diff --git a/profiles/base/packages.nix b/profiles/base/packages.nix
index a5d398e..be83975 100644
--- a/profiles/base/packages.nix
+++ b/profiles/base/packages.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ with pkgs; [
   openssh
   postgresql_17
   prettier
-  python313
+  python312
   ripgrep
   sqlite
   tree
diff --git a/profiles/nixos/default.nix b/profiles/nixos/default.nix
index e4dc164..9af5a5f 100644
--- a/profiles/nixos/default.nix
+++ b/profiles/nixos/default.nix
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ in {
         ../base/home-manager
       ];
       home = {
+        packages = pkgs.callPackage ../base/packages.nix {} ++ pkgs.callPackage ./packages.nix {};
         stateVersion = "25.11";
       };
     };
diff --git a/profiles/nixos/packages.nix b/profiles/nixos/packages.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09df2e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/nixos/packages.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{pkgs}:
+with pkgs; [
+  nix-ld
+  ncurses
+  automake
+  gnumake
+  gcc
+]