diff --git a/archlabs-installer b/archlabs-installer
index a64b791..cbd1c1e 100755
--- a/archlabs-installer
+++ b/archlabs-installer
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # will result in "My Distro Linux" used where needed
 : ${DIST="ArchLabs"}
 
-VER="2.0.65"     # installer version
+VER="2.0.66"     # installer version
 MNT="/mnt"       # install mountpoint
 ANS="/tmp/ans"   # dialog answer file
 
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ BOOTDIR='boot'
 # these values will be selected during the install, it is not recommended
 # to edit them here unless you know what you're doing.
 
-UCODE=''          # cpu microcode (if any), can be: amd-ucode, intel-ucode
-KERNEL=''         # linux kernel, can be: linux, linux-lts, linux-zen, or linux-hardened
-MYSHELL=''        # full path for the shell, eg. /usr/bin/zsh
-
 SWAP_PART=''      # swap partition or file path
 SWAP_SIZE=''      # swap size, only used when creating a swapfile
 
@@ -64,6 +60,7 @@ HOOKS="shutdown"  # list of additional HOOKS to add in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
 LOGIN_TYPE=''     # login manager can be: lightdm, xinit, ly
 LOGIN_WM=''       # default login session to be placed in ~/.xinitrc
 LOGINRC=''        # login shell rc file, eg. .zprofile, .bash_profile, .profile
+AUTOLOGIN=''      # enable autologin for xinit
 
 INSTALL_WMS=''    # space separated list of chosen wm/de
 
@@ -75,6 +72,10 @@ NEWUSER=''        # username for the new user
 USER_PASS=''      # new user's password
 ROOT_PASS=''      # root password
 
+KERNEL=''         # linux kernel, can be: linux, linux-lts, linux-zen, or linux-hardened
+MYSHELL=''        # full path for the shell, eg. /usr/bin/zsh
+UCODE=''          # cpu microcode (if any), can be: amd-ucode, intel-ucode
+
 LUKS=''           # empty when not using encryption
 LUKS_DEV=''       # boot parameter string for LUKS
 LUKS_PART=''      # partition used for encryption
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@ VGROUP_MB=0       # available space in volume group
 
 WARN=''           # issued mounting/partitioning warning
 SEP_BOOT=''       # separate boot partition for BIOS
-AUTOLOGIN=''      # enable autologin for xinit
 CONFIG_DONE=''    # basic configuration is finished
 
 FORMATTED=''      # partitions we formatted and should allow skipping
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ SYS='Unknown'                         # bios type to be determined: UEFI/BIOS
 export DIALOGOPTS="--cr-wrap"         # see `man dialog`
 
 # baseline
-BASE_PKGS="base-devel xorg xorg-drivers sudo git gvfs gtk3 gtk-engines gtk-engine-murrine pavucontrol tumbler xdg-user-dirs "
-BASE_PKGS+="playerctl ffmpeg gstreamer libmad libmatroska gst-libav gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good scrot"
+BASE_PKGS="base-devel xorg xorg-drivers sudo git gvfs gtk3 pavucontrol tumbler xdg-user-dirs playerctl "
+BASE_PKGS+="ffmpeg gstreamer libmad libmatroska gst-libav gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good scrot"
 
 # archlabs base
 AL_BASE_PKGS="archlabs-skel-base archlabs-fonts archlabs-themes archlabs-icons archlabs-wallpapers archlabs-scripts"
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ declare -A PKG_EXT=(
 [mpd]='mpc'
 [mupdf]='mupdf-tools'
 [qt5ct]='qt5-styleplugins'
+[rxvt-unicode]='urxvt-pearls'
 [vlc]='qt5ct qt5-styleplugins'
 [zathura]='zathura-pdf-poppler'
 [noto-fonts]='noto-fonts-emoji'
@@ -712,24 +713,13 @@ part_menu()
 
 	while :; do
 		choice=""
-		if [[ $DISPLAY && $TERM != 'linux' ]] && hash gparted >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-			dlg choice menu "Edit Partitions" "$_part" \
-				"auto"    "Whole device automatic partitioning" \
-				"shrink"  "Shrink an existing ext2/3/4 or ntfs partition to make room for a new partition" \
-				"gparted" "GUI front end to parted" \
-				"cfdisk"  "Curses based variant of fdisk" \
-				"parted"  "GNU partition editor" \
-				"fdisk"   "Dialog-driven creation and manipulation of partitions" \
-				"done"    "Return to the main menu" || return 0
-		else
-			dlg choice menu "Edit Partitions" "$_part" \
-				"auto"   "Whole device automatic partitioning" \
-				"shrink" "Shrink an existing ext2/3/4 or ntfs partition to make room for a new partition" \
-				"cfdisk" "Curses based variant of fdisk" \
-				"parted" "GNU partition editor" \
-				"fdisk"  "Dialog-driven creation and manipulation of partitions" \
-				"done"   "Return to the main menu" || return 0
-		fi
+		dlg choice menu "Edit Partitions" "$_part" \
+			"auto"   "Whole device automatic partitioning" \
+			"shrink" "Shrink an existing ext2/3/4 or ntfs partition to make room for a new partition" \
+			"cfdisk" "Curses based variant of fdisk" \
+			"parted" "GNU partition editor" \
+			"fdisk"  "Dialog-driven creation and manipulation of partitions" \
+			"done"   "Return to the main menu" || return 0
 
 		if [[ $choice == 'done' ]]; then
 			return 0
@@ -1017,7 +1007,6 @@ part_cryptlv()
 	if lsblk -lno TYPE "$part" | grep -q 'crypt'; then
 		LUKS='encrypted'
 		LUKS_NAME="${part#/dev/mapper/}"
-
 		for dev in $(awk '/lvm/ && /crypto_LUKS/ {print "/dev/mapper/"$1}' <<< "$devs" | uniq); do
 			if lsblk -lno NAME "$dev" | grep -q "$LUKS_NAME"; then
 				LUKS_DEV="$LUKS_DEV cryptdevice=$dev:$LUKS_NAME"
@@ -1025,7 +1014,6 @@ part_cryptlv()
 				break
 			fi
 		done
-
 		for dev in $(awk '/part/ && /crypto_LUKS/ {print "/dev/"$1}' <<< "$devs" | uniq); do
 			if lsblk -lno NAME "$dev" | grep -q "$LUKS_NAME"; then
 				LUKS_UUID="$(lsblk -lno UUID,TYPE,FSTYPE "$dev" | awk '/part/ && /crypto_LUKS/ {print $1}')"
@@ -1033,18 +1021,15 @@ part_cryptlv()
 				break
 			fi
 		done
-
 	elif lsblk -lno TYPE "$part" | grep -q 'lvm'; then
 		LVM='logical volume'
 		VNAME="${part#/dev/mapper/}"
-
 		for dev in $(awk '/crypt/ && /lvm2_member/ {print "/dev/mapper/"$1}' <<< "$devs" | uniq); do
 			if lsblk -lno NAME "$dev" | grep -q "$VNAME"; then
 				LUKS_NAME="${dev/\/dev\/mapper\//}"
 				break
 			fi
 		done
-
 		for dev in $(awk '/part/ && /crypto_LUKS/ {print "/dev/"$1}' <<< "$devs" | uniq); do
 			if lsblk -lno NAME "$dev" | grep -q "$LUKS_NAME"; then
 				LUKS_UUID="$(lsblk -lno UUID,TYPE,FSTYPE "$dev" | awk '/part/ && /crypto_LUKS/ {print $1}')"
@@ -1362,7 +1347,7 @@ install_main()
 			login      "${EDIT_FILES[login]}"
 
 		if [[ -z $choice || $choice == 'finished' ]]; then
-			[[ $DEBUG == true && -r $DBG ]] && vim $DBG
+			[[ $DEBUG == true && -r $DBG ]] && $EDITOR $DBG
 			clear && die 127
 		else
 			local exists=''
@@ -1370,7 +1355,7 @@ install_main()
 				[[ -e ${MNT}$f ]] && exists+=" ${MNT}$f"
 			done
 			if [[ $exists ]]; then
-				vim -O $exists
+				$EDITOR -O $exists
 			else
 				msg "File Missing" "\nThe file(s) selected do not exist:\n\n${EDIT_FILES[$choice]}\n"
 			fi
@@ -1484,15 +1469,12 @@ install_boot()
 	if [[ $SYS == 'UEFI' ]]; then
 		# some UEFI firmware requires a generic esp/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
 		mkdir -pv $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/BOOT
-		if [[ $BOOTLDR == 'grub' ]]; then
-			cp -fv $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/$DIST/grubx64.efi $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
-		elif [[ $BOOTLDR == 'syslinux' ]]; then
-			cp -rf $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/syslinux/* $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/BOOT/
-			cp -f $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/syslinux/syslinux.efi $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
-		elif [[ $BOOTLDR == 'refind-efi' ]]; then
-			sed -i '/#extra_kernel_version_strings/ c extra_kernel_version_strings linux-hardened,linux-zen,linux-lts,linux' $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/refind/refind.conf
-			cp -fv $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
-		fi
+		case "$BOOTLDR" in
+			grub) cp -fv $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/$DIST/grubx64.efi $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI ;;
+			syslinux) cp -rf $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/syslinux/* $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/BOOT/ && cp -f $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/syslinux/syslinux.efi $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI ;;
+			refind-efi) sed -i '/#extra_kernel_version_strings/ c extra_kernel_version_strings linux-hardened,linux-zen,linux-lts,linux' $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/refind/refind.conf
+				cp -fv $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi $MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI ;;
+		esac
 	fi
 
 	return 0
@@ -1519,13 +1501,6 @@ install_user()
 	chrun "chpasswd <<< '$NEWUSER:$USER_PASS'" 2>$ERR
 	errshow 1 "set $NEWUSER password"
 
-	# if neovim was picked copy vim configs to ~/.config/nvim
-	if [[ $USER_PKGS == *neovim* ]]; then
-		mkdir -p $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/.config/nvim
-		cp -fv $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/.vimrc $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/.config/nvim/init.vim
-		cp -rfv $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/.vim/colors $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/.config/nvim/colors
-	fi
-
 	[[ $INSTALL_WMS == *dwm* ]] && install_suckless
 	[[ $WM_PKGS == *xfce* ]] && echo 'volumeicon &' >> $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/.xprofile
 
@@ -1782,34 +1757,14 @@ prerun_syslinux()
 	local c="$MNT/boot/syslinux" s="/usr/lib/syslinux/bios" d=".."
 	[[ $SYS == 'UEFI' ]] && { c="$MNT/boot/EFI/syslinux"; s="/usr/lib/syslinux/efi64/"; d=''; }
 
-	mkdir -pv "$c" && cp -rfv $s/* "$c/" && cp -f "$RUN/syslinux/splash.png" "$c/"
+	mkdir -pv "$c" && cp -rfv $s/* "$c/"
 	cat > "$c/syslinux.cfg" <<- EOF
-	UI vesamenu.c32
+	UI menu.c32
+	PROMPT 0
 	MENU TITLE $DIST Boot Menu
-	MENU BACKGROUND splash.png
 	TIMEOUT 50
 	DEFAULT $DIST
 
-	# see: https://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Comboot/menu.c32
-	MENU WIDTH 78
-	MENU MARGIN 4
-	MENU ROWS 4
-	MENU VSHIFT 10
-	MENU TIMEOUTROW 13
-	MENU TABMSGROW 14
-	MENU CMDLINEROW 14
-	MENU HELPMSGROW 16
-	MENU HELPMSGENDROW 29
-	MENU COLOR border       30;44   #40ffffff #a0000000 std
-	MENU COLOR title        1;36;44 #9033ccff #a0000000 std
-	MENU COLOR sel          7;37;40 #e0ffffff #20ffffff all
-	MENU COLOR unsel        37;44   #50ffffff #a0000000 std
-	MENU COLOR help         37;40   #c0ffffff #a0000000 std
-	MENU COLOR timeout_msg  37;40   #80ffffff #00000000 std
-	MENU COLOR timeout      1;37;40 #c0ffffff #00000000 std
-	MENU COLOR msg07        37;40   #90ffffff #a0000000 std
-	MENU COLOR tabmsg       31;40   #30ffffff #00000000 std
-
 	LABEL $DIST
 	MENU LABEL $DIST Linux
 	LINUX $d/vmlinuz-$KERNEL