diff --git a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el
index 2da7b7b..37a4b14 100644
--- a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el
+++ b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 ;; --------------------------------------
 
 (elpy-enable)
-(setq python-shell-interpreter "python"
+(setq python-shell-interpreter "python3"
       python-shell-interpreter-args "-i")
 
 ;; use flycheck not flymake with elpy
diff --git a/deployments/nixDeploy/nix.py b/deployments/nixDeploy/nix.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab351dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployments/nixDeploy/nix.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+import pdb
+
+reposToAdd = "ppa:nextcloud-devs/client"
+
+aptProgramsToAdd = [
+    "powershell",
+    "emacs",
+    "python3.7",
+    "firefox",
+    "dropbox",
+    "docker",
+    "nextcloud-client"
+] 
+snapProgramsToAdd = [
+    "slack",
+    "discord",
+]
+
+subprocess.run('sudo apt add-repo ' + reposToAdd)
+print("adding repos")
+
+subprocess.run('sudo apt update')
+print("updating apt")
+
+subprocess.run('sudo apt-get install ' + aptProgramsToAdd)
+print("installing apt packages")
+
+subprocess.run('sudo snap install ' + snapProgramsToAdd)
+print("installing snap packages")
+