diff --git a/home-manager/thunderbird.nix b/home-manager/thunderbird.nix
index 891bfed..ddd7aa5 100644
--- a/home-manager/thunderbird.nix
+++ b/home-manager/thunderbird.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-{ ... }:{
+{ pkgs, ... }:{
   programs.thunderbird = {
-    enable = true;
-    # profiles.blue = {
-    #   isDefault = true;
-    #   search = {
-    #     default = "ddg";
-    #     force = true;
-    #   };
-    # };
+    enable = false; # at time of writing this causes an annoying error talking about profiles, so im just gonna use the package for now
   };
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    thunderbird
+  ];
 }