diff --git a/dot_config/flake/home/helide/default.nix b/dot_config/flake/home/helide/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9aa23d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dot_config/flake/home/helide/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+{...}: {
+  xdg.configFile."helide/yazi.toml" = {
+    text = ''
+      [manager]
+      ratio = [0, 4, 0]
+
+      [opener]
+      edit = [
+        { run = '~/.config/helide/,yazi_opener.sh "$1"', desc = "Open File in helix" }
+      ]
+    '';
+  };
+
+  xdg.configFile."helide/,yazi_opener.sh" = {
+    text = ''
+      #!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+      # Move focus to the next pane
+      zellij action focus-next-pane
+
+      # Get the running command in the current pane
+      RUNNING_COMMAND=$(zellij action list-clients | awk 'NR==2 {print $3}')
+
+      # Check if the command running in the current pane is helix (hx)
+      if echo "$RUNNING_COMMAND" | grep -q "hx$"; then
+          # The current pane is running helix, use zellij actions to open the file
+          zellij action write 27
+          zellij action write-chars ":open $1"
+          zellij action write 13
+      else
+          # The current pane is not running helix, so open helix in a new pane
+          zellij action new-pane
+          sleep 0.3
+          zellij action write-chars "hx $1"
+          zellij action write 13
+
+          # warning from before I got it working
+          # zellij action new-pane --name "WARNING" -- "echo" "please open helix in a pane right next to the sidebar (to the right of it) using 'hx path_to_file'"
+      fi
+    '';
+    executable = true;
+  };
+
+  xdg.configFile."helide/zellij_layout" = {
+    text = ''
+      layout {
+      	default_tab_template {
+              pane size=1 borderless=true {
+                  plugin location="zellij:tab-bar"
+              }
+              children
+              pane size=2 borderless=true {
+                  plugin location="zellij:status-bar"
+              }
+          }
+
+      	tab name="IDE" {
+      		pane split_direction="vertical" {
+      			pane name="sidebar" {
+              command "env"
+              args "YAZI_CONFIG_HOME=~/.config/helide" "yazi"
+              size "20%"
+            }
+      			pane command="hx"
+      		}
+      	}
+
+      	tab name="shell"
+      }
+    '';
+  };
+
+  home.shellAliases ={
+    helide = "zellij -l ~/.config/helide/zellij_layout";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/dot_config/flake/machines/wash/configuration.nix b/dot_config/flake/machines/wash/configuration.nix
index a2c7c57..fdc25ae 100644
--- a/dot_config/flake/machines/wash/configuration.nix
+++ b/dot_config/flake/machines/wash/configuration.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   # Nix options
   nix.optimise.automatic = true;
   nix.settings.experimental-features = ["nix-command" "flakes"];
-  nix.trustedUsers = ["tyler" "@wheel"];
+  nix.settings.trusted-users = ["tyler" "@wheel"];
 
   networking.hostName = "wash"; # Define your hostname.
   # networking.wireless.enable = true;  # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
diff --git a/dot_config/flake/machines/wash/home.nix b/dot_config/flake/machines/wash/home.nix
index 7636f0b..f84f4e7 100644
--- a/dot_config/flake/machines/wash/home.nix
+++ b/dot_config/flake/machines/wash/home.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
     ../../home/home-backup.nix
     ../../home/gui.nix
+
+    ../../home/helide
   ];
 
   home = {
diff --git a/dot_config/yazi/empty_yazi.toml b/dot_config/yazi/empty_yazi.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 01e4961..0000000
--- a/dot_config/yazi/empty_yazi.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[manager]
-ratio = [0, 4, 0]
diff --git a/dot_config/zellij/layouts/default.kdl b/dot_config/zellij/layouts/default.kdl
deleted file mode 100644
index 048d126..0000000
--- a/dot_config/zellij/layouts/default.kdl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-layout {
-	default_tab_template {
-        pane size=1 borderless=true {
-            plugin location="zellij:tab-bar"
-        }
-        children
-        pane size=2 borderless=true {
-            plugin location="zellij:status-bar"
-        }
-    }
-
-	tab name="IDE" {
-		pane split_direction="vertical" {
-			pane command="yazi" size="20%"
-			pane command="hx"
-		}
-	}
-
-	tab name="shell"
-}