diff --git a/configs/neovim.nix b/configs/neovim.nix
index e848de2..1ff82fa 100644
--- a/configs/neovim.nix
+++ b/configs/neovim.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 {
   pkgs,
+  lib,
   config,
   ...
-}: {
-  environment.variables.EDITOR = pkgs.lib.mkForce "nvim";
-  environment.shellAliases.vi = "nvim";
-  environment.shellAliases.vim = "nvim";
+}: let
+  vim-kmein = (pkgs.vim-kmein.override {
+    # stylixColors = config.lib.stylix.colors;
+    colorscheme = "base16-gruvbox-dark-medium";
+  });
+in {
+  environment.variables.EDITOR = lib.getExe vim-kmein;
   environment.shellAliases.view = "nvim -R";
 
   home-manager.users.me = {
@@ -35,10 +39,7 @@
 
   environment.systemPackages = [
     pkgs.vim-typewriter
-    (pkgs.vim-kmein.override {
-      # stylixColors = config.lib.stylix.colors;
-      colorscheme = "base16-gruvbox-dark-medium";
-    })
+    vim-kmein
 
     # language servers
     pkgs.pyright
diff --git a/packages/vim-kmein/default.nix b/packages/vim-kmein/default.nix
index 6d10e95..53910cf 100644
--- a/packages/vim-kmein/default.nix
+++ b/packages/vim-kmein/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
   ...
 }: (neovim.override {
   configure = {
-    vimAliases = true;
+    vimAlias = true;
+    viAlias = true;
     customRC = ''
       source ${./shared.vim}
       source ${./init.vim}