diff --git a/configs/default.nix b/configs/default.nix
index b0aa677..eda99a3 100644
--- a/configs/default.nix
+++ b/configs/default.nix
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ in {
           };
         };
         overlays = [
+          (self: super: {
+            scripts = import <niveum/packages/scripts> { pkgs = super; lib = super.lib; };
+          })
           # (import <niveum/overlays/rust.nix>)
         ];
       };
@@ -151,6 +154,10 @@ in {
         isNormalUser = true;
       };
     }
+    {
+      environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ k3b bashburn brasero ];
+      users.users.me.extraGroups = [ "cdrom" ];
+    }
     {
       sound.enable = true;
 
@@ -176,6 +183,7 @@ in {
         take = pkgs.writers.writeDash "take" ''
           mkdir "$1" && cd "$1"
         '';
+        swallow = command: "${pkgs.scripts.swallow}/bin/swallow ${command}";
       in {
         "ß" = "${pkgs.utillinux}/bin/setsid";
         cat = "${pkgs.bat}/bin/bat --style=plain";
@@ -199,6 +207,8 @@ in {
         take = "source ${take}";
         tmux = "${pkgs.tmux}/bin/tmux -2";
         tree = "${pkgs.exa}/bin/exa --tree";
+        sxiv = swallow "${pkgs.sxiv}/bin/sxiv";
+        zathura = swallow "${pkgs.zathura}/bin/zathura";
         us = "${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl --user";
         wcd = "source ${wcd}";
         weechat = "${pkgs.openssh}/bin/ssh kmein@prism.r -t tmux attach";
diff --git a/configs/i3.nix b/configs/i3.nix
index 2d01036..42c0ead 100644
--- a/configs/i3.nix
+++ b/configs/i3.nix
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ let
         ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/tr '[A-Za-z]' '[N-ZA-Mn-za-m]'
       '';
       "ipa" = pkgs.writers.writeDash "ipa" ''
-        ${scripts.ipa}/bin/ipa
+        ${pkgs.scripts.ipa}/bin/ipa
+      '';
+      "betacode" = pkgs.writers.writeDash "betacode" ''
+        ${pkgs.scripts.betacode}/bin/betacode
       '';
     };
   };
 
-  scripts = import <niveum/packages/scripts> { inherit pkgs lib; };
   myLib = import <niveum/lib> { inherit pkgs; };
   inherit (myLib) writeTOML;
 
diff --git a/configs/mpv.nix b/configs/mpv.nix
index 1adff5c..ace30c5 100644
--- a/configs/mpv.nix
+++ b/configs/mpv.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 { pkgs, ... }: {
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-    (mpv-with-scripts.override { scripts = [ mpvScripts.mpris ]; })
+    mpv
     mpv-poll
   ];
 
+  environment.shellAliases.mpv = "${pkgs.utillinux}/bin/setsid -f ${pkgs.mpv}/bin/mpv";
+
   home-manager.users.me.xdg.configFile = {
     "mpv/input.conf".text = ''
       Alt+RIGHT add video-rotate 90
diff --git a/configs/newsboat.nix b/configs/newsboat.nix
index b098d87..6c8493c 100644
--- a/configs/newsboat.nix
+++ b/configs/newsboat.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-{ pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
+{ pkgs, config, ... }:
 let
   newsboat-home =
     "${config.users.users.me.home}/cloud/syncthing/common/newsboat";
-  scripts = import <niveum/packages/scripts> { inherit pkgs lib; };
-  linkhandler-bin = "${scripts.linkhandler}/bin/linkhandler";
+  linkhandler-bin = "${pkgs.scripts.linkhandler}/bin/linkhandler";
 
   newsboat-config = pkgs.writeText "config" ''
     auto-reload no
diff --git a/configs/packages/default.nix b/configs/packages/default.nix
index 962ce81..8a27db5 100644
--- a/configs/packages/default.nix
+++ b/configs/packages/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
-let scripts = import <niveum/packages/scripts> { inherit pkgs lib; };
-in {
+{ pkgs, lib, ... }: {
   imports = [
     ./krebs.nix
     ./writing.nix
@@ -100,14 +98,16 @@ in {
     zoom-us # video conferencing
     pdfgrep # search in pdf
     pdftk # pdf toolkit
-    nur.repos.kmein.python3Packages.spotify-cli-linux
+    evince # for viewing pdf annotations
     youtubeDL
     bc # calculator
     scripts.favicon
     scripts.ipa # XSAMPA to IPA converter
+    scripts.betacode # ancient greek betacode to unicode converter
     nur.repos.kmein.daybook
     nur.repos.kmein.mahlzeit
     nur.repos.kmein.slide
+    scripts.swallow # window swallowing
     scripts.genius
     scripts.instaget
     scripts.literature-quote
diff --git a/configs/tmux.nix b/configs/tmux.nix
index df866d9..24eb975 100644
--- a/configs/tmux.nix
+++ b/configs/tmux.nix
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
       set -g status-right "#[fg=colour255,bg=colour237,bold] %Y-%m-%d #[default]#[fg=colour12,bg=colour233] %H:%M "
       set -g status-justify left
 
-      set -g pane-active-border-fg colour237
-      set -g pane-border-fg colour237
-      set -g pane-active-border-bg default
-      set -g pane-border-bg default
-
       set -g status-position bottom
 
       set -g mouse on
diff --git a/packages/scripts/default.nix b/packages/scripts/default.nix
index 9415236..4f1305e 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/default.nix
+++ b/packages/scripts/default.nix
@@ -115,12 +115,27 @@ in {
     packages = [ pkgs.st pkgs.fzf pkgs.dash pkgs.bash ];
   };
 
+  swallow = wrapScript {
+    script = ./swallow.sh;
+    name = "swallow";
+    packages = [ pkgs.xdo ];
+  };
+
   ipa = wrapScript {
     script = ./ipa.py;
     name = "ipa";
     packages = [ pkgs.python3 ];
   };
 
+  betacode = pkgs.writers.writePython3Bin "betacode" {
+    libraries = [ pkgs.nur.repos.kmein.python3Packages.betacode ];
+  } ''
+    import betacode.conv
+    import sys
+
+    sys.stdout.write(betacode.conv.beta_to_uni(sys.stdin.read()))
+  '';
+
   scrot-dmenu = wrapScript {
     script = ./scrot-dmenu.sh;
     name = "dmenu-scrot";
diff --git a/packages/scripts/swallow.sh b/packages/scripts/swallow.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7543c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/scripts/swallow.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# https://github.com/salman-abedin/devour/blob/master/devour.sh
+
+id=$(xdo id)
+xdo hide
+$("$@") > /dev/null 2>&1
+xdo show "$id"