diff --git a/config/xonsh/aliases.py b/config/xonsh/aliases.py
index 1c41299..40d4bfd 100644
--- a/config/xonsh/aliases.py
+++ b/config/xonsh/aliases.py
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ def _upd(args: list):
             "Visual Studio Code user settings": ".config/Code/User/settings.json.bak",
             "fontconfig": ".config/fontconfig/conf.d/10-hm-fonts.conf.bak"
         }
+        if not "--no-pull" in args:
+            print(f"{c.BLUE}Pulling {c.YELLOW}NixOS{c.BLUE} configuration from remote{c.END}")
+            run["git", "pull", cwd=path]
+        else:
+            args.remove("--no-pull")
         if "--rewrite-hardware-configuration" in args:
             args.remove("--rewrite-hardware-configuration")
             print(f"{c.BLUE}Updating {c.YELLOW}NixOS{c.BLUE} hardware configuration file for {c.YELLOW}{gethostname()}{c.BLUE}{c.END}")