diff --git a/config.nix b/config.nix
index 5a08ead8..42884bec 100644
--- a/config.nix
+++ b/config.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ let
         [ config
           ./modules/system
           ./modules/system/activation-scripts.nix
+          ./modules/system/defaults
           ./modules/system/etc.nix
           ./modules/environment
           ./modules/launchd
@@ -38,15 +39,18 @@ let
         { serviceConfig.Program = "${pkgs.nix}/bin/nix-daemon";
           serviceConfig.KeepAlive = true;
           serviceConfig.RunAtLoad = true;
+          serviceConfig.ProcessType = "Background";
+          serviceConfig.SoftResourceLimits.NumberOfFiles = 4096;
+          serviceConfig.EnvironmentVariables.NIX_BUILD_HOOK="/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/libexec/nix/build-remote.pl";
+          serviceConfig.EnvironmentVariables.NIX_CURRENT_LOAD="/nix/tmp/current-load";
+          serviceConfig.EnvironmentVariables.NIX_REMOTE_SYSTEMS="/etc/nix/machines";
           serviceConfig.EnvironmentVariables.SSL_CERT_FILE = "${pkgs.cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt";
           serviceConfig.EnvironmentVariables.TMPDIR = "/nix/tmp";
-          serviceConfig.EnvironmentVariables.NIX_BUILD_HOOK="/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/libexec/nix/build-remote.pl";
-          serviceConfig.EnvironmentVariables.NIX_REMOTE_SYSTEMS="/etc/nix/machines";
-          serviceConfig.EnvironmentVariables.NIX_CURRENT_LOAD="/nix/tmp/current-load";
-          serviceConfig.SoftResourceLimits.NumberOfFiles = 4096;
-          serviceConfig.ProcessType = "Background";
         };
 
+      system.defaults.global.InitialKeyRepeat = 10;
+      system.defaults.global.KeyRepeat = 1;
+
       programs.tmux.loginShell = "${pkgs.lnl.zsh}/bin/zsh -l";
       programs.tmux.enableSensible = true;
       programs.tmux.enableMouse = true;
@@ -228,12 +232,6 @@ in {
 
         set clipboard=unnamed
 
-        cmap <C-g> <Esc>
-        imap <C-g> <Esc>
-        nmap <C-g> <Esc>
-        omap <C-g> <Esc>
-        vmap <C-g> <Esc>
-
         vmap s S
 
         cnoremap %% <C-r>=expand('%:h') . '/'<CR>
diff --git a/modules/system/activation-scripts.nix b/modules/system/activation-scripts.nix
index f9e6d864..fda882f0 100644
--- a/modules/system/activation-scripts.nix
+++ b/modules/system/activation-scripts.nix
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ in
       # Prevent the current configuration from being garbage-collected.
       ln -sfn /run/current-system /nix/var/nix/gcroots/current-system
 
+      ${cfg.activationScripts.defaults.text}
       ${cfg.activationScripts.etc.text}
       ${cfg.activationScripts.launchd.text}
 
diff --git a/modules/system/defaults/default.nix b/modules/system/defaults/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7cfa041b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/system/defaults/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.system.defaults;
+
+in
+
+{
+  options = {
+
+    system.defaults.global.InitialKeyRepeat = mkOption {
+      type = types.nullOr types.int;
+      default = null;
+    };
+
+    system.defaults.global.KeyRepeat = mkOption {
+      type = types.nullOr types.int;
+      default = null;
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    system.activationScripts.defaults.text = ''
+      # Set defaults
+      echo "writing defaults..." >&2
+
+    '' + optionalString (cfg.global.InitialKeyRepeat != null) ''
+      defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int ${toString cfg.global.InitialKeyRepeat}
+    '' + optionalString (cfg.global.KeyRepeat != null) ''
+      defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int ${toString cfg.global.KeyRepeat}
+    '';
+  };
+}