diff --git a/chrootInstall.sh b/chrootInstall.sh
index c0e74c7..faf152f 100755
--- a/chrootInstall.sh
+++ b/chrootInstall.sh
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ chmod 755 /home/"$username"/{.config,.local/share}
 
 ## KDE Plasma
 if [ "$formfactor" == 1 ] || [ "$formfactor" == 2 ] || [ "$formfactor" == 3 ]; then
-    pacman -S plasma-desktop plasma-wayland-session plasma-wayland-protocols kscreen kwallet-pam kdeplasma-addons spectacle gwenview plasma-nm plasma-pa breeze-gtk kde-gtk-config kio-extras khotkeys kwalletmanager yakuake ark kate bluedevil dolphin qt5-imageformats pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-jack pipewire-alsa wireplumber wayland-protocols polkit micro bluez-openrc --needed --noconfirm
+    pacman -S plasma-desktop plasma-wayland-session plasma-wayland-protocols kscreen kwallet-pam kdeplasma-addons spectacle gwenview plasma-nm plasma-pa breeze-gtk kde-gtk-config kio-extras khotkeys kwalletmanager yakuake ark kate bluedevil dolphin qt5-imageformats pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-jack pipewire-alsa wireplumber wayland-protocols polkit bluez-openrc --needed --noconfirm
     curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/config-files/pam-login -o /etc/pam.d/login
     mkdir -p /home/"$username"/.local/share/konsole
     curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/config-files/konsole-profile -o /home/"$username"/.local/share/konsole/Custom.profile
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/progr
 curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/programs/pipewire-start/pipewire-start.sh -o /usr/local/bin/pipewire-start.sh
 echo -e \#\!/usr/bin/env bash"\nfstrim -Av &" > /etc/local.d/trim.start
 chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/powerset.sh /usr/local/bin/pipewire-start.sh /etc/local.d/trim.start
-chown -R root /usr/local/bin /etc/local.d
+chown -R root:root /usr/local/bin /etc/local.d
 
 # asus g14 2020 configuration
 if [ "$formfactor" == 1 ]; then
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ fi
 pacman -S openssh --needed --noconfirm
 mkdir /home/"$username"/.ssh
 touch /home/"$username"/.ssh/authorized_keys
-chown -R "$username" /home/"$username"/.ssh
+chown -R "$username":users /home/"$username"/.ssh
 chmod 600 /home/"$username"/.ssh/authorized_keys
 
 # misc configuration
@@ -205,14 +205,13 @@ else
     echo 'vm.swappiness=0' > /etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf
 fi
 echo -e ""$username"        soft    memlock        64\n"$username"        hard    memlock        2097152\n"$username"        hard    nofile        524288\n# End of file" > /etc/security/limits.conf  # increase memlock and add support for esync
-mkdir -p /home/"$username"/.gnupg /home/"$username"/.config/micro
 echo 'pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-tty' > /home/"$username"/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf  # forces gpg prompts to use terminal input
 curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/config-files/gai.conf -o /etc/gai.conf  # configure gai to prefer IPv6
 echo 'vm.max_map_count=2147483642' > /etc/sysctl.d/90-override.conf  # increase max virtual memory maps (helps with some Wine games)
-curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/config-files/micro-settings.json -o /home/"$username"/.config/micro/settings.json  # set micro to use spaces in place of tabs
-chmod 755 /home/"$username"/.config /home/"$username"/.config/micro /home/"$username"/.config/micro/settings.json
-chown "$username":users /home/"$username"/.config /home/"$username"/.config/micro /home/"$username"/.config/micro/settings.json
-pacman -S neofetch htop --needed --noconfirm
+pacman -S neofetch htop vim --needed --noconfirm
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/config-files/vimrc -o /home/"$username"/.vimrc
+chown "$username":users /home/"$username"/.vimrc
+chmod 644 /home/"$username"/.vimrc
 
 # finishing up + cleaning
 rm -rf /chrootInstall.sh /tempfiles
diff --git a/config-files/vimrc b/config-files/vimrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bae45d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config-files/vimrc
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+" ensure correct basic settings
+set nocompatible
+set fileencoding=utf-8
+
+" show line numbers
+set number
+
+" expand all tabs and indents to 4 spaces
+set tabstop=4
+set shiftwidth=4
+set expandtab
+
+" enable visually indented text wrapping
+set wrap
+set breakindent
+set showbreak=→
+
+" do not auto-break lines unless they are 1000+ characters long
+set textwidth=1000
+
+" do not create automatic backups of any sort
+set nobackup
+set nowritebackup
+
+" default to case insensitive search unless a capital is typed
+set ignorecase
+set smartcase
+
+" tell vim to remember certain things when exited
+"  '10  :  marks will be remembered for up to 10 previously edited files
+"  "100 :  will save up to 100 lines for each register
+"  :20  :  up to 20 lines of command-line history will be remembered
+"  %    :  saves and restores the buffer list
+"  n... :  where to save the viminfo files
+set viminfo='10,\"100,:20,%,n~/.viminfo
+
+" restores cursor position in recently opened files
+function! ResCur()
+  if line("'\"") <= line("$")
+    normal! g`"
+    return 1
+  endif
+endfunction
+
+augroup resCur
+  autocmd!
+  autocmd BufWinEnter * call ResCur()
+augroup END