diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 846c456..565bae9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "src/.local/bin/pyinstantref"]
 	path = src/.local/bin/pyinstantref
 	url = https://github.com/dogeystamp/pyinstantref
+[submodule "src/.local/bin/inkscape-shortcut-manager"]
+	path = src/.local/bin/inkscape-shortcut-manager
+	url = https://github.com/dogeystamp/inkscape-shortcut-manager
diff --git a/programs b/programs
index eff1dc2..26a8f8c 100644
--- a/programs
+++ b/programs
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ xsel
 
 # inkscape shortcut manager
 python-xlib
+pdf2svg
 
 chromium
 cargo
diff --git a/src/.config/nvim/typst.vim b/src/.config/nvim/typst.vim
index 2605265..2bf850b 100644
--- a/src/.config/nvim/typst.vim
+++ b/src/.config/nvim/typst.vim
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function EditFig()
 	let figure_fname = expand('<cfile>')
 	exec "silent !typst-figure " .. figure_fname
 	vsp
-	exec "term inkscape-shortcut-manager"
+	exec "term inkscape-shortcut-single"
 	quit
 endfunc
 
diff --git a/src/.local/bin/inkscape-shortcut-manager b/src/.local/bin/inkscape-shortcut-manager
deleted file mode 100755
index 203eeb2..0000000
--- a/src/.local/bin/inkscape-shortcut-manager
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# wrapper to have a single instance of inkscape-shortcut-manager running
-
-if ! pgrep -f inkscape-shortcut-manager/main.py; then
-	# really hacky hardcoding of path here
-	# https://github.com/dogeystamp/inkscape-shortcut-manager
-	# clone this and point to its main.py
-	python3 ~/dox/proj/inkscape-shortcut-manager/main.py
-fi
diff --git a/src/.local/bin/inkscape-shortcut-manager b/src/.local/bin/inkscape-shortcut-manager
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..04eeef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.local/bin/inkscape-shortcut-manager
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 04eeef7804c11374512e9347ab6996be1dd64a46
diff --git a/src/.local/bin/inkscape-shortcut-single b/src/.local/bin/inkscape-shortcut-single
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..aef9720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.local/bin/inkscape-shortcut-single
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# hacky wrapper to have a single instance of inkscape-shortcut-manager running
+
+if ! pgrep -u "$USER" -f inkscape-shortcut-manager/main.py; then
+	# https://github.com/dogeystamp/inkscape-shortcut-manager
+	# clone this and point to its main.py
+	python3 ~/.local/bin/inkscape-shortcut-manager/main.py
+fi