diff --git a/nix/alex-desktop.nix b/nix/alex-desktop.nix
index 620b060..9274976 100644
--- a/nix/alex-desktop.nix
+++ b/nix/alex-desktop.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
   users.users.alex = {
     isNormalUser = true;
     description = "alex";
-    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "docker" "libvirtd" ];
+    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "docker" "libvirtd" "adbusers" "kvm" ];
     shell = pkgs.fish;
     packages = with pkgs; [ ];
   };
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
   programs.fish.enable = true;
   services.flatpak.enable = true;
   hardware.steam-hardware.enable = true;
+  programs.adb.enable = true; # graphene
 
   programs.gamescope = {
     enable = true;
diff --git a/nix/home-manager/desktop.home.nix b/nix/home-manager/desktop.home.nix
index dcfd4ea..2ebc931 100644
--- a/nix/home-manager/desktop.home.nix
+++ b/nix/home-manager/desktop.home.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
     ghostty
     elixir_1_18
     inotify-tools # needed for elixir hot-reloading
+    nodejs_23
+    pnpm
   ];
 
   programs.ghostty = {