diff --git a/home/base/server/core.nix b/home/base/server/core.nix
index b8763d40..ec60d1e6 100644
--- a/home/base/server/core.nix
+++ b/home/base/server/core.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     gnugrep # GNU grep, provides `grep`/`egrep`/`fgrep`
     gnused # GNU sed, very powerful(mainly for replacing text in files)
     gawk # GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language
-    ripgrep # recursively searches directories for a regex pattern
+    (ripgrep.override {withPCRE2 = true;}) # recursively searches directories for a regex pattern
     sad # CLI search and replace, with diff preview, really useful!!!
     delta # A viewer for git and diff output
     # A fast and polyglot tool for code searching, linting, rewriting at large scale