diff --git a/common/nvim/init.lua b/common/nvim/init.lua
index 42a0bf2..5d06515 100644
--- a/common/nvim/init.lua
+++ b/common/nvim/init.lua
@@ -713,6 +713,10 @@ require("lazy").setup({
 
 	{ "kenn7/vim-arsync", requires = { "prabirshrestha/async.vim" } },
 
+	{
+		"nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons",
+	},
+
 	{ -- Collection of various small independent plugins/modules
 		"echasnovski/mini.nvim",
 		config = function()
diff --git a/common/nvim/nvim.nix b/common/nvim/nvim.nix
index 6fdd8ac..8c70340 100644
--- a/common/nvim/nvim.nix
+++ b/common/nvim/nvim.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,31 @@
 { pkgs, lib, ... }:
-
 {
-  home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    # needed for the nvim config, neovim itself is a system package already
-    ripgrep
+  programs.neovim =
+    {
+      enable = true;
+      extraPackages = with pkgs; [
+        ripgrep
+        luarocks
+        gnumake
+        rustc
+        (python3.withPackages (python-pkgs: [
+          python-pkgs.pip
+        ]))
+        wget
+        julia
+        gopls
+        nixpkgs-fmt
+        lua51Packages.lua
+        tree-sitter
+        php83Packages.composer
+        php83
+        temurin-jre-bin
+        fd
+      ];
+      defaultEditor = true;
+      viAlias = true;
+      vimAlias = true;
 
-    # TODO: find how I can make this build dependencies only
-    gnumake
-    rustc
-    python3
-  ];
-  programs.neovim = {
-    enable = true;
-    defaultEditor = true;
-    viAlias = true;
-    vimAlias = true;
-
-    extraLuaConfig = lib.fileContents ./init.lua;
-  };
+      extraLuaConfig = lib.fileContents ./init.lua;
+    };
 }