diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
index 09cf8074..89514190 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,23 @@ let
     echo "launching ${identifier}..." | ${systemd-cat} --identifier=${identifier}
     ${cmd} 2>&1 | ${systemd-cat} --identifier=${identifier}
   '';
+
+  hookPkgs = {
+    inputhandler = pkgs.static-nix-shell.mkBash {
+      pname = "sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh";
+      src = ./hooks;
+      pkgs = [ "coreutils" ];
+    };
+    start = pkgs.static-nix-shell.mkBash {
+      pname = "sxmo_hook_start.sh";
+      src = ./hooks;
+      pkgs = [ "superd" "xdg-user-dirs" ];
+    };
+    postwake = pkgs.static-nix-shell.mkBash {
+      pname = "sxmo_hook_postwake.sh";
+      src = ./hooks;
+    };
+  };
 in
 {
   options = with lib; {
@@ -106,9 +123,9 @@ in
     sane.gui.sxmo.hooks = mkOption {
       type = types.attrsOf types.path;
       default = {
-        "sxmo_hook_start.sh" = ./hooks/sxmo_hook_start.sh;
-        "sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh" = ./hooks/sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh;
-        "sxmo_hook_postwake.sh" = ./hooks/sxmo_hook_postwake.sh;
+        "sxmo_hook_start.sh" = "${hookPkgs.start}/bin/sxmo_hook_start.sh";
+        "sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh" = "${hookPkgs.inputhandler}/sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh";
+        "sxmo_hook_postwake.sh" = "${hookPkgs.postwake}/sxmo_hook_postwake.sh";
       };
       description = ''
         extra hooks to add with higher priority than the builtins
diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh
index b0174273..b7b4e695 100755
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils
 
 # increments to use for volume adjustment
 VOL_INCR_1=5
diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_postwake.sh b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_postwake.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 36f0bd0e..ffd09b73
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_postwake.sh
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_postwake.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash
 
 # the default sxmo_postwake handler checks if the modem is offline
 # and if so installs a wakelock to block suspend for 30s.
diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_start.sh b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_start.sh
index 39f3f392..63339077 100755
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_start.sh
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p superd -p xdg-user-dirs
 # this is based on upstream sxmo-utils sxmo_hook_start.sh
 # but modified for nixos integration and specialize a bit to my needs
 . sxmo_common.sh