diff --git a/home_external/.bash_aliases_branched b/home_external/.bash_aliases_branched
index c2539e2..47bfa4b 100644
--- a/home_external/.bash_aliases_branched
+++ b/home_external/.bash_aliases_branched
@@ -4,13 +4,18 @@
 updatePackages() {
    noconfirm=
    if [[ $1 == "-y" ]]; then
-      noconfirm="--no-confirm";
+      noconfirm="--assume-yes"
    fi
-   executeAndNotify "doUpdatePackages $noconfirm" "packages updated" "package update failed";
+   full=
+   if [[ $2 == "--full" ]]; then
+      full="full-"
+   fi
+   executeAndNotify "doUpdatePackages $noconfirm $full" "system updated" "system update failed";
 }
 
 
 doUpdatePackages() {
-   pamac update $1;
-   pamac remove --orphans --cascade $1;
+   sudo apt update;
+   sudo apt ${2}upgrade $1;
+   sudo apt autoremove $1;
 }
diff --git a/home_external/.config/nano/nanorc b/home_external/.config/nano/nanorc
index 7c13914..21e7054 100644
--- a/home_external/.config/nano/nanorc
+++ b/home_external/.config/nano/nanorc
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ set linenumbers
 set matchbrackets "(<[{)>]}"
 
 ## Suppress title bar and show file name and editor state at the bottom.
-set minibar
+# set minibar
 
 ## Enable mouse support, if available for your system.  When enabled,
 ## mouse clicks can be used to place the cursor, set the mark (with a
diff --git a/home_external/.config/rofi/config.rasi b/home_external/.config/rofi/config.rasi
index 2d0b8eb..ae0955a 100644
--- a/home_external/.config/rofi/config.rasi
+++ b/home_external/.config/rofi/config.rasi
@@ -139,13 +139,13 @@ configuration {
 /*	me-select-entry: "MousePrimary";*/
 /*	me-accept-entry: "MouseDPrimary";*/
 /*	me-accept-custom: "Control+MouseDPrimary";*/
-  timeout {
+/*  timeout {
       action: "kb-cancel";
       delay:  0;
   }
   filebrowser {
       directories-first: true;
       sorting-method:    "name";
-  }
+  }*/
 }
 @theme "/usr/share/rofi/themes/Arc-Dark.rasi"
diff --git a/scripts/backup_edi.sh b/scripts/backup_edi.sh
index adee0e9..42d8ee2 100755
--- a/scripts/backup_edi.sh
+++ b/scripts/backup_edi.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ backupRootDirectory /etc/docker/daemon.json $BACKUP_DIR_ROOT/docker/
 ### upload backup ###
 #####################
 
-if [[ "$1" == "--noupload" ]]; then
+if [[ $# > 0 && "$1" == "--noupload" ]]; then
    exit 0;
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/dockerContainerAction.sh b/scripts/dockerContainerAction.sh
index 74a4e1f..87e2da9 100644
--- a/scripts/dockerContainerAction.sh
+++ b/scripts/dockerContainerAction.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ upDownContainers() {
          continue;
       fi
       cd $subdir;
-      docker-compose $@;
+      docker compose $@;
    done
 }