diff --git a/users/alice/home/doom/custom.el b/users/alice/home/doom/custom.el
index 0faa722..e899e65 100644
--- a/users/alice/home/doom/custom.el
+++ b/users/alice/home/doom/custom.el
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@
    (shell-command-to-string "cat /home/alice/.config/doom/wakatime"))
 
 (setq! lsp-enable-suggest-server-download nil)
+
+(keychain-refresh-environment)
diff --git a/users/alice/home/doom/packages.el b/users/alice/home/doom/packages.el
index 28546b6..cf5c6be 100644
--- a/users/alice/home/doom/packages.el
+++ b/users/alice/home/doom/packages.el
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
 (package! promela-mode
    :recipe (:host github :repo "g15ecb/promela-mode" :files ("promela-mode.el")))
 
+;; manages ssh-agent and gpg-agent configs
+(package! keychain-environment)
+
 ;;(package! company-tabnine :recipe (:host github :repo "TommyX12/company-tabnine"))
 
 (package! wakatime-mode)