diff --git a/home/aly.nix b/home/aly.nix
index e3601eb..bdea448 100644
--- a/home/aly.nix
+++ b/home/aly.nix
@@ -11,11 +11,17 @@
     neofetch nnn zip xz unzip p7zip ripgrep jq yq-go mtr iperf3 dnsutils
     ldns aria2 socat nmap ipcalc file which tree gnused gnutar gawk zstd
     gnupg btop iotop iftop strace ltrace lsof sysstat lm_sensors ethtool
-    pciutils usbutils nix-output-monitor
+    pciutils usbutils nix-output-monitor virtualenv python3 gh
   ] ++ lib.optionals gui [
-    gnome-tweaks obs-studio rpi-imager google-cloud-sdk supersonic
+    gnome-tweaks obs-studio rpi-imager google-cloud-sdk supersonic mpv
   ];
 
+  programs.direnv = {
+    enable = true;
+    enableBashIntegration = true; # see note on other shells below
+    nix-direnv.enable = true;
+  };
+
   programs.firefox = lib.mkIf gui {
     enable = true;
     profiles.default = {
diff --git a/system/global.nix b/system/global.nix
index 87d6d2d..712fa6e 100644
--- a/system/global.nix
+++ b/system/global.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
   nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-    cargo rustc just git wget gcc gnumake autoconf automake pkg-config cifs-utils
+    cargo rustc just git wget gcc gnumake autoconf automake pkg-config cifs-utils ntfs3g
   ];
   programs.nixvim.enable = true;
   programs.nixvim.defaultEditor = true;