diff --git a/bin/ala-fzf-pass.sh b/bin/ala-fzf-pass.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f6c5e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/ala-fzf-pass.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+set -euo pipefail
+
+exec alacritty --class ala-fzf -e "$HOME/dotfiles/bin/fzf-pass-inner.sh"
diff --git a/i3/spotify.sh b/i3/spotify.sh
index deaeac6..e54d1bd 100755
--- a/i3/spotify.sh
+++ b/i3/spotify.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #Spotify
-spotify_status(){
-	current_track=$(playerctl -p spotify metadata xesam:title)
-	album=$(playerctl -p spotify metadata xesam:artist)
-	echo -e $album" - " $current_track
-}
-
-spotify_control(){
-	current_status=$(playerctl -p spotify status)
-	if echo $current_status | grep -q "Playing"
-		then echo "%{F#FF1DB954}%{A:i3-msg [class=Spotify] focus:}%{A}%{F-}  %{A:playerctl -p spotify previous:}  %{A}%{A:playerctl -p spotify play-pause:} $(spotify_status) %{A}%{A:playerctl -p spotify next:}  %{A}"
-	elif echo $current_status | grep -q "Paused"
-		then echo "%{F#FF1DB954}%{A:i3-msg [class=Spotify] focus:}%{A}%{F-}  %{A:playerctl -p spotify previous:}  %{A}%{A:playerctl -p spotify play-pause:}  $(spotify_status) %{A}%{A:playerctl -p spotify next:}  %{A}"
-  else
-      echo ""
-	fi
-}
-
-spotify_control
+exec playerctl metadata -f '{{emoji(status)}} {{xesam:artist}} - {{xesam:title}}' -F
diff --git a/nix/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/02-extrapkgs.nix b/nix/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/02-extrapkgs.nix
index 9ddc751..74b5c20 100644
--- a/nix/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/02-extrapkgs.nix
+++ b/nix/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/02-extrapkgs.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ self: super: {
   nottetris2 = self.callPackage ../pkgs/nottetris2.nix {};
   mailpile = self.callPackage ../pkgs/mailpile.nix {};
   lejos = self.callPackage ../pkgs/lejos.nix {};
+  playerctl = self.callPackage ../pkgs/playerctl.nix {};
   libinput-gestures = super.libinput-gestures.override { extraUtilsPath = [
     self.xdotool self.python3
   ];};
diff --git a/nix/.config/nixpkgs/pkgs/alacritty.nix b/nix/.config/nixpkgs/pkgs/alacritty.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f15f05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/.config/nixpkgs/pkgs/alacritty.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+{ stdenv,
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  rustPlatform,
+  cmake,
+  makeWrapper,
+  ncurses,
+  expat,
+  pkgconfig,
+  freetype,
+  fontconfig,
+  libX11,
+  gzip,
+  libXcursor,
+  libXxf86vm,
+  libXi,
+  libXrandr,
+  libGL,
+  wayland,
+  libxkbcommon,
+  python3,
+  libxcb
+  # Darwin Frameworks
+  }:
+
+with rustPlatform;
+
+let
+  rpathLibs = [
+    expat
+    freetype
+    fontconfig
+    libX11
+    libXcursor
+    libXxf86vm
+    libXrandr
+    libGL
+    libXi
+    python3
+    libxcb
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+    wayland
+    libxkbcommon
+  ];
+in buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "alacritty";
+  version = "0.3.3-20190430";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jwilm";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "bc038f8295830cbd66851d308fd2963f2e0eb60c";
+    sha256 = "14kjlilbkh589vb2xq2agw54blwn3vk0lxs0plkhnf3jrib3k6nd";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "04mfdm0b7jj0mkchrzzq9bm99m5y9h4ajj848kkf679k5wfiqc12";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    makeWrapper
+    pkgconfig
+    ncurses
+    gzip
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = rpathLibs;
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "terminfo" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -D target/release/alacritty $out/bin/alacritty
+
+  '' + (if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
+    mkdir $out/Applications
+    cp -r target/release/osx/Alacritty.app $out/Applications/Alacritty.app
+  '' else ''
+    install -D extra/linux/alacritty.desktop -t $out/share/applications/
+    install -D extra/logo/alacritty-term.svg $out/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/Alacritty.svg
+    patchelf --set-rpath "${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath rpathLibs}" $out/bin/alacritty
+  '') + ''
+
+    install -D extra/completions/_alacritty -t "$out/share/zsh/site-functions/"
+    install -D extra/completions/alacritty.bash -t "$out/etc/bash_completion.d/"
+    install -D extra/completions/alacritty.fish -t "$out/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/"
+
+    install -dm 755 "$out/share/man/man1"
+    gzip -c extra/alacritty.man > "$out/share/man/man1/alacritty.1.gz"
+
+    install -dm 755 "$terminfo/share/terminfo/a/"
+    tic -x -o "$terminfo/share/terminfo" extra/alacritty.info
+    mkdir -p $out/nix-support
+    echo "$terminfo" >> $out/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  dontPatchELF = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GPU-accelerated terminal emulator";
+    homepage = https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty;
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mic92 ];
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nix/.config/nixpkgs/pkgs/playerctl.nix b/nix/.config/nixpkgs/pkgs/playerctl.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ece819
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/.config/nixpkgs/pkgs/playerctl.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, meson, ninja, fetchFromGitHub, glib, pkgconfig, gobjectIntrospection }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "playerctl-${version}";
+  version = "2.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "acrisci";
+    repo = "playerctl";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0j1fvcc80307ybl1z9l752sr4bcza2fmb8qdivpnm4xmm82faigb";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig gobjectIntrospection ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib ];
+
+  # docs somehow crashes the install phase:
+  # https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl/issues/85
+  mesonFlags = [ "-Dgtk-doc=false" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Command-line utility and library for controlling media players that implement MPRIS";
+    homepage = https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl;
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ puffnfresh ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nix/.config/nixpkgs/pkgs/pyroscope/default.nix b/nix/.config/nixpkgs/pkgs/pyroscope/default.nix
index 7385217..49d0eb5 100644
--- a/nix/.config/nixpkgs/pkgs/pyroscope/default.nix
+++ b/nix/.config/nixpkgs/pkgs/pyroscope/default.nix
@@ -1,40 +1,35 @@
-let pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
-in
-{ fetchurl ? pkgs.fetchurl,
-  fetchFromGitHub ? pkgs.fetchFromGitHub,
-  python27Packages ? pkgs.python27Packages }:
-
-with python27Packages;
+{ fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, python2Packages }:
+with python2Packages;
 let
 	ProxyTypes = buildPythonPackage rec {
-	  name = "ProxyTypes-0.9";
-	  src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-		url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/72/bd/24f45710e7e6909b2129332363be2c981179ed2eda1166f18bc2baef98a1/${name}.zip";
-	    sha256 = "03zfq1ib23dc9rq759n43ri2ki6841yjisdcb59jvp5dqww5bcr0";
-	  };
-
+	  pname = "ProxyTypes";
+    version = "0.10.0";
+    src = fetchPypi {
+      inherit pname version;
+	    sha256 = "11cr6c39vq9fky4c4h2ai2v2dva8fk4cfhaja0mrh4y9wzal3k42";
+    };
 	};
 	pyrobase = buildPythonApplication rec {
-	  name = "pyrobase-0.3";
+    pname = "pyrobase";
+    version = "0.5.2";
 	  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-	  	repo = "pyrobase"; owner = "pyroscope";
-	  	rev = "cf64da5d89df1c1174e0184c63a51a46f2f955fd";
-	  	sha256 = "12qn1gx64byi76kkx8p7y5gdrq016fw2s23l4yik0q1hdg2b99y8";
+  	  repo = pname; owner = "pyroscope";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+  	  sha256 = "170lsls3dmhlfa5abk40l365pk8486w48vkxjgs3pnqnhpp67z18";
 	  };
 	  doCheck = false;
-	  patches = [./fix_readme.diff];
-	  buildInputs = [paver];
+	  buildInputs = [six paver];
 	};
 
 in
 buildPythonApplication rec {
-  name = "pyrocore-0.4.3";
+  pname = "pyrocore";
+  version = "0.5.3";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-  	repo = "pyrocore"; owner = "pyroscope";
-  	rev = "a8d81af33959333a42a95714631c69870b717329";
-  	sha256 = "1fvahnkhh4nj7qy9m4j2c0djmf4ichy29s7b9wkn7ivhlcgv9hs0";
+  	repo = pname; owner = "pyroscope";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+  	sha256 = "0yg11nhrx8jzx8g09npf0pcpiscyh35nahhw473mir418plji5jw";
   };
-  doCheck = false;
-  buildInputs = [python27Packages.paver];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [pyrobase ProxyTypes];
+  buildInputs = [paver];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [six pyrobase ProxyTypes];
 }