diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 92b311a..de5f040 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -113,3 +113,6 @@
 [submodule "editors/nvim/site/pack/qol/start/vim-fugitive"]
 	path = editors/nvim/site/pack/qol/start/vim-fugitive
 	url = https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive.git
+[submodule "editors/nvim/site/pack/qol/start/vim-startuptime"]
+	path = editors/nvim/site/pack/qol/start/vim-startuptime
+	url = https://github.com/dstein64/vim-startuptime.git
diff --git a/editors/nvim/config/init.lua b/editors/nvim/config/init.lua
index 6416005..a4ad24a 100644
--- a/editors/nvim/config/init.lua
+++ b/editors/nvim/config/init.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require('keymap')
 require('plugins')
 require('calcurse')
+require('i3conf')
 
 -- prevent cursor override
 vim.cmd('set guicursor=')
diff --git a/editors/nvim/config/lua/i3conf.lua b/editors/nvim/config/lua/i3conf.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd69d68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/nvim/config/lua/i3conf.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+-- recognize i3 config from dotfiles
+--
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({"BufRead","BufNewFile"}, {
+    pattern = {"*/i3/*.conf"},
+    command = "set filetype=i3config",
+})
diff --git a/editors/nvim/config/spell/en.utf-8.add b/editors/nvim/config/spell/en.utf-8.add
index 1e36f18..dac80cf 100644
--- a/editors/nvim/config/spell/en.utf-8.add
+++ b/editors/nvim/config/spell/en.utf-8.add
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 L2
 L3
+Pset
+Kalynn
+Appt
diff --git a/editors/nvim/config/spell/en.utf-8.add.spl b/editors/nvim/config/spell/en.utf-8.add.spl
index 0bb70cc..7ea7764 100644
Binary files a/editors/nvim/config/spell/en.utf-8.add.spl and b/editors/nvim/config/spell/en.utf-8.add.spl differ
diff --git a/editors/nvim/site/pack/qol/start/vim-startuptime b/editors/nvim/site/pack/qol/start/vim-startuptime
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..6580cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/nvim/site/pack/qol/start/vim-startuptime
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6580cf539c33a212f4f5542068a3b4dd2b3ad834
diff --git a/gui/i3/base.conf b/gui/i3/base.conf
index 6aefc5f..5ccbae7 100644
--- a/gui/i3/base.conf
+++ b/gui/i3/base.conf
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ exec --no-startup-id i3-msg "workspace 2; exec brave"
 
 # Use pactl to adjust volume in PulseAudio.
 set $refresh_i3status killall -SIGUSR1 i3status
-bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +10% && $refresh_i3status
-bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -10% && $refresh_i3status
+bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +5% && $refresh_i3status
+bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -5% && $refresh_i3status
 bindsym XF86AudioMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle && $refresh_i3status
 bindsym XF86AudioMicMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle && $refresh_i3status
 bindsym XF86AudioPlay exec --no-startup-id playerctl play-pause
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ for_window [instance="spotify"] move window to scratchpad
 for_window [instance="wiki"] move window to scratchpad
 for_window [instance="scratch"] move window to scratchpad
 # bindings
-bindsym $mod+s exec i3-scratchpad.sh todo st -n todo -e vim ~/vimwiki/todo/index.md
+bindsym $mod+s exec i3-scratchpad.sh todo st -n todo -e nvim ~/vimwiki/todo/index.md
 bindsym $mod+c exec i3-scratchpad.sh cal st -n cal -e calcurse
 bindsym $mod+m exec i3-scratchpad.sh spotify spotify
-bindsym $mod+w exec i3-scratchpad.sh wiki st -n wiki -e vim ~/vimwiki/index.md
+bindsym $mod+w exec i3-scratchpad.sh wiki st -n wiki -e nvim ~/vimwiki/index.md
 
 # change focus
 bindsym $mod+h focus left