diff --git a/.dotfiles/base/base.sh b/.dotfiles/base/base.sh
index c6dc3695b..924f3883f 100755
--- a/.dotfiles/base/base.sh
+++ b/.dotfiles/base/base.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ echo "------------------------------"
 # get the absolute path of the .dotfiles directory
 # this is only for aesthetic reasons to have an absolute symlink path instead of a relative one
 # <path-to-smu>/.dotfiles/somedotfile vs <path-to-smu>/.dotfiles/base/../somedotfile
-readonly dotfiles="$(dirname -- "$(dirname -- "$(readlink -f -- "$0")")")"
+readonly dotfiles="$(dirname -- "$(dirname -- "$(greadlink -f -- "$0")")")"
 
 export RCRC="../rcrc"
 rcup -v -d "${dotfiles}"
diff --git a/.dotfiles/base/brewfile b/.dotfiles/base/brewfile
index 01958ca45..5e3c49671 100644
--- a/.dotfiles/base/brewfile
+++ b/.dotfiles/base/brewfile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 tap "thoughtbot/formulae"
 
+brew "coreutils"
 brew "rcm"
diff --git a/.dotfiles/tag-smu/SpaceVim.d/init.toml b/.dotfiles/tag-smu/SpaceVim.d/init.toml
index 1ca9a6689..daa9e95c5 100644
--- a/.dotfiles/tag-smu/SpaceVim.d/init.toml
+++ b/.dotfiles/tag-smu/SpaceVim.d/init.toml
@@ -1,60 +1,69 @@
-[options]
-    colorscheme = "one"
-    colorscheme_bg = "dark"
-    statusline_separator = "arrow"
-    statusline_inactive_separator = "arrow"
-    buffer_index_type = 4
-    filetype_icon = true
-    default_indent = 4
-    relativenumber = false
-    enable_statusline_display_mode = true
-
-# Enable autocomplete layer
-[[layers]]
-name = 'autocomplete'
+[[layers]]
 auto-completion-return-key-behavior = "complete"
 auto-completion-tab-key-behavior = "smart"
+name = "autocomplete"
 
 [[layers]]
-name = 'shell'
-default_position = 'top'
 default_height = 30
+default_position = "top"
+name = "shell"
+
+[[layers]]
+enable = false
+name = "core#statusline"
 
 [[layers]]
-name = 'checkers'
+enable = false
+name = "core#tabline"
 
 [[layers]]
-name = 'colorscheme'
+name = "VersionControl"
 
 [[layers]]
-name = 'VersionControl'
+name = "checkers"
 
 [[layers]]
-name = 'fzf'
+name = "colorscheme"
 
 [[layers]]
-name = 'lang#html'
+name = "fzf"
 
 [[layers]]
-name = 'lang#javascript'
+name = "lang#html"
 
 [[layers]]
-name = 'lang#json'
+name = "lang#javascript"
 
 [[layers]]
-name = 'lang#markdown'
+name = "lang#json"
 
 [[layers]]
-name = 'lang#php'
+name = "lang#markdown"
 
 [[layers]]
-name = 'lang#sh'
+name = "lang#php"
 
 [[layers]]
-name = 'lang#toml'
+name = "lang#sh"
 
 [[layers]]
-name = 'lang#typescript'
+name = "lang#toml"
 
 [[layers]]
-name = 'lang#xml'
+name = "lang#typescript"
+
+[[layers]]
+name = "lang#xml"
+
+[options]
+buffer_index_type = 4
+colorscheme = "$BASE16_THEME"
+colorscheme_bg = "dark"
+custom_plugins = [["chriskempson/base16-vim"]]
+default_indent = 4
+enable_statusline_display_mode = true
+filetype_icon = true
+guifont = "FuraCodeNerdFontComplete-Light 12"
+relativenumber = false
+statusline_inactive_separator = "arrow"
+statusline_separator = "arrow"
diff --git a/.dotfiles/tag-smu/gitconfig b/.dotfiles/tag-smu/gitconfig
index fa7fda6a5..15f7f0ed4 100644
--- a/.dotfiles/tag-smu/gitconfig
+++ b/.dotfiles/tag-smu/gitconfig
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
     # Prevent showing files whose names contain non-ASCII symbols as unversioned.
     # http://michael-kuehnel.de/git/2014/11/21/git-mac-osx-and-german-umlaute.html
     precomposeunicode = false
+	pager = diff-so-fancy | less --tabs=4 -RFX
+	editor = vim
 
 [color]
     # Use colors in Git commands that are capable of colored output when
diff --git a/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/editor/brewfile b/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/editor/brewfile
index e51ed298a..fd0a75f5a 100644
--- a/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/editor/brewfile
+++ b/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/editor/brewfile
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ cask "macdown"
 cask "oni"
 
 # diff
-cask "p4merge"
+cask "p4v"
 brew "diff-so-fancy"
diff --git a/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/editor/editor.sh b/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/editor/editor.sh
index 10e3a758e..40bbea898 100755
--- a/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/editor/editor.sh
+++ b/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/editor/editor.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ if [[ ! -e "${sublime_package_control}" ]]; then
     echo "------------------------------"
     echo "Installing Sublime3 package control"
 
+    mkdir -p $(dirname "${sublime_package_control}")
     curl -fsSL "https://packagecontrol.io/Package%20Control.sublime-package" > "${sublime_package_control}"
 fi
 
diff --git a/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/macos/macos.sh b/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/macos/macos.sh
index b91390816..fd55424a1 100755
--- a/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/macos/macos.sh
+++ b/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/macos/macos.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [[ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo "This module requires sudo rights."
-  echo "You should run this module using the smu script."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 # Run the osx.sh Script
 # I strongly suggest you read through the commented osx.sh
 # source file and tweak any settings based on your personal
@@ -24,6 +18,12 @@ echo ""
 # settings we’re about to change
 osascript -e 'tell application "System Preferences" to quit'
 
+# Ask for the administrator password upfront
+sudo -v
+
+# Keep-alive: update existing `sudo` time stamp until `.macos` has finished
+while true; do sudo -n true; sleep 60; kill -0 "$$" || exit; done 2>/dev/null &
+
 ###############################################################################
 # General UI/UX                                                               #
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/macosupdate/macosupdate.sh b/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/macosupdate/macosupdate.sh
index ed9bf776b..00d61a4f5 100755
--- a/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/macosupdate/macosupdate.sh
+++ b/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/macosupdate/macosupdate.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [[ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo "This module requires sudo rights."
-  echo "You should run this module using the smuu script."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 echo "------------------------------"
 echo "Updating macOS. If this requires a restart, run the script again."
 echo "------------------------------"
 echo ""
 
+# Ask for the administrator password upfront
+sudo -v
+
+# Keep-alive: update existing `sudo` time stamp until `.macos` has finished
+while true; do sudo -n true; sleep 60; kill -0 "$$" || exit; done 2>/dev/null &
+
 # Install all available updates
 sudo softwareupdate -i -a
 
diff --git a/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/php/brewfile b/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/php/brewfile
index 838e1262d..ccd9faa66 100644
--- a/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/php/brewfile
+++ b/.dotfiles/tag-smu/modules/php/brewfile
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ brew "rabbitmq-c"
 brew "php@7.2"
 brew "php@5.6"
 brew "composer"
+brew "libmemcached"
diff --git a/smu b/smu
index 6d58ac51f..2211c46f2 100755
--- a/smu
+++ b/smu
@@ -130,19 +130,6 @@ provision_enabled() {
 export _arg_provision
 export -f provision_enabled
 
-start_sudo() {
-    sudo -v
-    ( while true; do sudo -v; sleep 60; done; ) &
-    SUDO_PID="$!"
-    trap stop_sudo SIGINT SIGTERM
-}
-
-stop_sudo() {
-    kill "$SUDO_PID"
-    trap - SIGINT SIGTERM
-    sudo -k
-}
-
 provision_module() {
     # source base from installation directory
     # this enables smu to work on first time installations
@@ -153,7 +140,6 @@ provision_module() {
     fi
 
     local -r script="${1}.sh"
-    local -r requires_sudo=("macos" "macosupdate")
 
     if [[ ! -e "${path}/${script}" ]]; then
         echo "${path}/${script} does not seem to exist, skipping."
@@ -163,23 +149,12 @@ provision_module() {
 
     echo "Running ${path}/${script} module"
 
-    if [[ " ${requires_sudo[@]} " =~ " ${1}" ]]; then
-        (
-            cd "${path}/" &&
-            start_sudo &&
-            [[ -s ./before.sh ]] && source ./before.sh
-            source "./${script}" &&
-            [[ -s ./after.sh ]] && source ./after.sh
-            stop_sudo
-        )
-    else
-        (
-            cd "${path}/" &&
-            [[ -s ./before.sh ]] && source ./before.sh
-            source "./${script}" &&
-            [[ -s ./after.sh ]] && source ./after.sh
-        )
-    fi
+    (
+        cd "${path}/" &&
+        [[ -s ./before.sh ]] && source ./before.sh
+        source "./${script}" &&
+        [[ -s ./after.sh ]] && source ./after.sh
+    )
 }
 
 if [[ ${_arg_lsrc} == "on" ]]; then