diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ebc2e30..0c4af8a 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@
       "testuser" = mkHome {
         username = "testuser";
         system = "x86_64-linux";
+        modules = [ ./users/testuser/home.nix ];
         stateVersion = "23.11";
         nixpkgs = inputs.nixpkgs-unstable;
         home-manager = inputs.home-manager-unstable;
diff --git a/home/profile/base.nix b/home/profile/base.nix
index 5c92e35..53f9dc6 100644
--- a/home/profile/base.nix
+++ b/home/profile/base.nix
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ in
       v = "nvim";
       icat = "kitty +kitten icat";
     };
-    programs.fzf.enable = true;
-    programs.fzf.enableZshIntegration = true;
+    programs.fzf.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+    programs.fzf.enableZshIntegration = lib.mkDefault true;
+    programs.fzf.enableBashIntegration = lib.mkDefault true;
     programs.zsh = {
-      enable = true;
+      enable = lib.mkDefault (!config.programs.bash.enable);
       initExtra = ''
         export HOME_MANAGER_MANAGED=true
         [[ -e ~/dotfiles/shell/.zshrc ]] && . ~/dotfiles/shell/.zshrc ]]
diff --git a/home/standalone.nix b/home/standalone.nix
index 270e837..7bbe3cc 100644
--- a/home/standalone.nix
+++ b/home/standalone.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
-# Home Manager default nixfiles entrypoint. Currently this file does nothing
-# besides import default.nix
+# Home Manager default nixfiles entrypoint. This serves as an alternative to
+# default.nix, which sets up some more appropriate options for home-manager
 { pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
 {
   imports = [
     ./.
   ];
+  config = {
+    # bash is more common on my standalone machines for some reason (low
+    # powered things like raspberry pis, the default on steam deck, termux,
+    # etc.)
+    programs.bash.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+    programs.home-manager.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+    nixfiles = {
+      profile.base.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+      packageSets = {
+        multimedia.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+      };
+    };
+  };
 }
diff --git a/users/testuser/home.nix b/users/testuser/home.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8c4361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/testuser/home.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{ pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
+{
+  config = {
+    programs.bash.enable = true;
+  };
+}