diff --git a/users/_common/programs/direnv.nix b/users/_common/programs/direnv.nix
index 894aea7..bc37e8c 100644
--- a/users/_common/programs/direnv.nix
+++ b/users/_common/programs/direnv.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,35 @@
 { settings, ... }:
 {
+  ##### I want to hide the output but couldn't get either of these to work
+  # home.sessionVariables = {
+  # DIRENV_LOG_FORMAT = "";
+  # };
+  # programs.zsh.initExtra = ''
+  #   copy_function() {
+  #     test -n "$(declare -f "$1")" || return
+  #     eval "''${_/$1/$2}"
+  #   }
+  #   copy_function _direnv_hook _direnv_hook__old
+  #   _direnv_hook() {
+  #     # old line
+  #     #_direnv_hook__old "$@" 2> >(grep -E -v '^direnv: (export)')
+
+  #     # my new line
+  #     _direnv_hook__old "$@" 2> >(awk '{if (length >= 200) { sub("^direnv: export.*","direnv: export "NF" environment variables")}}1')
+
+  #     # as suggested by user "radekh" above
+  #     wait
+
+  #     # as suggested by user "Ic-guy" below if you're using bash > v4.4
+  #     # throws error for me on zsh
+  #     # wait $!
+  #   }
+  # '';
   programs.direnv = {
     enable = true;
     enableZshIntegration = true;
     config = {
+      nix-direnv = true;
       global = {
         strict_env = true;
         load_dotenv = true;
diff --git a/users/josh/theme/gnome.nix b/users/josh/theme/gnome.nix
index 7ac7383..c693708 100644
--- a/users/josh/theme/gnome.nix
+++ b/users/josh/theme/gnome.nix
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
     settings = {
       "org/gnome/shell" = {
         favorite-apps = [
-          "vivaldi-stable.desktop"
+          # "vivaldi-stable.desktop"
           "org.wezfurlong.wezterm.desktop"
+          "firefox.desktop"
           "org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop"
         ];
         enabled-extensions = with pkgs.gnomeExtensions; [