diff --git a/darwin-configuration.nix b/darwin-configuration.nix
index a8b9032..8eddf07 100644
--- a/darwin-configuration.nix
+++ b/darwin-configuration.nix
@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@ let
       };
 
 in
+
+let
+  my-python-packages = python-packages: [
+  ]; 
+  python = pkgs.python3.withPackages my-python-packages;
+in
+
 {
 
   imports = [ <home-manager/nix-darwin> ];
@@ -181,8 +188,15 @@ in
       pkgs.alacritty
       pkgs.keepassxc
       vscode-with-extensions
+      python
     ];
 
+  nixpkgs.overlays = [
+    (import (builtins.fetchTarball {
+      url = https://github.com/nix-community/emacs-overlay/archive/master.tar.gz;
+    }))
+  ];
+
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfreePredicate = pkg: builtins.elem (lib.getName pkg) [
     "vscode"
     "vscode-with-extensions"
diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index ebdcb66..1036a64 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { config, pkgs, ... }:
 
 {
+
   # Let Home Manager install and manage itself.
   programs.home-manager.enable = true;
 
@@ -34,8 +35,14 @@
       pkgs.elan
       pkgs.protonmail-bridge
       pkgs.handbrake
+      pkgs.ripgrep
     ];
 
+  programs.emacs = {
+    enable = true;
+    package = pkgs.emacsGcc;
+  };
+
   programs.tmux = {
     shell = "\${pkgs.zsh}/bin/zsh";
   };
@@ -116,4 +123,16 @@ let g:syntastic_check_on_wq = 0''; }
   programs.neovim.extraConfig = builtins.readFile ./init.vim;
 
   home.file.".config/youtube-dl/config".source = ./youtube-dl.conf;
+
+  home.file.".emacs.d" = {
+    # don't make the directory read only so that impure melpa can still happen
+    # for now
+    recursive = true;
+    source = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "syl20bnr";
+      repo = "spacemacs";
+      rev = "59852a6ab52911ac76bb22aa8642ccef48238349";
+      sha256 = "0m634adqnwqvi8d7qkq7nh8ivfz6cx90idvwd2wiylg4w1hly252";
+    };
+  };
 }