diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/install.sh b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/executable_install.sh
similarity index 64%
rename from home/private_dot_config/astronvim/install.sh
rename to home/private_dot_config/astronvim/executable_install.sh
index 0b3af9b..807a3cc 100644
--- a/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/install.sh
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/executable_install.sh
@@ -30,14 +30,18 @@ install-astronvim(){
     mv ~/.config/nvim ~/.config/nvim.bak-$(date +'%s')
   fi
 
-  if [[ -d ~/.local/share/nvim/site ]]; then
-    echo "backing up old nvim site directory"
-    mv ~/.local/share/nvim/site ~/.local/share/nvim/site.bak-$(date +'%s')
+  if [[ -d ~/.local/share/nvim ]]; then
+    echo "backing up old nvim directory"
+    mv ~/.local/share/nvim ~/.local/share/nvim-$(date +'%s')
+    mkdir ~/.local/share/nvim
   fi
 
   git clone https://github.com/AstroNvim/AstroNvim ~/.config/nvim
-  nvim +PackerSync
 
+  echo "add brute force method of ignoring version complaints"
+  git -C "$HOME/.config/nvim" am "$HOME/.config/astronvim/patches/0001-remove-version-check.patch"
+
+  nvim  --headless -c 'autocmd User PackerComplete quitall'
 }
 
 echo "Checking for optional dependencies"
@@ -52,6 +56,9 @@ check-dep(){
 
 install-astronvim
 
+echo
+echo "checking for dependencies"
+
 for dep in "${deps[@]}"; do
   check-dep "$dep"
 done
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/colorscheme.lua b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/colorscheme.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b26b301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/colorscheme.lua
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+return "catppuccin"
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/header.lua b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/header.lua
index 498c5ae..bbc2e7d 100644
--- a/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/header.lua
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/header.lua
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 return {
-  --Big-money
-  [[                                          /$$              ]],
-  [[                                         |__/              ]],
-  [[ /$$$$$$$   /$$$$$$   /$$$$$$  /$$    /$$ /$$ /$$$$$$/$$$$ ]],
-  [[| $$__  $$ /$$__  $$ /$$__  $$|  $$  /$$/| $$| $$_  $$_  $$]],
-  [[| $$  \ $$| $$$$$$$$| $$  \ $$ \  $$/$$/ | $$| $$ \ $$ \ $$]],
-  [[| $$  | $$| $$_____/| $$  | $$  \  $$$/  | $$| $$ | $$ | $$]],
-  [[| $$  | $$|  $$$$$$$|  $$$$$$/   \  $/   | $$| $$ | $$ | $$]],
-  [[|__/  |__/ \_______/ \______/     \_/    |__/|__/ |__/ |__/]],
+  -- Ansi-shadow
+[[  ███╗   ██╗███████╗ ██████╗ ██╗   ██╗██╗███╗   ███╗]],
+[[  ████╗  ██║██╔════╝██╔═══██╗██║   ██║██║████╗ ████║]],
+[[  ██╔██╗ ██║█████╗  ██║   ██║██║   ██║██║██╔████╔██║]],
+[[  ██║╚██╗██║██╔══╝  ██║   ██║╚██╗ ██╔╝██║██║╚██╔╝██║]],
+[[  ██║ ╚████║███████╗╚██████╔╝ ╚████╔╝ ██║██║ ╚═╝ ██║]],
+[[  ╚═╝  ╚═══╝╚══════╝ ╚═════╝   ╚═══╝  ╚═╝╚═╝     ╚═╝]],
 }
-
+  --Big-money
+  -- [[                                          /$$              ]],
+  -- [[                                         |__/              ]],
+  -- [[ /$$$$$$$   /$$$$$$   /$$$$$$  /$$    /$$ /$$ /$$$$$$/$$$$ ]],
+  -- [[| $$__  $$ /$$__  $$ /$$__  $$|  $$  /$$/| $$| $$_  $$_  $$]],
+  -- [[| $$  \ $$| $$$$$$$$| $$  \ $$ \  $$/$$/ | $$| $$ \ $$ \ $$]],
+  -- [[| $$  | $$| $$_____/| $$  | $$  \  $$$/  | $$| $$ | $$ | $$]],
+  -- [[| $$  | $$|  $$$$$$$|  $$$$$$/   \  $/   | $$| $$ | $$ | $$]],
+  -- [[|__/  |__/ \_______/ \______/     \_/    |__/|__/ |__/ |__/]],
+  --
 -- [[        _______________________________________        ]],
 -- [[       |,---"-----------------------------"---,|       ]],
 -- [[       ||___    16 bit....................    ||       ]],
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/init.lua b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/init.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index de8541c..0000000
--- a/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/init.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-local config = {
-  colorscheme = "catppuccin",
-
-  -- This function is run last and is a good place to configuring
-  -- augroups/autocommands and custom filetypes also this just pure lua so
-  -- anything that doesn't fit in the normal config locations above can go here
-  polish = function()
-    -- todo: convert to lua
-    vim.cmd('cnoremap sudow w !sudo tee % >/dev/null')
-  end,
-}
-
-return config
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/options.lua b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/options.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2467d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/options.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+-- from https://code.mehalter.com/projects/68/files-- from https://code.mehalter.com/projects/68/files
+return {
+  opt = {
+    conceallevel = 2, -- enable conceal
+    foldenable = false,
+    foldexpr = "nvim_treesitter#foldexpr()", -- set Treesitter based folding
+    foldmethod = "expr",
+    linebreak = true, -- linebreak soft wrap at words
+    list = true, -- show whitespace characters
+    listchars = { tab = "│→", extends = "⟩", precedes = "⟨", trail = "·", nbsp = "␣" },
+    showbreak = "↪ ",
+    spellfile = vim.fn.expand "~/.config/astronvim/lua/user/spell/en.utf-8.add",
+    thesaurus = vim.fn.expand "~/.config/astronvim/lua/user/spell/mthesaur.txt",
+    wrap = true, -- soft wrap lines
+  },
+  g = {
+    matchup_matchparen_deferred = 1,
+  },
+}
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/plugins/init.lua b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/plugins/init.lua
index fcdc942..3fd4ebc 100644
--- a/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/plugins/init.lua
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/plugins/init.lua
@@ -6,29 +6,11 @@ return {
     },
     ft = { "quarto" },
   },
-  { 'xiyaowong/nvim-transparent',
-    config = function()
-      -- todo: move to separate file
-      require("transparent").setup({
-        enable = true, -- boolean: enable transparent
-        extra_groups = { -- table/string: additional groups that should be cleared
-          -- In particular, when you set it to 'all', that means all available groups
-          -- example of akinsho/nvim-bufferline.lua
-          "BufferLineTabClose",
-          "BufferlineBufferSelected",
-          "BufferLineFill",
-          "BufferLineBackground",
-          "BufferLineSeparator",
-          "BufferLineIndicatorSelected",
-        },
-        exclude = {}, -- table: groups you don't want to clear
-      })
-    end
-  },
   { "catppuccin/nvim", as = "catppuccin",
     config = function()
       require("catppuccin").setup {}
     end,
   },
   { 'LnL7/vim-nix' },
+  { 'lambdalisue/suda.vim' }, -- for sudo reading and writing
 }
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/plugins/notify.lua b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/plugins/notify.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c546ba..0000000
--- a/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/plugins/notify.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-return function(config)
-  -- for compatability with nvim-transparent
-  config.background_color = "#000000"
-  return config
-end
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/polish.lua b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/polish.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ac1380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/lua/user/polish.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+return function()
+    vim.cmd [[
+    autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead Knitfile set syntax=lua
+    ]]
+end
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/patches/0001-remove-version-check.patch b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/patches/0001-remove-version-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d0a162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/astronvim/patches/0001-remove-version-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From ddbb42f330a8d09980c812f5c05b6d8123a767ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daylin Morgan <daylinmorgan@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 18:47:52 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] remove version check
+
+---
+ init.lua | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
+index 2bf8f14..649f5f5 100644
+--- a/init.lua
++++ b/init.lua
+@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ end
+ 
+ astronvim.conditional_func(astronvim.user_plugin_opts("polish", nil, false))
+ 
+-if vim.fn.has "nvim-0.8" ~= 1 or vim.version().prerelease then
+-  vim.schedule(function() astronvim.notify("Unsupported Neovim Version! Please check the requirements", "error") end)
+-end
++-- if vim.fn.has "nvim-0.8" ~= 1 or vim.version().prerelease then
++ -- vim.schedule(function() astronvim.notify("Unsupported Neovim Version! Please check the requirements", "error") end)
++-- end
+-- 
+2.38.1
+