diff --git a/configs/crystal/create-partitions/up.nu b/configs/crystal/create-partitions/up.nu
index bb6a526..c2884aa 100644
--- a/configs/crystal/create-partitions/up.nu
+++ b/configs/crystal/create-partitions/up.nu
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ module auto_partition {
             run btrfs subvolume create @home
         }
         run umount $root_part
-        run mount $root_part /mnt subvol=@
+        run mount $root_part /mnt -o subvol=@
         mkdir /mnt/boot/efi
         mkdir /mnt/home
-        run mount $root_part /mnt/home subvol=@home
+        run mount $root_part /mnt/home -o subvol=@home
         run mount $boot_part /mnt/boot/efi
     }
 
diff --git a/configs/crystal/install-base/up.nu b/configs/crystal/install-base/up.nu
index 3fbee4f..c15b72b 100644
--- a/configs/crystal/install-base/up.nu
+++ b/configs/crystal/install-base/up.nu
@@ -1,4 +1,64 @@
+def install_base_packages [] {
+    (
+        run pacstrap /mnt
+        base
+        linux-firmware    
+        systemd-sysvcompat
+        networkmanager
+        man-db
+        man-pages
+        texinfo
+        nano
+        sudo
+        curl
+        archlinux-keyring
+
+        # crystal base
+        crystal-core
+        crystal-branding
+
+        # crystal extras
+        crystal-first-setup
+        neofetch
+        btrfs-progs
+        which
+        base-devel
+
+        # fonts
+        noto-fonts
+        noto-fonts-emoji
+        noto-fonts-cjk
+        noto-fonts-extra
+        ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols-common
+        ttf-firacode-nerd
+        ttf-liberation
+
+        # audio
+        pipewire
+        pipewire-pulse
+        pipewire-alsa
+        pipewire-jack
+        wireplumber
+        helvum
+
+        # utils
+        xterm
+        cups
+        cups-pdf
+        bluez
+        bluez-cups
+        ntfs-3g
+        bash-completion
+        zsh-completions
+    )
+}
+
 # Applies all system changes of `install-base`
 def main [cfg] {
-    echo "Executing up task `install-base` with config" $cfg
+    debug $"installing base with config ($cfg)" 
+
+    mkdir /mnt/etc
+    install_base_packages
+    cp /etc/pacman.conf /mnt/etc/pacman.conf
+    run bash -c 'genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab'
 }
diff --git a/configs/crystal/install-kernels/up.nu b/configs/crystal/install-kernels/up.nu
index f385ba8..7512f18 100644
--- a/configs/crystal/install-kernels/up.nu
+++ b/configs/crystal/install-kernels/up.nu
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-let RUN_IN_CHROOT = true;
+let SUPPORTED_KERNELS = ["linux", "linux-zen", "linus-hardened", "linux-lts"];
+
 # Applies all system changes of `install-kernels`
 def main [cfg] {
-    echo "Executing up task `install-kernels` with config" $cfg
+    debug $"installing kernels with config ($cfg)"
+    mut kernel = $cfg.default
+
+    if $kernel not-in $SUPPORTED_KERNELS {
+        warn $"Unsupported kernel ($kernel). Defaulting to 'linux' kernel"
+        $kernel = "linux"
+    }
+
+    run pacstrap /mnt $kernel
+
+    debug "Installing additional kernels"
+
+    $cfg.additional | each {|$k| 
+        debug $"installing ($k)"
+
+        if $k in $SUPPORTED_KERNELS {        
+            run pacstrap /mnt $k 
+        } else {
+            warn $"Unsupported kernel ($k)"    
+        }
+    } 
 }
diff --git a/src/task/commands/mod.rs b/src/task/commands/mod.rs
index ae3824d..67915d2 100644
--- a/src/task/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/src/task/commands/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 mod debug;
 mod info;
 mod run;
+mod warn;
 mod with_cwd;
 pub use debug::*;
 pub use info::*;
 pub use run::*;
+pub use warn::*;
 pub use with_cwd::*;
diff --git a/src/task/commands/run.rs b/src/task/commands/run.rs
index 36fe1f6..63e2731 100644
--- a/src/task/commands/run.rs
+++ b/src/task/commands/run.rs
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ impl embed_nu::nu_protocol::engine::Command for RunCommand {
         let mut stdin = cmd.stdin.take().unwrap();
         stdin.write_all(input.collect_string_strict(call.span())?.0.as_bytes())?;
 
-        if cmd.wait().is_err() {
+        if cmd.wait()?.success() {
+            Ok(PipelineData::empty())
+        } else {
             Err(ShellError::ExternalCommand(
                 executable,
                 String::from("Is it written correctly?"),
                 call.span(),
             ))
-        } else {
-            Ok(PipelineData::empty())
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/task/commands/warn.rs b/src/task/commands/warn.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f71087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/task/commands/warn.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+use embed_nu::{
+    nu_protocol::{engine::Command, Signature, SyntaxShape},
+    CallExt, PipelineData,
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct WarnCommand;
+
+impl Command for WarnCommand {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "warn"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> embed_nu::nu_protocol::Signature {
+        Signature::new("warn")
+            .rest("rest", SyntaxShape::Any, "the warning to print")
+            .category(embed_nu::nu_protocol::Category::Custom("Tourmaline".into()))
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Prints the given message and values with warning severity"
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &embed_nu::nu_protocol::engine::EngineState,
+        stack: &mut embed_nu::nu_protocol::engine::Stack,
+        call: &embed_nu::nu_protocol::ast::Call,
+        _input: embed_nu::PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<embed_nu::PipelineData, embed_nu::nu_protocol::ShellError> {
+        let args: Vec<String> = call.rest(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+        tracing::warn!("{}", args.join(" "));
+
+        Ok(PipelineData::empty())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/task/exec_builder.rs b/src/task/exec_builder.rs
index c0d9d1f..29d241c 100644
--- a/src/task/exec_builder.rs
+++ b/src/task/exec_builder.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::fs;
 use crate::{distro::OSConfig, error::ScriptError, utils::CFG_PATH};
 use miette::{Context, IntoDiagnostic, Result};
 
-use super::commands::{DebugCommand, InfoCommand, RunCommand, WithCwdCommand};
+use super::commands::{DebugCommand, InfoCommand, RunCommand, WarnCommand, WithCwdCommand};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct ExecBuilder {
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ impl ExecBuilder {
         let mut ctx = embed_nu::Context::builder()
             .with_command_groups(CommandGroupConfig::default().all_groups(true))?
             .add_command(RunCommand)?
+            .add_command(WarnCommand)?
             .add_command(InfoCommand)?
             .add_command(DebugCommand)?
             .add_command(WithCwdCommand)?