diff --git a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/bat.nix b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/bat.nix
index 3fc9220..86c761b 100644
--- a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/bat.nix
+++ b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/bat.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+
+  _tmp_func_name = "_tmp_func_Oaw5aifeeniezeiquonaipheNahthae9caik4Rai"; # pwgen ftw
+  mkArgsAlias = alias: ''${_tmp_func_name}() { ${alias}; unset -f ${_tmp_func_name}; }; ${_tmp_func_name}'';
+
+in
+
 {
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
     bat
@@ -7,6 +15,8 @@
 
   # bat - TODO: condition these on programs.bat.enable ?
   home.shellAliases.cat = "bat --style=plain --paging=never";
+  home.shellAliases.cata = mkArgsAlias ''printf "bat --paging never --style plain %q\n" "$@" | xargs -d'\n' ${lib.getExe pkgs.mprocs}'';
+  home.shellAliases.bata = mkArgsAlias ''printf "bat --paging never --style plain %q\n" "$@" | xargs -d'\n' ${lib.getExe pkgs.mprocs}'';
   #home.shellAliases.man = "batman";
   #home.shellAliases.man = "PAGER=${pkgs.most}/bin/most man";
 
@@ -31,5 +41,5 @@
     #extraPackages = with pkgs.bat-extras; [ batdiff batman batgrep batwatch ];
   };
 
-  # TODO: generate bat syntax cache: 'bat cache  --build'
+  # TODO: generate bat syntax cache: 'bat cache --build'
 }
diff --git a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/desktop/default.nix b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/desktop/default.nix
index b554740..da6843b 100644
--- a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/desktop/default.nix
+++ b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/desktop/default.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     icon-library
 
     gitg
+    imhex
 
     remote-exec
 
diff --git a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/shell.nix b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/shell.nix
index 6f1001e..76d013b 100644
--- a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/shell.nix
+++ b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/shell.nix
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ in
     #(pkgs.jnv or unstable.jnv or null)
     xh
     htmlq
+    mprocs
     just # justfile
     gum
     sysz systemctl-tui