diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 687561d..6e4f80d 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 - name: update pacman cache
   pacman: update_cache=yes
 - name: install essential packages
-  pacman: name={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
-    - htop
-    - strace
-    - the_silver_searcher
-    - zsh
-    - git
-    - sudo
-    - ca-certificates-dn42
+  pacman:
+    name="htop,strace,the_silver_searcher,zsh,git,sudo,neovim-git,ca-certificates-dn42"
+    state=present
+- file: src=/usr/bin/nvim dest=/usr/local/bin/vim state=link
 - locale_gen: name=de_DE.UTF-8 state=present
 - locale_gen: name=en_DK.UTF-8 state=present
 - command: /usr/bin/timedatectl set-timezone UTC