diff --git a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.7.md b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.7.md
index 0d607f93..21edbddc 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.7.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.7.md
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ configuration formats.
 - Add [neo-tree.nvim] as an alternative file-tree plugin. It will be available
   under `vim.filetree.neo-tree`, similar to nvimtree.
 
-- Add `nvf-print-config` & `nvf-print-config-path` helper scripts to Neovim
+- Add `print-nvf-config` & `print-nvf-config-path` helper scripts to Neovim
   closure. Both of those scripts have been automatically added to your PATH upon
   using neovimConfig or `programs.nvf.enable`.
-  - `nvf-print-config` will display your `init.lua`, in full.
-  - `nvf-print-config-path` will display the path to _a clone_ of your
+  - `print-nvf-config` will display your `init.lua`, in full.
+  - `print-nvf-config-path` will display the path to _a clone_ of your
     `init.lua`. This is not the path used by the Neovim wrapper, but an
     identical clone.
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 1851eb71..de29be39 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@
     },
     "mnw": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1723419050,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Eb8jBUgHwpte+bGsqeXNbKMBfZaDB7RiPQwyb1vzJK8=",
+        "lastModified": 1722191188,
+        "narHash": "sha256-YF//iMALbrd2Ni9aju7w8NniH16Qz6RFTRD6md5UkDc=",
         "owner": "Gerg-L",
         "repo": "mnw",
-        "rev": "e625f5965567f16102bc52897c7600dcde53c6c3",
+        "rev": "c7b289f3f5a31b6e744be37d83fc231816621231",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -939,22 +939,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "plugin-new-file-template-nvim": {
-      "flake": false,
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1721518222,
-        "narHash": "sha256-g0IjJrHRXw7U9goVLzVYUyHBSsDZGHMpi3YZPhg64zA=",
-        "owner": "otavioschwanck",
-        "repo": "new-file-template.nvim",
-        "rev": "6ac66669dbf2dc5cdee184a4fe76d22465ca67e8",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "otavioschwanck",
-        "repo": "new-file-template.nvim",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "plugin-noice-nvim": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
@@ -1878,7 +1862,6 @@
         "plugin-neo-tree-nvim": "plugin-neo-tree-nvim",
         "plugin-neocord": "plugin-neocord",
         "plugin-neodev-nvim": "plugin-neodev-nvim",
-        "plugin-new-file-template-nvim": "plugin-new-file-template-nvim",
         "plugin-noice-nvim": "plugin-noice-nvim",
         "plugin-none-ls": "plugin-none-ls",
         "plugin-nui-nvim": "plugin-nui-nvim",
diff --git a/modules/default.nix b/modules/default.nix
index 1ae3b034..227cf205 100644
--- a/modules/default.nix
+++ b/modules/default.nix
@@ -7,65 +7,84 @@ inputs: {
   extraModules ? [],
 }: let
   inherit (pkgs) vimPlugins;
+  inherit (pkgs.vimUtils) buildVimPlugin;
   inherit (lib.strings) isString toString;
   inherit (lib.lists) filter map concatLists;
+  inherit (lib.attrsets) recursiveUpdate getAttr;
+  inherit (lib.asserts) assertMsg;
 
   # import modules.nix with `check`, `pkgs` and `lib` as arguments
   # check can be disabled while calling this file is called
   # to avoid checking in all modules
-  nvimModules = import ./modules.nix {inherit pkgs check lib;};
+  nvimModules = import ./modules.nix {
+    inherit pkgs check lib;
+  };
 
   # evaluate the extended library with the modules
   # optionally with any additional modules passed by the user
   module = lib.evalModules {
-    specialArgs = extraSpecialArgs // {modulesPath = toString ./.;};
+    specialArgs = recursiveUpdate {modulesPath = toString ./.;} extraSpecialArgs;
     modules = concatLists [[configuration] nvimModules extraModules];
   };
 
   # alias to the internal configuration
   vimOptions = module.config.vim;
 
-  noBuildPlug = {pname, ...} @ attrs: let
-    src = inputs."plugin-${attrs.pname}";
-  in
-    {
-      version = src.shortRev or src.shortDirtyRev or "dirty";
-      outPath = src;
-      passthru.vimPlugin = false;
-    }
-    // attrs;
-
   # build a vim plugin with the given name and arguments
   # if the plugin is nvim-treesitter, warn the user to use buildTreesitterPlug
   # instead
-  buildPlug = attrs: let
-    src = inputs."plugin-${attrs.pname}";
+  buildPlug = {pname, ...} @ attrs: let
+    src = getAttr ("plugin-" + pname) inputs;
   in
-    pkgs.vimUtils.buildVimPlugin (
-      {
-        version = src.shortRev or src.shortDirtyRev or "dirty";
+    pkgs.stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation ({
         inherit src;
+        version = src.shortRev or src.shortDirtyRev or "dirty";
+        installPhase = ''
+          runHook preInstall
+
+          mkdir -p $out
+          cp -r . $out
+
+          runHook postInstall
+        '';
       }
-      // attrs
-    );
+      // attrs);
+
+  noBuildPlug = {pname, ...} @ attrs: let
+    input = getAttr ("plugin-" + pname) inputs;
+  in
+    {
+      version = input.shortRev or input.shortDirtyRev or "dirty";
+      outPath = getAttr ("plugin-" + pname) inputs;
+    }
+    // attrs;
 
   buildTreesitterPlug = grammars: vimPlugins.nvim-treesitter.withPlugins (_: grammars);
 
-  pluginBuilders = {
-    nvim-treesitter = buildTreesitterPlug vimOptions.treesitter.grammars;
-    flutter-tools-patched = buildPlug {
-      pname = "flutter-tools";
-      patches = [../patches/flutter-tools.patch];
-    };
-  };
-
   buildConfigPlugins = plugins:
-    map (
-      plug:
-        if (isString plug)
-        then pluginBuilders.${plug} or (noBuildPlug {pname = plug;})
-        else plug
-    ) (filter (f: f != null) plugins);
+    map
+    (plug: (
+      if (isString plug)
+      then
+        (
+          if (plug == "nvim-treesitter")
+          then (buildTreesitterPlug vimOptions.treesitter.grammars)
+          else if (plug == "flutter-tools-patched")
+          then
+            (
+              buildPlug
+              {
+                pname = "flutter-tools";
+                patches = [../patches/flutter-tools.patch];
+              }
+            )
+          else noBuildPlug {pname = plug;}
+        )
+      else plug
+    ))
+    (filter
+      (f: f != null)
+      plugins);
 
   # built (or "normalized") plugins that are modified
   builtStartPlugins = buildConfigPlugins vimOptions.startPlugins;
@@ -75,7 +94,7 @@ inputs: {
   }) (buildConfigPlugins vimOptions.optPlugins);
 
   # additional Lua and Python3 packages, mapped to their respective functions
-  # to conform to the format mnw expects. end user should
+  # to conform to the format makeNeovimConfig expects. end user should
   # only ever need to pass a list of packages, which are modified
   # here
   extraLuaPackages = ps: map (x: ps.${x}) vimOptions.luaPackages;
@@ -85,7 +104,7 @@ inputs: {
   # generate a wrapped Neovim package.
   neovim-wrapped = inputs.mnw.lib.wrap pkgs {
     neovim = vimOptions.package;
-    plugins = builtStartPlugins ++ builtOptPlugins;
+    plugins = concatLists [builtStartPlugins builtOptPlugins];
     appName = "nvf";
     extraBinPath = vimOptions.extraPackages;
     initLua = vimOptions.builtLuaConfigRC;
@@ -95,11 +114,20 @@ inputs: {
     inherit extraLuaPackages extraPython3Packages;
   };
 
-  dummyInit = pkgs.writeText "nvf-init.lua" vimOptions.builtLuaConfigRC;
   # Additional helper scripts for printing and displaying nvf configuration
   # in your commandline.
-  printConfig = pkgs.writers.writeDashBin "nvf-print-config" "cat ${dummyInit}";
-  printConfigPath = pkgs.writers.writeDashBin "nvf-print-config-path" "echo -n ${dummyInit}";
+  printConfig = pkgs.writers.writeDashBin "print-nvf-config" ''
+    cat << EOF
+      ${vimOptions.builtLuaConfigRC}
+    EOF
+  '';
+
+  printConfigPath = pkgs.writers.writeDashBin "print-nvf-config-path" ''
+    realpath ${pkgs.writeTextFile {
+      name = "nvf-init.lua";
+      text = vimOptions.builtLuaConfigRC;
+    }}
+  '';
 in {
   inherit (module) options config;
   inherit (module._module.args) pkgs;
@@ -109,7 +137,7 @@ in {
   neovim = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
     name = "nvf-with-helpers";
     paths = [neovim-wrapped printConfig printConfigPath];
-    postBuild = "echo Helpers added";
+    postBuild = "echo helpers added";
 
     meta = {
       description = "Wrapped version of Neovim with additional helper scripts";
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/rc/config.nix b/modules/wrapper/rc/config.nix
index 78edb597..be299f3b 100644
--- a/modules/wrapper/rc/config.nix
+++ b/modules/wrapper/rc/config.nix
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 }: let
   inherit (builtins) map mapAttrs filter;
   inherit (lib.options) mkOption;
-  inherit (lib.attrsets) mapAttrsToList filterAttrs getAttrs attrValues attrNames;
+  inherit (lib.attrsets) filterAttrs getAttrs attrValues attrNames;
   inherit (lib.strings) concatLines concatMapStringsSep;
+  inherit (lib.misc) mapAttrsFlatten;
   inherit (lib.trivial) showWarnings;
   inherit (lib.types) str nullOr;
   inherit (lib.generators) mkLuaInline;
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ in {
   config = let
     filterNonNull = attrs: filterAttrs (_: value: value != null) attrs;
     globalsScript =
-      mapAttrsToList (name: value: "vim.g.${name} = ${toLuaObject value}")
+      mapAttrsFlatten (name: value: "vim.g.${name} = ${toLuaObject value}")
       (filterNonNull cfg.globals);
 
     extraPluginConfigs = resolveDag {