diff --git a/cli-tools.nix b/cli-tools.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51b92a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli-tools.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ config, ... }:
+
+{
+  environment.shellAliases = {
+    yt = "yt-dlp";
+    ll = "ls -la";
+  };
+
+  environment.etc."yt-dlp.conf".text = ''
+    -o /Users/briannelson/Downloads/yt-dlp/%(title)s.%(ext)s
+    --no-mtime
+    --restrict-filenames
+    --embed-thumbnails
+    --embed-metadata
+    --format "bestvideo[height<=1080]+bestaudio/best[height<=1080]"
+    --merge-output-format mp4
+  '';
+}
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diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 7dc1579..76a3c14 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 { config, pkgs, ... }: 
 
 {
+  imports = [
+    ./cli-tools.nix
+  ];
+
   nixpkgs.hostPlatform = "aarch64-darwin";
 
   nix.enable = false;
@@ -47,19 +51,4 @@
       "firefox"
     ];
   };
-
-  environment.shellAliases = {
-    yt = "yt-dlp";
-    ll = "ls -la";
-  };
-
-  environment.etc."yt-dlp.conf".text = ''
-    -o /Users/briannelson/Downloads/yt-dlp/%(title)s.%(ext)s
-    --no-mtime
-    --restrict-filenames
-    --embed-thumbnails
-    --embed-metadata
-    --format "bestvideo[height<=1080]+bestaudio/best[height<=1080]"
-    --merge-output-format mp4
-  '';
 }
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