diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix b/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
index 98e1ccbcc..4baededd8 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ in
       # "msmtp"  # sendmail
       # "offlineimap"  # email mailbox sync
       # "sfeed"  # RSS fetcher
+      "uvtools"  # TODO: upstream (then i can move this to the phone-case-cq repo; i don't need it more broadly than that).
       "visidata"  # TUI spreadsheet viewer/editor
       "w3m"  # web browser
     ];
@@ -1182,6 +1183,8 @@ in
       "/sys/bus/usb"
     ];
 
+    uvtools.sandbox.method = null;  #< TODO: sandbox
+
     vala-language-server.sandbox.whitelistPwd = true;
     vala-language-server.suggestedPrograms = [
       # might someday support cmake, too: <https://github.com/vala-lang/vala-language-server/issues/73>