diff --git a/home/terminals/wezterm.nix b/home/terminals/wezterm.nix
index ff201635..fb9f8fdf 100644
--- a/home/terminals/wezterm.nix
+++ b/home/terminals/wezterm.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
       local wezterm = require "wezterm"
 
       return {
-        font = wezterm.font_with_fallback {
-          "${default.terminal.font}",
-          "Material Symbols Outlined",
-          "DejaVu Sans"
-        },
         font_size = ${toString default.terminal.size},
         color_scheme = "Catppuccin Mocha",
         window_background_opacity = ${toString default.terminal.opacity},
@@ -23,7 +18,7 @@
           bottom = 10,
         },
         check_for_updates = false,
-        default_cursor_style = "SteadyBar",
+        default_cursor_style = "BlinkingBar",
       }
     '';
   };
diff --git a/home/wayland/anyrun.nix b/home/wayland/anyrun.nix
index 5939c064..3a809810 100644
--- a/home/wayland/anyrun.nix
+++ b/home/wayland/anyrun.nix
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@
 
     extraConfigFiles."nixos-options.ron".text = ''
       Config(
-        options_path: "${osConfig.system.build.manual.optionsJSON}/share/doc/nixos/options.json"
+        options_path: "${osConfig.system.build.manual.optionsJSON}/share/doc/nixos/options.json",
+        max_entries: 5,
       )
     '';
   };
diff --git a/home/wayland/hyprland/config.nix b/home/wayland/hyprland/config.nix
index bf804edb..9a1d99d2 100644
--- a/home/wayland/hyprland/config.nix
+++ b/home/wayland/hyprland/config.nix
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ in {
     $layers = ^(eww-.+|bar|system-menu|anyrun|gtk-layer-shell)$
     layerrule = blur, $layers
     layerrule = ignorealpha 0, $layers
-    layerrule = ignorealpha 0.5, ^(eww-(music|calendar)|system-menu)$
+    layerrule = ignorealpha 0.5, ^(eww-(music|calendar)|system-menu|anyrun)$
     layerrule = xray 1, ^(bar|gtk-layer-shell)$
 
     # mouse movements
diff --git a/modules/desktop.nix b/modules/desktop.nix
index bf0015d8..9d3f919f 100644
--- a/modules/desktop.nix
+++ b/modules/desktop.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
       (nerdfonts.override {fonts = ["FiraCode" "JetBrainsMono"];})
     ];
 
+    # causes more issues than it solves
+    enableDefaultPackages = false;
+
     # user defined fonts
     # the reason there's Noto Color Emoji everywhere is to override DejaVu's
     # B&W emojis that would sometimes show instead of some Color emojis