diff --git a/config.nims b/config.nims
index fa68af4..1394a24 100644
--- a/config.nims
+++ b/config.nims
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 
+# useful while hwylterm is tracking HEAD
+task update, "update deps":
+  rmFile "nimble.lock"
+  rmDir "nimbledeps"
+  exec "nimble lock -l"
+  exec "nimble setup -l"
+
 task build, "build":
   selfExec "c --outdir:bin src/hyprman.nim"
 
 # begin Nimble config (version 2)
+--noNimblePath
 when withDir(thisDir(), system.fileExists("nimble.paths")):
   include "nimble.paths"
 # end Nimble config
diff --git a/nimble.lock b/nimble.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61f468a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nimble.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "version": 2,
+  "packages": {
+    "cligen": {
+      "version": "1.7.6",
+      "vcsRevision": "54f1da5d63cf7e116625e2392e85ae54c2b70719",
+      "url": "https://github.com/c-blake/cligen.git",
+      "downloadMethod": "git",
+      "dependencies": [],
+      "checksums": {
+        "sha1": "853785ddace4ee4f3c6c21bdf7f5e9ff0358eb3f"
+      }
+    },
+    "hwylterm": {
+      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "vcsRevision": "5c71355b5f319a9c174ea88132c7c67a78d00030",
+      "url": "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm",
+      "downloadMethod": "git",
+      "dependencies": [],
+      "checksums": {
+        "sha1": "30f8f61787c36b63d484f3d5e149995fad16c63c"
+      }
+    },
+    "yaml": {
+      "version": "2.1.1",
+      "vcsRevision": "48a90e36e82bd97457dae87e86efe423dcd3bb40",
+      "url": "https://github.com/flyx/NimYAML",
+      "downloadMethod": "git",
+      "dependencies": [],
+      "checksums": {
+        "sha1": "302727fcd74c79d0697a4e909d26455d61a5b979"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "tasks": {}
+}