diff --git a/profiles/base/.aliases b/profiles/base/.aliases
index f70437d..1cf8ed5 100644
--- a/profiles/base/.aliases
+++ b/profiles/base/.aliases
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ alias squeue="ssh lcluster11 squeue"
 alias csum="ssh lcluster11 csum"
 alias csreport="ssh lcluster11 csreport"
 alias scancel="ssh lcluster11 scancel"
+
+# faster sshfs
+alias sshfs="sshfs -o Ciphers=arcfour,Compression=no,auto_cache"
diff --git a/profiles/pymol/.pymolrc b/profiles/pymol/.pymolrc
index ddfdd14..fad2107 100644
--- a/profiles/pymol/.pymolrc
+++ b/profiles/pymol/.pymolrc
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ set nb_spheres_size, 0
 set valence, 0
 
 # cartoon
-set cartoon_sampling, 30 
 set cartoon_gap_cutoff, 1
 set cartoon_side_chain_helper, 1
 set cartoon_discrete_colors, on
-set cartoon_highlight_color, gray
+#set cartoon_highlight_color, gray
+set cartoon_oval_length, 0.8
+
 
 # spheres
 set sphere_scale, 0.5