diff --git a/setup-mac.sh b/setup-mac.sh
index 7f70dbf..fb03154 100755
--- a/setup-mac.sh
+++ b/setup-mac.sh
@@ -129,10 +129,34 @@ config.mouse_bindings = {
 return config
 EOF
 
-curl -sw '%{url_effective}\n' -Lo "$HOME/.config/starship.toml" https://git.penguincoder.org/penguincoder/dotfiles/raw/branch/main/dot_config/starship.toml
+cat <<EOF > "$HOME/.config/starship.toml"
+[container]
+disabled=true
+EOF
 
 mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/helix"
-curl -sw '%{url_effective}\n' -Lo "$HOME/.config/helix/config.toml" https://git.penguincoder.org/penguincoder/dotfiles/raw/branch/main/dot_config/helix/config.toml
+cat <<EOF > "$HOME/.config/helix/config.toml"
+theme = "onelight"
+
+[editor]
+true-color = true
+color-modes = true
+idle-timeout = 75
+
+[editor.indent-guides]
+render = true
+
+[editor.cursor-shape]
+insert = "bar"
+normal = "block"
+select = "underline"
+
+[keys.normal]
+"$" = "goto_line_end"
+"^" = "goto_line_start"
+"F2" = "goto_previous_buffer"
+"F3" = "goto_next_buffer"
+EOF
 
 cat <<EOF > "$HOME/.gitconfig"
 [push]
@@ -212,8 +236,26 @@ if [ ! -d "$HOME/.cargo" ] ; then
   curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- --no-modify-path --default-toolchain stable --profile complete -y
 fi
 
-curl -sw '%{url_effective}\n' -Lo "$HOME/.tmux.conf" https://git.penguincoder.org/penguincoder/dotfiles/raw/branch/main/dot_tmux.conf
-curl -sw '%{url_effective}\n' -Lo "$HOME/.vimrc" https://git.penguincoder.org/penguincoder/dotfiles/raw/branch/main/dot_vimrc
+cat <<EOF > "$HOME/.tmux.conf"
+set-option -g update-environment "SSH_AUTH_SOCK SSH_CONNECTION"
+EOF
+
+cat <<EOF > "$HOME/.vimrc"
+" gratis https://swordandsignals.com/2020/12/13/5-lines-in-vimrc.html
+set hlsearch    " highlight all search results
+set ignorecase  " do case insensitive search
+set incsearch   " show incremental search results as you type
+set number      " display line number
+set noswapfile  " disable swap file
+" can also be summarized as
+set hls ic is nu noswf
+" from https://www.guckes.net/vim/setup.html
+set ai nocp ek hid   ru sc vb wmnu   noeb noet nosol
+set bs=2 fo=cqrt ls=2 shm=at ww=<,>,h,l 
+set comments=b:#,:%,n:>
+set list listchars=tab:>=,trail:-
+set viminfo=%,'50,\"100,:100,n~/.viminfo
+EOF
 
 install -m 640 ./.zshrc "$HOME/"