diff --git a/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/config.nix b/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/config.nix
index 50972176..0ee23017 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/config.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/config.nix
@@ -14,9 +14,17 @@ in {
       startPlugins = ["nvim-notify"];
 
       pluginRC.nvim-notify = entryAnywhere ''
-        local notify = require("notify")
-        notify.setup(${toLuaObject cfg.setupOpts})
-        vim.notify = notify
+        require('notify').setup(${toLuaObject cfg.setupOpts})
+
+        -- required to fix offset_encoding errors
+        local notify = vim.notify
+        vim.notify = function(msg, ...)
+          if msg:match("warning: multiple different client offset_encodings") then
+            return
+          end
+
+          notify(msg, ...)
+        end
       '';
     };
   };
diff --git a/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/nvim-notify.nix b/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/nvim-notify.nix
index b09100da..f30d19cd 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/nvim-notify.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/nvim-notify.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ in {
       };
 
       stages = mkOption {
-        type = enum ["fade_in_slide_out" "fade" "slide" "static"];
+        type = enum ["fade_in_slide_out" "fade_in" "slide_out" "none"];
         default = "fade_in_slide_out";
         description = "The stages of the notification";
       };
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ in {
 
       background_colour = mkOption {
         type = str;
-        default = "NotifyBackground";
+        default = "#000000";
         description = "The background colour of the notification";
       };
 
diff --git a/modules/plugins/utility/preview/markdown-preview/config.nix b/modules/plugins/utility/preview/markdown-preview/config.nix
index 50fec81a..8349d3fc 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/utility/preview/markdown-preview/config.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/utility/preview/markdown-preview/config.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   lib,
   ...
 }: let
+  inherit (lib.strings) concatMapStringsSep;
   inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
-
   cfg = config.vim.utility.preview.markdownPreview;
 in {
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ in {
       mkdp_auto_start = cfg.autoStart;
       mkdp_auto_close = cfg.autoClose;
       mkdp_refresh_slow = cfg.lazyRefresh;
-      mkdp_filetypes = cfg.filetypes;
+      mkdp_filetypes = [(concatMapStringsSep ", " (x: "'" + x + "'") cfg.filetypes)];
       mkdp_command_for_global = cfg.alwaysAllowPreview;
       mkdp_open_to_the_world = cfg.broadcastServer;
       mkdp_open_ip = cfg.customIP;