diff --git a/assets/default/fish/custom/alias.load b/assets/default/fish/custom/alias.load
index e489639..ecb086f 100644
--- a/assets/default/fish/custom/alias.load
+++ b/assets/default/fish/custom/alias.load
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ balias cd..='cd ..'
 
 # vim
 balias mviml='env VIM_COLOR=github mvim'
-balias gvim='mvim'
 
 # yelp
 balias moshdev='mosh dev7-devc'
diff --git a/recipes/default/neovim b/recipes/default/neovim
index a7f9c5e..926e48a 100644
--- a/recipes/default/neovim
+++ b/recipes/default/neovim
@@ -12,9 +12,16 @@ case "$PACKAGE_MANAGER" in
         ;;
     "apt-get")
         sudo_package 'libtool libtool-bin autoconf automake cmake g++ pkg-config unzip ninja-build'
+        # Ensure python support is in nvim
+        sudo_package 'python-dev python-pip python3-dev python3-pip'
         ;;
 esac
 
+sudo pip install neovim
+if command_exist pip3 ; then
+    sudo pip3 install neovim
+fi
+
 neovim_dir=$WORKSPACE/neovim
 
 if [ ! -d $neovim_dir ]; then
diff --git a/recipes/default/packages b/recipes/default/packages
index e4d325a..a648f01 100644
--- a/recipes/default/packages
+++ b/recipes/default/packages
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
 sudo_package_update
-sudo_package 'screen htop curl wget mercurial ctags tig pv'
+sudo_package 'screen tmux htop curl wget mercurial ctags tig pv jq'
 
 # Manager specific packages
 case "$PACKAGE_MANAGER" in
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ case "$PACKAGE_MANAGER" in
         ;;
     "brew")
         package 'vim'
-        sudo_package 'the_silver_searcher'
+        package 'the_silver_searcher'
         ;;
     "apt-get")
         if [ -n "$(apt-cache policy silversearcher-ag)" ] ; then
             sudo_package 'silversearcher-ag'
         fi
-        sudo_package 'build-essential bash-completion tmux vim'
+        sudo_package 'build-essential bash-completion vim'
         ;;
 esac
 
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ esac
 # TODO: Install RVM and other ruby requirements and get ruby 1.9.2
 sudo gem install rake
 
+# install python packages
+sudo pip install ipython flake8