diff --git a/common/tooling/default.nix b/common/tooling/default.nix
index 426fec0..400920c 100644
--- a/common/tooling/default.nix
+++ b/common/tooling/default.nix
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ in
       environment.shellAliases = {
         ":q" = "exit";
         "ls" = "eza";
+        "lix" = "nix";
       };
 
       programs.tmux = {
diff --git a/common/tooling/python.nix b/common/tooling/python.nix
index f1112dd..0996143 100644
--- a/common/tooling/python.nix
+++ b/common/tooling/python.nix
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ in
 
       programs.xonsh = {
         enable = true;
-        config = ''
-          aliases[":q"] = "exit"
-          aliases["ls"] = "eza"
-        '';
+        config = lib.concatLines (lib.mapAttrsToList (name: value: ''aliases["${name}"] = "${value}"'') config.environment.shellAliases);
         package = pkgs.xonsh.override {
           extraPackages =
             ps: with ps; [