diff --git a/home/common/cli/fish.nix b/home/common/cli/fish.nix
index 620a60a..32216d3 100644
--- a/home/common/cli/fish.nix
+++ b/home/common/cli/fish.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
       setpath ~/.cabal/bin
       setpath ~/.local/bin
       setpath ~/.bun/bin
+      setpath ~/Projects/Checkouts/arcanist/bin
 
       set -x EDITOR nvim
       set -x USER lu
diff --git a/home/common/universal/default.nix b/home/common/universal/default.nix
index 466acc2..3e72bf4 100644
--- a/home/common/universal/default.nix
+++ b/home/common/universal/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { pkgs, ... }: {
   imports = [
     ./mise.nix
+    ./php.nix
   ];
 
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
@@ -9,5 +10,6 @@
     gnumake
     unzip
     openssl
+    autoconf
   ];
 }
diff --git a/home/common/universal/php.nix b/home/common/universal/php.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39bb614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/common/universal/php.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# install php from nixpkgs because mise wants to compile it from source,
+# and that's a whole can of beans i'm not getting into
+{ pkgs, ... }: {
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    php83
+  ];
+}