diff --git a/lib/alias.zsh b/lib/alias.zsh
index 6a2239b..3bc7274 100755
--- a/lib/alias.zsh
+++ b/lib/alias.zsh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 alias aliases="alias | sed 's/=.*//'"
 alias functions="declare -f | grep '^[a-z].* ()' | sed 's/{$//'"
-alias paths='echo -e ${PATH//:/\\n}'
 
 alias reload="source ~/.zshrc"
 alias rr="rm -rf"
diff --git a/lib/conda.zsh b/lib/conda.zsh
index 11b8fdd..c6b6905 100755
--- a/lib/conda.zsh
+++ b/lib/conda.zsh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if [ -f "$HOME/mambaforge/etc/profile.d/mamba.sh" ]; then
 fi
 # <<< conda initialize <<<
 
-! is-tty && [ -d "$HOME/mambaforge/envs/dev" ] && conda activate dev
+# ! is-tty && [ -d "$HOME/mambaforge/envs/dev" ] && conda activate dev
 
 # >>> mamba initialize >>>
 # !! Contents within this block are managed by 'mamba init' !!
diff --git a/lib/env.zsh b/lib/env.zsh
index 1e01091..258175f 100755
--- a/lib/env.zsh
+++ b/lib/env.zsh
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ fi
 
 # Setup fzf
 # ---------
-if [[ $PATH != *$HOME/.fzf/bin* ]]; then
-	export PATH="${PATH:+${PATH}:}$HOME/.fzf/bin"
-fi
+# if [[ $PATH != *$HOME/.fzf/bin* ]]; then
+	# export PATH="${PATH:+${PATH}:}$HOME/.fzf/bin"
+# fi
 # ---------
 
 # Add lfcd command
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ if is-executable lf; then
 	source "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lf/lfcd.sh"
 fi
 # ----------------
-
-if is-executable fnm; then
-	eval "$(fnm env)"
-fi
-
+#
+# if is-executable fnm && is-itty; then
+# 	eval "$(fnm env)"
+# fi
+#
 if is-executable bat; then
 	export BAT_THEME=Catppuccin
 	export BAT_STYLE=header,numbers,grid
@@ -98,17 +98,19 @@ fi
 
 # pnpm
 export PNPM_HOME="$HOME/.local/share/pnpm"
-export PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
-# pnpm end
+# export PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
+add-to-path prepend "$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
 
 if [ -d "$HOME/.pkgs/google-cloud-sdk" ]; then
 	source "$HOME/.pkgs/google-cloud-sdk/completion.zsh.inc"
-	source "$HOME/.pkgs/google-cloud-sdk/path.zsh.inc"
+	# source "$HOME/.pkgs/google-cloud-sdk/path.zsh.inc"
+	add-to-path prepend "$HOME/.pkgs/google-cloud-sdk/bin"
 fi
 
 if [ -d "$HOME/.deno" ]; then
 	export DENO_INSTALL="$HOME/.deno"
-	export PATH="$DENO_INSTALL/bin:$PATH"
+	# export PATH="$DENO_INSTALL/bin:$PATH"
+	add-to-path prepend "$DENO_INSTALL/bin:$PATH"
 fi
 
 if [ -d "$HOME/.bun" ]; then
@@ -117,5 +119,6 @@ if [ -d "$HOME/.bun" ]; then
 
 	# bun
 	export BUN_INSTALL="$HOME/.bun"
-	export PATH="$BUN_INSTALL/bin:$PATH"
+	# export PATH="$BUN_INSTALL/bin:$PATH"
+	add-to-path prepend "$BUN_INSTALL/bin:$PATH"
 fi
diff --git a/lib/function.zsh b/lib/function.zsh
index fe359ff..12c306e 100755
--- a/lib/function.zsh
+++ b/lib/function.zsh
@@ -84,3 +84,25 @@ format-qmd() {
 	# TODO: add support for outputs
 	jupytext --from qmd $1 --pipe black --opt 'notebook_metadata_filter=-all'
 }
+
+add-to-path () {
+# $1 prepend/append
+# $2 path
+	! [[ -d "$2" ]] && return 0
+	case ":$PATH:" in
+		*":$2:"*) :;; # already there
+		*)
+		if [[ "$1" == 'prepend' ]]; then
+			PATH="$2:$PATH"
+		elif [[ "$1" == 'append' ]]; then
+			PATH="$PATH:$2"
+		else 
+			echo "please specify append/prepend not $1"
+		fi
+		;;
+	esac
+}
+
+print-paths() {
+  sed 's/:/\n/g' <<< "$PATH"
+}
diff --git a/lib/path.zsh b/lib/path.zsh
index c27213d..ffefb71 100755
--- a/lib/path.zsh
+++ b/lib/path.zsh
@@ -1,37 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env zsh
 
-# TODO: Refactor this entire mess
+add-to-path prepend "/bin"
+add-to-path prepend "/usr/bin"
+add-to-path prepend "/usr/local/bin"
 
-# Start with system path
-# Retrieve it from getconf, otherwise it's just current $PATH
-prepend-path() {
-	[ -d $1 ] && PATH="$1:$PATH"
-}
-
-#is-executable getconf && PATH=$($(command -v getconf) PATH)
-
-# Prepend new items to path (if directory exists)
-prepend-path "/bin"
-prepend-path "/usr/bin"
-prepend-path "/usr/local/bin"
-
-PATH="$DOTFILES_DIR/bin:$PATH"
-PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
-PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
-PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin"
-PATH="/usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH"
-PATH="$HOME/go/bin:$PATH"
-PATH="$HOME/.extra/bin:$PATH"
-
-# Remove duplicates (preserving prepended items)
-# Source: http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/40755
-
-PATH=$(echo -n $PATH | awk -v RS=: '{ if (!arr[$0]++) {printf("%s%s",!ln++?"":":",$0)}}')
-PATH="$(perl -e 'print join(":", grep { not $seen{$_}++ } split(/:/, $ENV{PATH}))')"
-
-# PATH=$(printf %s "$PATH" |
-# 	awk -vRS=: -vORS= '!a[$0]++ {if (NR>1) printf(":"); printf("%s", $0) }')
-# # Wrap up
+# home paths
+paths=("bin" ".local/bin" ".cargo/bin" "go/bin" ".extra/bin")
+for directory in "${paths[@]}"; do
+	add-to-path prepend "$HOME/$directory"
+done
 
 export PATH
+
+
diff --git a/lib/prompt.zsh b/lib/prompt.zsh
index eb63957..80b3d25 100755
--- a/lib/prompt.zsh
+++ b/lib/prompt.zsh
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ zstyle ':completion::complete:make:*:targets' call-command true
 
 is-executable fzf && source $DOTFILES_DIR/lib/fzf.zsh
 
+# TODO: make this fail for both no-atuin and no is-tty
 is-executable atuin && is-tty || eval "$(atuin init zsh)"