diff --git a/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg b/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg
index 23598c4..d6393f9 100755
--- a/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg
+++ b/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ COMMIT_SOURCE="$2"
 BOOTSTRAPDIR="bootstrap"
 pkgfileloc="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/$BOOTSTRAPDIR/packages.txt"
 pkgignoreloc="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/$BOOTSTRAPDIR/packages_ignore.txt"
-listgen="yay"
+listgen="paru"
 
 err() {
   printf "\x1b[33mCAUTION:\x1b[0m %s\n" "$*"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if [ ! -f "$pkgfileloc" ]; then
 fi
 
 if ! type "$listgen" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  err "Yay not installed on machine, can not reliably determine package differences!"
+  err "List generator not installed on machine, can not reliably determine package differences!"
 fi
 
 # get commited packages, remove empty lines
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ sed -e '/^[#$]/d' <"$pkgfileloc" | sort >"$pkgcommited"
 # q removes extraneous info
 # e only lists explicitly installed
 # tt removes those that are depended on, but NOT those optionally depended on
-pkgcurrent=$(yay -Qqett | sort)
+pkgcurrent=$("$listgen" -Qqett | sort)
 # remove those listed in package_ignore.txt
 if [ -f "$pkgignoreloc" ]; then
   pkgcurrent=$(echo "$pkgcurrent" | comm -23 - "$pkgignoreloc")
diff --git a/bootstrap/packages.txt b/bootstrap/packages.txt
index 63ed0f8..2082b53 100644
--- a/bootstrap/packages.txt
+++ b/bootstrap/packages.txt
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ ntp
 os-prober
 pacman-contrib
 pandoc-citeproc
+paru
 pass
 pavolume
 pdfjs
@@ -151,7 +152,6 @@ xclip
 xorg-xev
 xorg-xinit
 xorg-xinput
-yay
 youtube-dlc
 
 # zsh plugins
diff --git a/scripts/.local/bin/syu b/scripts/.local/bin/syu
deleted file mode 120000
index 76b3f31..0000000
--- a/scripts/.local/bin/syu
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/usr/bin/topgrade
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sh/.config/sh/alias.d/syu.sh b/sh/.config/sh/alias.d/syu.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d21d3fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sh/.config/sh/alias.d/syu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+# Updates your system using topgrade if it exists,
+# falls back to paru or yay.
+# If only pacman exists, will use that but whine about it
+
+# Also makes yay call paru since that is the new hotness
+# (or at least I want to try it)
+
+type paru >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
+  alias yay=paru
+}
+
+syu() {
+  type topgrade >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
+    topgrade
+    return
+  }
+
+  type paru >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
+    paru
+    return
+  }
+
+  type yay >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
+    yay
+    return
+  }
+
+  type pacman >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
+    echo "Did not find paru, or yay installed. Updates will not be applied to aur packages."
+    sudo pacman -Syu
+    return
+  }
+}