diff --git a/configs/aerc.nix b/configs/aerc.nix
index 5088941..4f96795 100644
--- a/configs/aerc.nix
+++ b/configs/aerc.nix
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@
           passwordCommand = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/cat ${config.age.secrets.email-password-posteo.path}";
           himalaya = {
             enable = true;
-            settings.backend = "imap";
           };
           aerc.extraAccounts.pgp-key-id = "9EDE82CC72A343A95266D0F444857074A3ACC8B7";
         };
diff --git a/configs/uni.nix b/configs/uni.nix
index 28896d3..9b47779 100644
--- a/configs/uni.nix
+++ b/configs/uni.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ in
             passwordCommand = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/cat ${config.age.secrets.email-password-meinhak99.path}";
             himalaya = {
               enable = true;
-              settings.backend = "imap";
             };
           }
         )
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 93b7982..d204330 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@
         notemenu = prev.callPackage packages/notemenu.nix { };
         obsidian-vim = prev.callPackage packages/obsidian-vim.nix { };
         vim-typewriter = prev.callPackage packages/vim-typewriter.nix { };
+        vim-email = prev.callPackage packages/vim-email.nix { };
         polyglot = prev.callPackage packages/polyglot.nix { };
         q = prev.callPackage packages/q.nix { };
         qrpaste = prev.callPackage packages/qrpaste.nix { };
@@ -569,6 +570,7 @@
             vg
             vim-kmein
             vim-typewriter
+            vim-email
             vimv
             weechat-declarative
             wttr
diff --git a/packages/vim-email.nix b/packages/vim-email.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98515a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vim-email.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  neovim,
+  vimPlugins,
+  writers,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  vim-email = neovim.override {
+    extraName = "-email";
+    configure = {
+      customRC = ''
+        source ${./vim-kmein/shared.vim}
+        autocmd VimEnter * Himalaya
+      '';
+      packages.nvim.start = [
+        vimPlugins.telescope-nvim
+        vimPlugins.himalaya-vim
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+in
+  vim-email