diff --git a/outerheaven.init3.home/.config/nvim/init.vim b/outerheaven.init3.home/.config/nvim/init.vim
index 9c0ccb6..3e33676 100644
--- a/outerheaven.init3.home/.config/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/outerheaven.init3.home/.config/nvim/init.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 set mouse=
-set expandtab  " use spaces instead of \t
-set autoindent  " match indentation of previous line
+" use spaces instead of \t
+set expandtab
+" match indentation of previous line
+set autoindent
 set runtimepath^=~/.vim runtimepath+=~/.vim/after
 let &packpath = &runtimepath
 source ~/.vimrc
diff --git a/outerheaven.init3.home/.vimrc b/outerheaven.init3.home/.vimrc
index d5ebbac..b490349 100644
--- a/outerheaven.init3.home/.vimrc
+++ b/outerheaven.init3.home/.vimrc
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-" NOTE: don't add more LSPs here, use 'coc.nvim' - it offers better completion
-" 'vim'/common elements are held here while 'nvim' has another config: '.config/nvim/init.vim'
+" NOTE: don't add more LSPs here, use coc - it offers better completion
 call plug#begin('~/.vim/exts')
 Plug 'AlexvZyl/nordic.nvim', { 'branch': 'main' }
 Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'branch': 'release'}
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index 1f33e97..c0f37cb 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -3,15 +3,13 @@
 # minimal dotfile manager
 # tracks files / copies them into the repo, sorted by hostname
 #
-set -u
 
 # array of files [relative to home] to include
 DOTS=(
         '.vimrc'
         '.config/nvim/init.vim'
         '.config/nvim/coc-settings.json'
-        '.config/autostart-i3ipc.yml'
-        '.config/sway'
+        # '.config/sway'
 )
 
 # ensure the host running this script/updating dotfiles has a directory
@@ -20,16 +18,13 @@ DOTS=(
 [ -d "$HOSTNAME" ] || mkdir -v "$HOSTNAME"
 pushd "$HOSTNAME" || exit
 
-echo "Changed working dir to $PWD"
-
 # now that the host/working dir is managed, process the dotfiles
 # ensure their directory structure is retained, then recursively copy
 for DOT in "${DOTS[@]}"; do
         DOT_DIR="$(dirname "$DOT")"
         [ -d "$DOT_DIR" ] || mkdir -vp "$DOT_DIR"
-        # naively 'copy' with rsync; rely on git to tell us about changes. TODO: reconsider
-        echo "Copying '$HOME/$DOT' to '$DOT'"
-        rsync -aqv "$HOME/$DOT" "$DOT" || echo "Couldn't copy '$DOT', got rc: $?"
+        # naively copy; rely on git to tell us about changes
+        cp -ravp "$HOME/$DOT" "$DOT"
 done
 
 # return where we were