diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1819c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+;;; init.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+;;
+;; Author:  Henrik Lissner <henrik@lissner.net>
+;; URL:     https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs
+;;
+;;   =================     ===============     ===============   ========  ========
+;;   \\ . . . . . . .\\   //. . . . . . .\\   //. . . . . . .\\  \\. . .\\// . . //
+;;   ||. . ._____. . .|| ||. . ._____. . .|| ||. . ._____. . .|| || . . .\/ . . .||
+;;   || . .||   ||. . || || . .||   ||. . || || . .||   ||. . || ||. . . . . . . ||
+;;   ||. . ||   || . .|| ||. . ||   || . .|| ||. . ||   || . .|| || . | . . . . .||
+;;   || . .||   ||. _-|| ||-_ .||   ||. . || || . .||   ||. _-|| ||-_.|\ . . . . ||
+;;   ||. . ||   ||-'  || ||  `-||   || . .|| ||. . ||   ||-'  || ||  `|\_ . .|. .||
+;;   || . _||   ||    || ||    ||   ||_ . || || . _||   ||    || ||   |\ `-_/| . ||
+;;   ||_-' ||  .|/    || ||    \|.  || `-_|| ||_-' ||  .|/    || ||   | \  / |-_.||
+;;   ||    ||_-'      || ||      `-_||    || ||    ||_-'      || ||   | \  / |  `||
+;;   ||    `'         || ||         `'    || ||    `'         || ||   | \  / |   ||
+;;   ||            .===' `===.         .==='.`===.         .===' /==. |  \/  |   ||
+;;   ||         .=='   \_|-_ `===. .==='   _|_   `===. .===' _-|/   `==  \/  |   ||
+;;   ||      .=='    _-'    `-_  `='    _-'   `-_    `='  _-'   `-_  /|  \/  |   ||
+;;   ||   .=='    _-'          '-__\._-'         '-_./__-'         `' |. /|  |   ||
+;;   ||.=='    _-'                                                     `' |  /==.||
+;;   =='    _-'                                                            \/   `==
+;;   \   _-'                                                                `-_   /
+;;    `''                                                                      ``'
+;;
+;; These demons are not part of GNU Emacs.
+;;
+;;; License: MIT
+
+;; In the strange case that early-init.el wasn't loaded (e.g. you're using
+;; Chemacs 1? Or you're loading this file directly?), we do it explicitly:
+(unless (boundp 'doom-version)
+  (load (concat (file-name-directory load-file-name) "early-init")
+        nil t))
+
+;; And let 'er rip!
+(doom-initialize)
+
+;; SET FONT SIZE
+(set-face-attribute 'default' nil :height 140)
diff --git a/scripts/setup-laptop.sh b/scripts/setup-laptop.sh
index 3ed014c..0632592 100644
--- a/scripts/setup-laptop.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-laptop.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,15 @@ sh update-pacman-mirrors.sh
 sh vim-setup.sh
 sh git-setup.sh
 
+# install python as a dependency for kitty
+sudo pacman -S python --noconfirm
+
 # install kitty, i3-gaps, picom, polybar and nitrogen
 sudo pacman -S kitty i3-gaps picom polybar nitrogen --noconfirm
 
+# full system upgrade
+sudo pacman -Syu
+
 mkdir ~/.config/kitty ~/.config/i3 ~/.config/picom ~/.config/polybar
 
 cp ../.config/kitty/kitty.conf ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf
diff --git a/scripts/vim-setup.sh b/scripts/vim-setup.sh
index 9f2c55e..d742fc5 100755
--- a/scripts/vim-setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/vim-setup.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# install curl, vim and nodejs 
-sudo pacman -S vim nodejs --noconfirm
+# install vim, nodejs and npm (dependencies for coc.nvim)
+sudo pacman -S vim nodejs npm--noconfirm
 
 # setup vim-plug
 curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \