diff --git a/bash/.aliases b/bash/.aliases
index 71ca0be..c1b6a99 100644
--- a/bash/.aliases
+++ b/bash/.aliases
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #{- ~/.aliases -}#
 
-alias vim="nvim "
-
 #{- FILE OPERATIONS -}#
 
 # Allow alias expansion for commands executed with sudo
@@ -40,6 +38,7 @@ alias df="df -h"
 alias du="du -sh"
 
 # History searches
+alias phistory='cat ${PERSISTENT_HISTFILE}'
 alias hgrep='history | grep --color'
 alias phgrep="cat ${PERSISTENT_HISTFILE} | grep --color"
 
diff --git a/bash/.bashrc b/bash/.bashrc
index 17f9e4f..110982c 100644
--- a/bash/.bashrc
+++ b/bash/.bashrc
@@ -2,13 +2,23 @@
 
 #{- PROMPT -}#
 
-red="\001$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 1)\002"
-green="\001$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 2)\002"
-yellow="\001$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 3)\002"
-blue="\001$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 4)\002"
-magenta="\001$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 5)\002"
-cyan="\001$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 6)\002"
-no_color="\001$(tput sgr0)\002"
+if which tput &> /dev/null && tput bold &> /dev/null; then
+  red="\001$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 1)\002"
+  green="\001$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 2)\002"
+  yellow="\001$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 3)\002"
+  blue="\001$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 4)\002"
+  magenta="\001$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 5)\002"
+  cyan="\001$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 6)\002"
+  no_color="\001$(tput sgr0)\002"
+else
+  red="\[\033[1;31m\]"
+  green="\[\033[1;32m\]"
+  yellow="\[\033[1;33m\]"
+  blue="\[\033[1;34m\]"
+  magenta="\[\033[1;35m\]"
+  cyan="\[\033[1;36m\]"
+  no_color="\[\033[0m\]"
+fi
 
 
 export PS1="${green}\$${no_color} "
diff --git a/bash/.functions b/bash/.functions
index 41c5043..c412f00 100644
--- a/bash/.functions
+++ b/bash/.functions
@@ -21,3 +21,13 @@ cat_with_newline()
   cat "$@" && echo
 }
 alias cat="cat_with_newline"
+
+vim_option_select()
+{
+  if which nvim &> /dev/null; then
+    nvim "$@"
+  else
+    vim "$@"
+  fi
+}
+alias vim="vim_option_select "
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index d4d8483..978a71c 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Install my dotfiles on a variety of systems
 
-echo "CURRENT LOCATION: $PWD"
+set -ex
+
+echo "PWD: $PWD"
+# Coder dotfiles (and most other ways of doing this) will not do a recursive clone, so do that in install script.
+git submodule init && git submodule update
 
 echo "Installing dotfiles..."
 if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
   echo "Idenitfying OS to install GNU stow..."
   if grep -q -i debian /etc/os-release; then
     echo "You've got Debian!";
-    sudo apt update;
-    sudo apt install -y stow;
+    sudo apt-get update;
+    sudo apt-get install -y stow;
   elif grep -q -i rhel /etc/os-release || grep -q -i fedora /etc/os-release; then
     echo "You've got RedHat (or maybe Fedora)! Which is unsupported right now sorry!";
     # sudo yum install -y stow;
@@ -28,6 +33,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Apply the dotfiles with stow
-echo "RUNNING APPLY DOTFILES"
+echo "Running apply dotfiles"
 ./apply-dotfiles
-echo "RAN APPLY DOTFILES"
+echo "Dotfiles applied successfully"