diff --git a/hosts/local-packages.nix b/hosts/local-packages.nix
index 7d89de7..22b691f 100644
--- a/hosts/local-packages.nix
+++ b/hosts/local-packages.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ in {
     ffmpeg
     gnused
     gdb
+    libstdcxx5
     stdenv.cc.cc.lib
     nix-prefetch-git
     binutils
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ in {
     bash
     customPkgs.fish-rust
     go
+    ollama
     sqls
     deno
     redis
diff --git a/modules/python.nix b/modules/python.nix
index d34d709..25d2c5e 100644
--- a/modules/python.nix
+++ b/modules/python.nix
@@ -2,48 +2,66 @@
 
 let
   customPkgs = pkgs.callPackage ../pkgs { inherit pkgs lib; };
+  pipConf = pkgs.writeText "pip.conf" ''
+    [global]
+    no-cache-dir = false
+    [install]
+    ignore-installed = false
+    [packages]
+    numpy = "<2.0.0"
+  '';
+  pythonEnv = pkgs.python311.buildEnv.override {
+    extraLibs = [
+      customPkgs.python-pymatting
+      customPkgs.python-opencv-headless
+      customPkgs.python-rembg
+      customPkgs.pythonPackages.numpy  # This should be numpy 1.x
+      pkgs.python311Packages.i3ipc
+      pkgs.python311Packages.pandas
+      pkgs.python311Packages.matplotlib
+      pkgs.python311Packages.scipy
+      pkgs.python311Packages.requests
+      pkgs.python311Packages.pip
+      pkgs.python311Packages.virtualenv
+      pkgs.python311Packages.ipython
+      pkgs.python311Packages.six
+      pkgs.python311Packages.psutil
+      pkgs.python311Packages.pynvml
+      pkgs.python311Packages.pyqtgraph
+      pkgs.python311Packages.pyqt6
+      pkgs.python311Packages.cppcheck
+      pkgs.python311Packages.click
+      pkgs.python311Packages.typer
+      pkgs.python311Packages.rich
+      pkgs.python311Packages.pyyaml
+      pkgs.python311Packages.pytz
+      pkgs.python311Packages.pillow
+    ];
+  };
 in {
   options.python = {
     enable = lib.mkEnableOption "System Python Environment";
   };
   config = lib.mkIf config.python.enable {
     environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-      (python311.withPackages (pyPkgs: with pyPkgs; [
-        numpy
-        python-pymatting
-        python-opencv-headless
-        python-rembg
-        i3ipc
-        pandas
-        matplotlib
-        scipy
-        requests
-        pip
-        virtualenv
-        ipython
-        six
-        psutil
-        pynvml
-        pyqtgraph
-        pyqt6
-        click
-        typer
-        rich
-        pyyaml
-        pytz
-        pillow
-      ]))
+      pythonEnv
       python3Packages.pip
       black
       ruff
       uv
+      stdenv.cc.cc.lib
     ];
+    # Environment variables
     environment.variables = {
       PIP_PREFIX = "$HOME/.local";
+      PIP_CONFIG_FILE = "${pipConf}";  # Force pip to use our config
       PYTHONPATH = "$HOME/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages";
     };
-    environment.shellAliases = {
-      python = "python3.11";
-    };
+    system.userActivationScripts.removeNumpy2 = ''
+      if [ -d "$HOME/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/numpy" ]; then
+        echo "Removing NumPy from user packages to prevent conflicts..."
+        rm -rf "$HOME/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/numpy"*
+      fi
+    '';
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index aed9492..4442009 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,32 @@
-{
-  pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {},
-  lib ? pkgs.lib,
-}: {
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}, lib ? pkgs.lib }:
+
+let
+  numpy-1 = pkgs.python311Packages.numpy.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
+    version = "1.26.4";
+    src = pkgs.fetchPypi {
+      pname = "numpy";
+      inherit version;
+      sha256 = "0410j6jfz1yzm5s0v0yrc1j0q6ih4322357and7arr0jxnlsn0ia";
+    };
+    meta.priority = -1;
+  });
+
+  customPackages = pkgs.python311Packages.override {
+    overrides = self: super: {
+      numpy = numpy-1;
+    };
+  };
+
+in {
+
   fish-rust = pkgs.callPackage ./fish-rust {};
+
   python-pymatting = pkgs.callPackage ./python-pymatting {
     inherit lib;
     fetchPypi = pkgs.fetchPypi;
-    python311Packages = pkgs.python311Packages;
+    python311Packages = customPackages;
   };
+
   python-opencv-headless = pkgs.callPackage ./python-opencv-headless {
     inherit lib;
     fetchPypi = pkgs.fetchPypi;
@@ -15,16 +34,20 @@
     pkg-config = pkgs.pkg-config;
     stdenv = pkgs.stdenv;
     makeWrapper = pkgs.makeWrapper;
-    python311Packages = pkgs.python311Packages;
+    python311Packages = customPackages;
   };
+
   python-rembg = pkgs.callPackage ./python-rembg {
     inherit lib;
     fetchPypi = pkgs.fetchPypi;
+    python311Packages = customPackages;
+
     python-pymatting = pkgs.callPackage ./python-pymatting {
       inherit lib;
       fetchPypi = pkgs.fetchPypi;
-      python311Packages = pkgs.python311Packages;
+      python311Packages = customPackages;
     };
+
     python-opencv-headless = pkgs.callPackage ./python-opencv-headless {
       inherit lib;
       fetchPypi = pkgs.fetchPypi;
@@ -32,10 +55,11 @@
       pkg-config = pkgs.pkg-config;
       stdenv = pkgs.stdenv;
       makeWrapper = pkgs.makeWrapper;
-      python311Packages = pkgs.python311Packages;
+      python311Packages = customPackages;
     };
-    python311Packages = pkgs.python311Packages;
   };
+
+  pythonPackages = customPackages;
   vivid-icons = pkgs.callPackage ./vivid-icons {
     inherit lib;
     stdenv = pkgs.stdenv;
diff --git a/pkgs/python-opencv-headless/default.nix b/pkgs/python-opencv-headless/default.nix
index 3bc9fdf..babc7da 100644
--- a/pkgs/python-opencv-headless/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-opencv-headless/default.nix
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ python311Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python311Packages; [
-    numpy
     setuptools
+    numpy
   ];
 
   dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/python-pymatting/default.nix b/pkgs/python-pymatting/default.nix
index 14f282d..fa4b814 100644
--- a/pkgs/python-pymatting/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-pymatting/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ python311Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python311Packages; [
-    numpy
     scipy
     pillow
     numba
diff --git a/pkgs/python-rembg/default.nix b/pkgs/python-rembg/default.nix
index 2a51257..030a6d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/python-rembg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-rembg/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ python311Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
     setuptools
   ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python311Packages; [
-    numpy
     onnxruntime
     pillow
     pooch