diff --git a/install.d/25-vim.sh b/install.d/25-vim.sh
index 2420cb3..93ef7b7 100755
--- a/install.d/25-vim.sh
+++ b/install.d/25-vim.sh
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ for url in "${vim_plugins[@]}"; do
         log_pass "$name installed"
     fi
 done
+log_pass "vim plugins configured"
diff --git a/install.d/27-preview.sh b/install.d/27-preview.sh
index ec49cba..0a4e52c 100755
--- a/install.d/27-preview.sh
+++ b/install.d/27-preview.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Description:
-#   Install preview dependencies: chafa (images), poppler (PDFs), glow (markdown).
+#   Install preview dependencies: chafa (images), poppler (PDFs).
 #
 
 # chafa — terminal image viewer
@@ -43,23 +43,4 @@ if ! command -v pdftotext &> /dev/null; then
 fi
 command -v pdftotext &> /dev/null && pdftotext -v 2>&1 | head -1 | log_quote
 
-# glow — rendered markdown in terminal
-if ! command -v glow &> /dev/null; then
-    case "$DOTS_PKG" in
-        brew)
-            brew install glow
-            ;;
-        apt)
-            sudo apt-get install -qq glow
-            ;;
-        pacman)
-            sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed glow
-            ;;
-        *)
-            log_warn "Skipping glow install: no supported package manager found"
-            ;;
-    esac
-fi
-command -v glow &> /dev/null && glow --version | head -1 | log_quote
-
 log_pass "preview dependencies"
diff --git a/install.d/30-mise.sh b/install.d/30-mise.sh
index 2a3112f..50556c6 100755
--- a/install.d/30-mise.sh
+++ b/install.d/30-mise.sh
@@ -71,12 +71,13 @@ if [[ "$DOTS_ENV" != "codespaces" ]]; then
         "terraform@1.14.4"
         "firebase@15.5.1"
         "fastfetch@latest"
+        "glow@latest"
     )
 fi
 
 log_info "Installing apps..."
 for tool in "${MISE_APPS[@]}"; do
-    MISE_QUIET=1 mise use -g "$tool" 2>&1 | log_quote
+    MISE_QUIET=1 mise use -g "$tool" 2>&1 | tail -1 | log_quote
 done
 
 # Rebuild bat theme cache with mise-installed bat (must match delta's syntect version)
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ log_info "Verifying installations..."
         mise exec -- terraform --version | head -1
         echo "firebase: $(mise exec -- firebase --version)"
         echo "fastfetch: $(mise exec -- fastfetch --version 2>&1 | head -1)"
+        mise exec -- glow --version | head -1
     fi
     echo "fzf $(fzf --version)"
     bat --version | head -1
diff --git a/install.d/81-cmatrix.sh b/install.d/81-cmatrix.sh
index b44ae35..32e98ff 100755
--- a/install.d/81-cmatrix.sh
+++ b/install.d/81-cmatrix.sh
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ if ! command -v cmatrix &> /dev/null; then
             ;;
     esac
 fi
+command -v cmatrix &> /dev/null && cmatrix -V 2>&1 | head -1 | log_quote
 log_pass "cmatrix installed"