diff --git a/common/nix-settings.nix b/common/nix-settings.nix
index eb32daf..beb5ca0 100644
--- a/common/nix-settings.nix
+++ b/common/nix-settings.nix
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ in
     ];
     # use all cores for building
     cores = 0;
-    auto-optimise-store = true;
+    #auto-optimise-store = true;
   };
+  nix.optimise.automatic = true;  # temporary workaround until Lix/ Nix bug is fixed https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin/blob/e95de00a471d07435e0527ff4db092c84998698e/modules/nix/default.nix#L817C39-L817C78
   # TODO: manage access token with sops instead of manual deployment
   # permissions: needs to be readable by the user invoking nix and root (for nix daemon)
   nix.extraOptions = ''
diff --git a/home/modules/packages.nix b/home/modules/packages.nix
index 6f5b756..6ff5bed 100644
--- a/home/modules/packages.nix
+++ b/home/modules/packages.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ let
 
   graphicsApps = [
     inkscape
-    darktable
     exiftool
   ]
   ++ (with gimp3Plugins; [
@@ -22,13 +21,14 @@ let
     #lqrPlugin  # broken
   ])
   ++ lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isLinux [
+    darktable
     gimp3
     hugin
     #luminanceHDR  # FIXME, build failure
     xournalpp
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin [
-    gimp
+    gimp2
   ];
 
   multimediaApps = [
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ let
     mtr
     ripgrep
     fd
-    gitui
     pre-commit
     (scriv.overridePythonAttrs (old: {
       patches = old.patches or [ ] ++ [