diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 8e70a9f..3472b70 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
     "mixtral",
     "mklabel",
     "mkpart",
+    "modbus",
     "modesetting",
     "mountpoint",
     "mountpoints",
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@
     "overalljails",
     "overscroll",
     "overseerr",
+    "paho",
     "partitionwise",
     "pbmode",
     "pciutils",
@@ -213,6 +215,7 @@
     "pychromecast",
     "pylance",
     "pymetno",
+    "pymodbus",
     "pyownet",
     "qbit",
     "qbittorrent",
@@ -286,6 +289,7 @@
     "usernamehw",
     "userprefs",
     "vfat",
+    "victron",
     "virt",
     "virtualisation",
     "vpnpromourl",
diff --git a/systems/brain/services/home_assistant.nix b/systems/brain/services/home_assistant.nix
index 475a1bd..db2a9d8 100644
--- a/systems/brain/services/home_assistant.nix
+++ b/systems/brain/services/home_assistant.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
           time_zone = "America/New_York";
           unit_system = "us_customary";
           temperature_unit = "F";
+          packages = {
+            victron_modbuss = "!include updated elises groupsvictron_modbuss.yaml";
+          };
         };
         recorder = {
           db_url = "postgresql://@/hass";
@@ -56,9 +59,11 @@
       };
       extraPackages =
         python3Packages: with python3Packages; [
-          jellyfin-apiclient-python
-          psycopg2
-          uiprotect
+          pymodbus # for modbus
+          gtts # not sure what wants this
+          jellyfin-apiclient-python # for jellyfin
+          paho-mqtt # for mqtt
+          psycopg2 # for postgresql
         ];
       extraComponents = [ "isal" ];
     };
diff --git a/users/richie/home/gui/vscode/settings.json b/users/richie/home/gui/vscode/settings.json
index a70cf21..0d63f4b 100644
--- a/users/richie/home/gui/vscode/settings.json
+++ b/users/richie/home/gui/vscode/settings.json
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@
   "[github-actions-workflow]": {
     "editor.defaultFormatter": "redhat.vscode-yaml"
   },
+  "[dockercompose]": {
+    "editor.insertSpaces": true,
+    "editor.tabSize": 2,
+    "editor.autoIndent": "advanced",
+    "editor.quickSuggestions": {
+      "other": true,
+      "comments": false,
+      "strings": true
+    },
+    "editor.defaultFormatter": "redhat.vscode-yaml"
+  },
 
   // spell check
   "cSpell.enabled": true,