bind -M insert \cn down-or-search
-	bind -M insert \cf fzf-cd-widget
+	bind -M insert \cs fzf-cd-widget
+	bind -M insert \cf end-of-line
+	bind -M insert \cw forward-word
 end
diff --git a/apps/shell/fish/paths.fish b/apps/shell/fish/paths.fish
index d966800..94acec7 100755
--- a/apps/shell/fish/paths.fish
+++ b/apps/shell/fish/paths.fish
@@ -1,10 +1,30 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env fish
 
-set -U fish_user_paths $HOME/.go $GOPATH/bin $DOTFILES_PATH/bin $ENV_PATH/bin $HOME/.bin $HOME/.cargo/bin $HOME/.yarn/bin
+set -U fish_user_paths \
+	$HOME/.go \
+	$GOPATH/bin \
+	$DOTFILES_PATH/bin \
+	$ENV_PATH/bin \
+	$HOME/.bin \
+	$HOME/.cargo/bin \
+	$HOME/.yarn/bin
+
 test -d $HOME/.local/bin && set -U fish_user_paths $HOME/.local/bin $fish_user_paths
 test -d $HOME/.bin && set -U fish_user_paths $HOME/.local/bin $fish_user_paths
 
-command -v python 2>&1 >/dev/null && set -U fish_user_paths (python -m site --user-base)"/bin" $fish_user_paths
-command -v ruby 2>&1 >/dev/null && set -U fish_user_paths (ruby -e 'print Gem.user_dir')"/bin" $fish_user_paths
+has_command python && set -U fish_user_paths (python -m site --user-base)"/bin" $fish_user_paths
+has_command ruby && set -U fish_user_paths (ruby -e 'print Gem.user_dir')"/bin" $fish_user_paths
+
+if test (dirname (basename $HOME)) = $USER
+	set -U NICE_HOME $HOME
+else
+	set -U NICE_HOME /home/$USER
+end
+
+for p in $NICE_HOME $HOME $ENV_PATH
+	test -f $p/.nice_home && set -U NICE_HOME (cat $p/.nice_home)
+end
 
 set -U NOTES_PATH $NICE_HOME/doc/notes
+set -U SCROTS_PATH $NICE_HOME/img/scrots
+set -U USER_LOGS_PATH $NICE_HOME/doc/logs
diff --git a/apps/shell/tmux/conf b/apps/shell/tmux/conf
index f14b07a..9b781b0 100644
--- a/apps/shell/tmux/conf
+++ b/apps/shell/tmux/conf
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ set -g status-right "#[fg=colour4]#W#[fg=default]#[bg=default] #H"
 set -g status-left-length 200
 set -g status-left "#[fg=colour7]#(tmux-session-list #S)"
 
-bind-key O run-shell "tmux-save-buffer #S" \; display-message "Saved buffer to ~/<date>.<session-name>.tmux-buffer.log"
+bind-key O display-message "#(tmux-save-buffer #S)"
 
 # pane split line colors
 set -g pane-active-border-style bg=black,fg=blue
diff --git a/apps/shell/user-dirs b/apps/shell/user-dirs
index 6367b68..f6043fd 100644
--- a/apps/shell/user-dirs
+++ b/apps/shell/user-dirs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
+XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/desktop"
 XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/../doc"
 XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/../dl"
-XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"
+XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/../music"
 XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/../img"
-XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public"
-XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"
-XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"
+XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/public"
+XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/templates"
+XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/../video"
diff --git a/bin/paths b/bin/paths
index 37dbafe..e68e27c 100644
--- a/bin/paths
+++ b/bin/paths
@@ -14,4 +14,18 @@ has_command python && PATH="$(python -m site --user-base)/bin:$PATH"
 has_command ruby && PATH="$(ruby -e 'print Gem.user_dir')/bin:$PATH"
 
 export PATH
-export NOTES_PATH="${NOTES_PATH:-$NICE_HOME/doc/notes}"
+
+export XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/desktop"
+export XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/public"
+export XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/templates"
+
+export XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$NICE_HOME/doc"
+export XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$NICE_HOME/dl"
+export XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$NICE_HOME/music"
+export XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$NICE_HOME/img"
+export XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$NICE_HOME/video"
+export XDG_GAMES_DIR="$NICE_HOME/games"
+
+export NOTES_PATH="${NOTES_PATH:-$XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR/notes}"
+export USER_LOGS_PATH="${USER_LOGS_PATH:-$XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR/logs}"
+export SCROTS_PATH="${SCROTS_PATH:-$XDG_PICTURES_DIR/scrots}"
diff --git a/bin/tmux-save-buffer b/bin/tmux-save-buffer
index 55d2818..e32cb67 100755
--- a/bin/tmux-save-buffer
+++ b/bin/tmux-save-buffer
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+prelude
 
 sess="$1"; shift
 d="$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)"
-f="${HOME}/${d}.${sess}.tmux-buffer.log"
+f="${USER_LOGS_PATH}/${d}.${sess}.tmux-buffer.log"
 touch "$f"
 chmod 600 "$f"
 tmux capture-pane -pS -1000000000 > "$f"
+echo "$f"