diff --git a/modules/module/settings/cat-packages.nix b/modules/module/settings/cat-packages.nix
index 7dd3049..8f027ba 100644
--- a/modules/module/settings/cat-packages.nix
+++ b/modules/module/settings/cat-packages.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 let
   maybe = cat: pkgsList:
     lib.optionals (config.cats.${cat} or false) pkgsList;
+  rPackages = (pkgs.baseRPackages or [ ]) ++ config.settings.lang_packages.r;
+  quartoPkg =
+    if config.cats.r or false
+    then pkgs.rpkgs.quarto.override { extraRPackages = rPackages; }
+    else pkgs.quarto;
 in
 {
   options.catPkgs = lib.mkOption {
@@ -35,7 +40,7 @@ in
 
     markdown = maybe "markdown" (with pkgs; [
       python313Packages.pylatexenc
-      quarto
+      quartoPkg
       zk
     ]);
 
@@ -87,16 +92,14 @@ in
         uv
       ]);
 
-    r = maybe "r" (let
-      r_packages = (pkgs.baseRPackages or [ ]) ++ config.settings.lang_packages.r;
-    in [
-      (pkgs.rpkgs.rWrapper.override { packages = r_packages; })
+    r = maybe "r" [
+      (pkgs.rpkgs.rWrapper.override { packages = rPackages; })
       pkgs.rpkgs.radianWrapper
-      (pkgs.rpkgs.quarto.override { extraRPackages = r_packages; })
+      quartoPkg
       pkgs.air-formatter
       pkgs.yaml-language-server
       pkgs.rnvimserver
-    ]);
+    ];
 
     # cats without packages get empty lists
     general = [ ];
diff --git a/modules/module/settings/hosts.nix b/modules/module/settings/hosts.nix
index 7637633..a47467a 100644
--- a/modules/module/settings/hosts.nix
+++ b/modules/module/settings/hosts.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
   lib,
   ...
 }:
+let
+  rPackages = (pkgs.baseRPackages or [ ]) ++ config.settings.lang_packages.r;
+  rWrapperPkg = pkgs.rpkgs.rWrapper.override { packages = rPackages; };
+in
 {
   config.hosts = lib.mkMerge [
     {
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@
     (lib.mkIf (config.cats.r or false) {
       r = {
         nvim-host.enable = true;
-        nvim-host.package = "${pkgs.rWrapper}/bin/R";
+        nvim-host.package = "${rWrapperPkg}/bin/R";
         nvim-host.argv0 = "R";
         nvim-host.addFlag = [
           "--no-save"