diff --git a/archlabs-installer b/archlabs-installer
index 739b424..594d9f7 100755
--- a/archlabs-installer
+++ b/archlabs-installer
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086,SC2046,SC2254
 
-VER=2.1.41
+VER=2.1.42
 
 # default values {
 
@@ -461,15 +461,15 @@ select_login()
 	AUTOLOGIN=''
 
 	dlg LOGIN_TYPE menu "Login" "\nSelect what kind of login management to use." \
-		"xinit"   "Console login without a display manager" \
-		"ly"      "TUI display manager with a ncurses-like interface" \
-		"lightdm" "Lightweight display manager with a gtk greeter" \
-		"gdm"     "Gnome display manager" \
-		"sddm"    "Simple desktop display manager" || return 1
+		"xinit"   "Console login with no graphical display manager" \
+		"lightdm" "Lightweight display manager (deepin and xfce default)" \
+		"gdm"     "Gnome display manager (gnome default, go figure)" \
+		"sddm"    "Simple desktop display manager (plasma default)" || return 1
 
 	case $LOGIN_TYPE in
-		gdm|sddm) EDIT_FILES[login]="" ;;
-		ly) EDIT_FILES[login]="/etc/ly/config.ini" ;;
+		gdm|sddm)
+			EDIT_FILES[login]=""
+			;;
 		lightdm)
 			LIGHTDM_GREETER='gtk-greeter'
 			EDIT_FILES[login]="/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf"
@@ -495,14 +495,21 @@ select_config()
 
 	until [[ $CONFIG_DONE ]]; do
 		case $i in
-			0) dlg NEWSHELL menu "Shell" "\nChoose which shell to use." \
+			0)
+				dlg NEWSHELL menu "Shell" "\nChoose which shell to use." \
 					zsh  'A very advanced and programmable command interpreter (shell) for UNIX' \
 					bash 'The GNU Bourne Again shell, standard in many GNU/Linux distributions' \
 					mksh 'The MirBSD Korn Shell - an enhanced version of the public domain ksh' || return 1
+
 				;;
-			1) dlg NEWHOST input "Hostname" "$_hostname" "${DIST,,}" limit || { i=0; continue; } ;;
-			2) dlg LOCALE menu "Locale" "$_locale" $LOCALES || { i=1; continue; } ;;
-			3) ZONE='' SUBZ=''
+			1)
+				dlg NEWHOST input "Hostname" "$_hostname" "${DIST,,}" limit || { i=0; continue; }
+				;;
+			2)
+				dlg LOCALE menu "Locale" "$_locale" $LOCALES || { i=1; continue; }
+				;;
+			3)
+				ZONE='' SUBZ=''
 				until [[ $ZONE && $SUBZ ]]; do
 					dlg ZONE menu "Timezone" "$_timez" \
 						America - \
@@ -521,12 +528,15 @@ select_config()
 						print $3 " - "
 					}' /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab | sort) || continue
 				done
-				[[ $ZONE && $SUBZ ]] || { i=2; continue; } ;;
-			4) dlg KERNEL menu "Kernel" "\nChoose which kernel to use." \
+				[[ $ZONE && $SUBZ ]] || { i=2; continue; }
+				;;
+			4)
+				dlg KERNEL menu "Kernel" "\nChoose which kernel to use." \
 					linux          'Vanilla linux kernel and modules, with a few patches applied' \
 					linux-lts      'Long-term support (LTS) linux kernel and modules' \
 					linux-zen      'A effort of kernel hackers to provide the best kernel for everyday systems' \
 					linux-hardened 'A security-focused linux kernel with hardening patches to mitigate exploits' || { i=3; continue; }
+
 				CONFIG_DONE=true
 				;;
 		esac
@@ -535,7 +545,7 @@ select_config()
 
 	case $NEWSHELL in
 		bash) LOGINRC='.bash_profile' ;;
-		zsh) LOGINRC='.zprofile' ;;
+		zsh)  LOGINRC='.zprofile' ;;
 		mksh) LOGINRC='.profile' ;;
 	esac
 
@@ -941,9 +951,15 @@ part_find()
 	PART_COUNT=$(wc -l <<< "$PARTS")
 
 	case "$regexp" in
-		'part|lvm|crypt') [[ $PART_COUNT -lt 1 || ($SYS == 'UEFI' && $PART_COUNT -lt 2) ]] && err="$_errpart" ;;
-		'part|crypt') (( PART_COUNT < 1 )) && err="$_lvmerr" ;;
-		'part|lvm') (( PART_COUNT < 2 )) && err="$_lukserr" ;;
+		'part|lvm|crypt')
+			[[ $PART_COUNT -lt 1 || ($SYS == 'UEFI' && $PART_COUNT -lt 2) ]] && err="$_errpart"
+			;;
+		'part|crypt')
+			(( PART_COUNT < 1 )) && err="$_lvmerr"
+			;;
+		'part|lvm')
+			(( PART_COUNT < 2 )) && err="$_lukserr"
+			;;
 	esac
 
 	if [[ $err ]]; then
@@ -1707,11 +1723,18 @@ install_bootldr()
 		# some UEFI firmware requires a generic esp/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
 		mkdir -pv "$MNT/boot/EFI/BOOT"
 		case "$BOOTLDR" in
-			grub) cp -fv "$MNT/boot/EFI/$DIST/grubx64.efi" "$MNT/boot/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI" ;;
-			syslinux) cp -rf "$MNT/boot/EFI/syslinux/"* "$MNT/boot/EFI/BOOT/" && cp -f "$MNT/boot/EFI/syslinux/syslinux.efi" "$MNT/boot/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI" ;;
+			grub)
+				cp -fv "$MNT/boot/EFI/$DIST/grubx64.efi" "$MNT/boot/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI"
+				;;
+			syslinux)
+				cp -rf "$MNT/boot/EFI/syslinux/"* "$MNT/boot/EFI/BOOT/"
+				cp -f "$MNT/boot/EFI/syslinux/syslinux.efi" "$MNT/boot/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI"
+				;;
 			refind-efi)
-				sed -i '/#extra_kernel_version_strings/ c extra_kernel_version_strings linux-hardened,linux-zen,linux-lts,linux' "$MNT/boot/EFI/refind/refind.conf"
-				cp -fv "$MNT/boot/EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi" "$MNT/boot/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI" ;;
+				k="linux-hardened,linux-zen,linux-lts,linux"
+				sed -i "/#extra_kernel_version_strings/ c extra_kernel_version_strings $k" "$MNT/boot/EFI/refind/refind.conf"
+				cp -fv "$MNT/boot/EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi" "$MNT/boot/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI"
+				;;
 		esac
 	fi
 
@@ -1786,8 +1809,12 @@ install_packages()
 
 	if [[ $VM == 'oracle' ]]; then
 		case "$KERNEL" in
-			linux) chrun "pacman -S virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-modules-arch --needed --noconfirm" ;;
-			*) chrun "pacman -S ${KERNEL}-headers virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-modules-dkms --needed --noconfirm" ;;
+			linux)
+				chrun "pacman -S virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-modules-arch --needed --noconfirm"
+				;;
+			*)
+				chrun "pacman -S ${KERNEL}-headers virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-modules-dkms --needed --noconfirm"
+				;;
 		esac
 	fi
 
@@ -1998,11 +2025,6 @@ install_background()
 # these are called based on which DM is chosen after it is installed
 # additional config can be handled here, for now only lightdm and xinit.
 
-config_ly()
-{
-	: #TODO
-}
-
 config_gdm()
 {
 	: #TODO
@@ -2494,9 +2516,9 @@ luks_menu()
 		"Back"       "Return to the main menu"
 
 	case "$choice" in
-		"$_luksnew") luks_basic || return 1 ;;
-		"$_luksopen") luks_open || return 1 ;;
-		"$_luksadv") luks_advanced || return 1 ;;
+		"$_luksnew")  luks_basic    || return 1 ;;
+		"$_luksopen") luks_open     || return 1 ;;
+		"$_luksadv")  luks_advanced || return 1 ;;
 	esac
 
 	return 0
@@ -2717,9 +2739,16 @@ live()
 	pacman -S ${BASE_PKGS[*]} xorg-xinit --needed --noconfirm || die 1
 	rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*
 	case "$ses" in
-		$WM_PKG_SES) pacman -S "$ses" ${WM_PKGS[*]} ${WM_EXT[$ses]} --needed --noconfirm || die 1 ;;
-		$SELF_CONTAINED) pacman -S "$ses" ${WM_EXT[$ses]} --needed --noconfirm || die 1 ;;
-		dwm) { pacman -S git --needed --noconfirm || die 1; }; install_suckless "/root" nochroot ;;
+		$WM_PKG_SES)
+			pacman -S "$ses" ${WM_PKGS[*]} ${WM_EXT[$ses]} --needed --noconfirm || die 1
+			;;
+		$SELF_CONTAINED)
+			pacman -S "$ses" ${WM_EXT[$ses]} --needed --noconfirm || die 1
+			;;
+		dwm)
+			pacman -S git --needed --noconfirm || die 1
+			install_suckless "/root" nochroot
+			;;
 	esac
 	rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*
 	[[ $VM == 'oracle' ]] && pacman -S virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-modules-arch --needed --noconfirm
@@ -2728,8 +2757,12 @@ live()
 	cp -rfT /etc/skel /root
 	install_tearfree "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
 	case "$ses" in
-		$SELF_CONTAINED) sed -i '/super/d; /nitrogen/d; /picom/d' /root/.xprofile ;;
-		dwm) sed -i '/super/d; /picom/d' /root/.xprofile ;;
+		$SELF_CONTAINED)
+			sed -i '/super/d; /nitrogen/d; /picom/d' /root/.xprofile
+			;;
+		dwm)
+			sed -i '/super/d; /picom/d' /root/.xprofile
+			;;
 	esac
 	rm -f /root/.zlogin
 	echo -e "pulseaudio &\n(sleep 1; pamixer --unmute --set-volume 50) &" >> /root/.xprofile