diff --git a/nixos/common.nix b/nixos/common.nix
index 79383e63..6bdf4774 100644
--- a/nixos/common.nix
+++ b/nixos/common.nix
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ in
 
       security.pam.services.gdm.enableGnomeKeyring = true;
 
+      fonts.fonts = [ pkgs.powerline-fonts ];
+
       sound.enable = true;
       networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
       hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware = true;
@@ -103,7 +105,6 @@ in
       hardware.sane.enable = true;
       powerManagement.cpuFreqGovernor = (lib.mkForce null);
 
-
       nix.gc.automatic = true;
       system.autoUpgrade.enable = true;
       system.stateVersion = "19.03";
diff --git a/nixos/up.sh b/nixos/up.sh
index 362955b9..8d3db4ee 100755
--- a/nixos/up.sh
+++ b/nixos/up.sh
@@ -27,16 +27,6 @@ cp -v "$DIR/keeweb.desktop" ~/.local/share/applications/
 ln -vfs "$DIR/tools" ~/
 echo "all links done"
 
-#install fonts
-echo "installing fonts"
-mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
-cp -rv "$DIR/fonts" ~/.local/share/fonts
-
-set +e
-fc-cache -rv
-$SUDO fc-cache -rv
-set -e
-
 set +e
 rustup update
 set -e