diff --git a/channels.scm b/channels.scm
index fa63fed..62acf7f 100644
--- a/channels.scm
+++ b/channels.scm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         (url "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git")
         (branch "master")
         (commit
-          "c56505e399834a3f68cf2b6715b42f12ceea217a")
+          "9d09b0cf841fb657a1aec12e9bab68e00c2b493c")
         (introduction
           (make-channel-introduction
             "9edb3f66fd807b096b48283debdcddccfea34bad"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         (url "https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix.git")
         (branch "master")
         (commit
-          "720df79727769e4230706e891841ec6f0b8b3890")
+          "4aa03a3ccf6bb693bd4c99900bcd81845c249bbe")
         (introduction
           (make-channel-introduction
             "897c1a470da759236cc11798f4e0a5f7d4d59fbc"
diff --git a/home/home.scm b/home/home.scm
index e199528..5e6a445 100644
--- a/home/home.scm
+++ b/home/home.scm
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
              (sakura home services pipewire)
              (sakura packages gnome-xyz)
              (sakura packages sound)
+             (sakura packages hypr)
              (sakura packages vim))
 
 
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@
                                                     "swaylock-effects"
 
                                                     ; hyprland
-                                                    "hyprland"
                                                     "hyprlock"
                                                     "hyprpaper"
                                                     "hypridle"
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
 
             ; add ca certs and ambiguous packages
             (list freya-ca-certs
+                  hyprland
                   orchis-theme-2024
                   blueman-sakura)))
 
diff --git a/scripts/guix-retry b/scripts/guix-retry
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c504048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/guix-retry
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+error="write_to_session_record_port"
+
+# create redirection
+# file descripters
+exec 11>&1 # stdout
+exec 22>&2 # stderr
+
+while true; do
+	# send stdout to stdout
+	# send stderr though pipe
+	output=$("$@" 2>&1 1>&11 | tee >(cat - >&22)) # return stderr to
+						      # normal stderr as well
+
+	# check if error is in stderr
+	if echo "$output" | grep -q "$error"; then
+		continue
+	fi
+	break
+done
diff --git a/scripts/reconfigure-system b/scripts/reconfigure-system
index 1e38b42..3d378f3 100755
--- a/scripts/reconfigure-system
+++ b/scripts/reconfigure-system
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 repo="$HOME/.config/guix"
-sudo -E guix system -L "$repo/modules" reconfigure "$repo/systems/$(hostname).scm"
+sudo -E guix-retry guix system -L "$repo/modules" reconfigure "$repo/systems/$(hostname).scm"
diff --git a/scripts/reconfigure-user b/scripts/reconfigure-user
index 3a0a602..bdc8ca9 100755
--- a/scripts/reconfigure-user
+++ b/scripts/reconfigure-user
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 repo="$HOME/.config/guix"
-guix home -L "$repo/modules" reconfigure "$repo/home/home.scm"
+guix-retry guix home -L "$repo/modules" reconfigure "$repo/home/home.scm"
 home-manager switch
diff --git a/scripts/update-commits b/scripts/update-commits
index 9302dcb..15e38b1 100755
--- a/scripts/update-commits
+++ b/scripts/update-commits
@@ -82,12 +82,24 @@
          (invoke "git" "ls-remote" git-url "HEAD")
          #\tab)))
 
-(define (commit-timestamp git-url commit)
-  ; get the unix timestamp of a <commit> in git repo <git-url>
-  (let* ((dir (git-checkout git-url))
-         (timestamp
-           (invoke "git" "-C" dir "show" "--quiet" "--format=%at" commit)))
-    (string->number (string-trim-both timestamp #\newline))))
+(define (git-rev-list git-url local-commit remote-commit)
+  ;; get how many commits ahead the remote commit is
+  ;; from the current local commit
+  ;; - returns 0 if remote-commit is the same or older
+  (if (and (string? local-commit)
+           (string? remote-commit))
+    (let* ((dir (git-checkout git-url))
+           (timestamp
+             ;; git rev-list counts #commits
+             ;; - returns zero if commits out of order (remote older)
+             (invoke "git" "-C" dir "rev-list" "--count"
+                     (string-append local-commit
+                                    ".."
+                                    remote-commit))))
+      (string->number (string-trim-both timestamp #\newline)))
+    ;; return zero of one of the commit
+    ;; hashes provided is invalid
+    0))
 
 ;;
 ;; core functions
@@ -109,23 +121,18 @@
   (fold (lambda (local-repo commits)
           (let* ((repo-id (car local-repo))
                  (git-url (cadr local-repo))
-                 ; local
                  (local-commit (caddr local-repo))
-                 (local-timestamp (commit-timestamp git-url local-commit))
-                 ; remote
                  (remote-commit (assoc-ref remote-commits repo-id))
-                 (remote-timestamp (if (string? remote-commit)
-                                     (commit-timestamp git-url remote-commit)))
-                 ; newest
-                 (newest-commit (if (and (number? remote-timestamp)
-                                         (> remote-timestamp local-timestamp))
-                                    remote-commit))
-                 ; result
-                 (result (if (string? newest-commit)
-                           (cons (list repo-id local-commit newest-commit)
-                                 commits)
-                           commits)))
-            result))
+                 (commit-diff (git-rev-list git-url
+                                            local-commit
+                                            remote-commit)))
+            ;; dont append these commits to the updated
+            ;; merge list if the remote-commit is not better then
+            ;; what we already have locally
+            (if (> commit-diff 0)
+              (cons (list repo-id local-commit remote-commit)
+                    commits)
+              commits)))
         '()
         local-commits))
 
@@ -145,7 +152,8 @@
                                                      remote-commit)))
                        (read-file path)
                        commits)))
-    (write-file path result)))
+    (write-file path result)
+    (length commits)))
 
 ;;
 ;; guix functions
@@ -254,15 +262,14 @@
 (define %nix-remote-commits
   (nix-remote-commits %nix-local-commits))
 
-(update-file
-  %guix-local-commits
-  %guix-remote-commits
-  %guix-channels-file)
+(if (> (update-file
+         %guix-local-commits
+         %guix-remote-commits
+         %guix-channels-file) 0)
+  (system* "guix-retry" "guix" "pull" "-C" %guix-channels-file))
 
-(update-file
-  %nix-local-commits
-  %nix-remote-commits
-  %nix-flake-file)
-
-(system* "guix" "pull" "-C" %guix-channels-file)
-(system* "nix" "flake" "lock" (dirname %nix-flake-file))
+(if (> (update-file
+         %nix-local-commits
+         %nix-remote-commits
+         %nix-flake-file) 0)
+  (system* "nix" "flake" "lock" (dirname %nix-flake-file)))