diff --git a/boxes/mlg/default.nix b/boxes/mlg/default.nix
index 2a7c461..9a894ec 100644
--- a/boxes/mlg/default.nix
+++ b/boxes/mlg/default.nix
@@ -49,5 +49,7 @@
   services.avahi.nssmdns = true; # enables the mDNS NSS plug-in
   services.avahi.openFirewall = true; # opens the firewall for UDP port 5353
 
+  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
   networking.hostName = "mlg";
+
 }
diff --git a/builds/utils/sh/disp b/builds/utils/sh/disp
index 32411e0..64ff359 100755
--- a/builds/utils/sh/disp
+++ b/builds/utils/sh/disp
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ case "$(hostname)" in
 		bspc monitor VGA-1 -d 1 3 5 7 9
 		bspc monitor HDMI-1 -d 2 4 6 8 0
 		;;
+	"mlg")
+		# holdover configuration for the time being
+		xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0
+		xrandr --output DP-1 --primary
+		bspc monitor DP-1 -d 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
+		;;
 	"x230t")
 		echo "x230t"
 		case "$1" in
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index d53acea..2197afe 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
       },
       "locked": {
         "dir": "pkgs/firefox-addons",
-        "lastModified": 1705709716,
-        "narHash": "sha256-YJdWSN3ra0FsAQT5PXe7uXxMeAXxTR+SY/wVOO1c6Bs=",
+        "lastModified": 1706081037,
+        "narHash": "sha256-R2dkUMLZa6qvRl4mXOG7bLHaGvoOYf5vIXWeyRDqML0=",
         "owner": "rycee",
         "repo": "nur-expressions",
-        "rev": "d7ad3362283fced58410547650be31e37f9d0f41",
+        "rev": "5f23ef51cad74dbf30633366e52eb895c9c633d1",
         "type": "gitlab"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1705641746,
-        "narHash": "sha256-D6c2aH8HQbWc7ZWSV0BUpFpd94ImFyCP8jFIsKQ4Slg=",
+        "lastModified": 1705916986,
+        "narHash": "sha256-iBpfltu6QvN4xMpen6jGGEb6jOqmmVQKUrXdOJ32u8w=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "d2003f2223cbb8cd95134e4a0541beea215c1073",
+        "rev": "d7f206b723e42edb09d9d753020a84b3061a79d8",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -209,12 +209,12 @@
       },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1,
-        "narHash": "sha256-iemuV19UU8TriqixcvwdRUTa8lIrxc3Krwt4bHpUUWE=",
-        "path": "/nix/store/26f187i54ky8clnmd0rbjvv8h3khgc5d-source/builds",
+        "narHash": "sha256-uu/yGM8VTaGEAqSPHm4gJusVaPFH0wcf8BFMXgFlUPE=",
+        "path": "/nix/store/hgkpghh249402niaihbsp9h3zdhiaivy-source/builds",
         "type": "path"
       },
       "original": {
-        "path": "/nix/store/26f187i54ky8clnmd0rbjvv8h3khgc5d-source/builds",
+        "path": "/nix/store/hgkpghh249402niaihbsp9h3zdhiaivy-source/builds",
         "type": "path"
       }
     },