diff --git a/hosts/nixvm/configuration.nix b/hosts/nixvm/configuration.nix
index 09ffaba..9581c7d 100644
--- a/hosts/nixvm/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/nixvm/configuration.nix
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
   # services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;
 
   # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
+  programs.zsh.enable = true; # home-manager already installs this but nixos complains w/o it 
   users.users.xory = {
     isNormalUser = true;
     description = "xory";