diff --git a/home/neovim.nix b/home/neovim.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..728e43a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/neovim.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+pkgs: {
+  enable = true;
+  extraConfig = ''
+    set tabstop=4
+    set softtabstop=4 " enables backspacing, etc
+    set shiftwidth=4
+    set expandtab
+    set tw=80
+
+    set bs=2		" allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
+    set ai			" always set autoindenting on
+
+    set number relativenumber
+    set colorcolumn=100
+
+    let g:pymode_options_max_line_length=95
+
+    let mapleader = ','
+    map <leader>n :lnext<CR>
+    map <leader>p :lprev<CR>
+  '';
+  plugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; [
+    #context-vim
+    #ctrlp
+    #fzf
+    #gundo
+    python-mode
+    #telescope-nvim
+    #telescope-fzf-native-nvim
+    #nvim-treesitter
+    vim-nix
+  ];
+  vimAlias = true;
+}
diff --git a/machines/buck/configuration.nix b/machines/buck/configuration.nix
index b83649f..1a7f9bc 100644
--- a/machines/buck/configuration.nix
+++ b/machines/buck/configuration.nix
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
   # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
   users.users.jacob = {
     isNormalUser = true;
-    extraGroups = ["wheel"]; # Enable ‘sudo’ for the user.
+    extraGroups = [ "video" "wheel" ]; # Enable ‘sudo’ for the user.
     shell = pkgs.zsh;
   };
 
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@
 
     syncthing = import ./syncthing.nix;
 
+    udev.extraRules = ''
+    ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="backlight", KERNEL=="intel_backlight", MODE="0666", RUN+="${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chmod a+w /sys/class/backlight/%k/brightness"
+  '';
+
     # Enable the X11 windowing system. services.xserver.enable = true;
     xserver = {
       enable = true;