diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 449864e..24ec20a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@
 [submodule "staking/lib/openzeppelin-contracts-upgradeable"]
 	path = staking/lib/openzeppelin-contracts-upgradeable
 	url = https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts-upgradeable
+[submodule "nest/lib/solmate"]
+	path = nest/lib/solmate
+	url = https://github.com/transmissions11/solmate
diff --git a/nest/foundry.toml b/nest/foundry.toml
index 7a2f702..20e167a 100644
--- a/nest/foundry.toml
+++ b/nest/foundry.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,3 @@ quote_style = "double"
 number_underscore = "thousands"
 wrap_comments = true
 
-remappings = [
-  "@openzeppelin/contracts/=lib/openzeppelin-contracts-upgradeable/lib/openzeppelin-contracts/contracts/",
-  "@openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable/=lib/openzeppelin-contracts-upgradeable/contracts/",
-]
diff --git a/nest/lib/solmate b/nest/lib/solmate
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..c93f771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nest/lib/solmate
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit c93f7716c9909175d45f6ef80a34a650e2d24e56
diff --git a/nest/remappings.txt b/nest/remappings.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e9aa67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nest/remappings.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+@openzeppelin/contracts/=lib/openzeppelin-contracts-upgradeable/lib/openzeppelin-contracts/contracts/
+@openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable/=lib/openzeppelin-contracts-upgradeable/contracts/
+@solmate/=lib/solmate/src/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nest/script/DeployNestContracts.s.sol b/nest/script/DeployNestContracts.s.sol
index 2159664..3bad931 100644
--- a/nest/script/DeployNestContracts.s.sol
+++ b/nest/script/DeployNestContracts.s.sol
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ contract ConcreteComponentToken is ComponentToken {
 contract DeployNestContracts is Script, Test {
 
     address private constant NEST_ADMIN_ADDRESS = 0xb015762405De8fD24d29A6e0799c12e0Ea81c1Ff;
+    address private constant VAULT_ADDRESS = 0x52805adf7b3d25c013eDa66eF32b53d1696f809C;
 
     function test() public { }
 
@@ -44,8 +45,9 @@ contract DeployNestContracts is Script, Test {
 
         // Deploy pUSD
         pUSD pUSDToken = new pUSD();
+
         ERC1967Proxy pUSDProxy =
-            new ERC1967Proxy(address(pUSDToken), abi.encodeCall(pUSD.initialize, (NEST_ADMIN_ADDRESS)));
+            new ERC1967Proxy(address(pUSDToken), abi.encodeCall(pUSD.initialize, (VAULT_ADDRESS, NEST_ADMIN_ADDRESS)));
         console2.log("pUSDProxy deployed to:", address(pUSDProxy));
 
         // Deploy ConcreteComponentToken
diff --git a/nest/src/token/pUSD.sol b/nest/src/token/pUSD.sol
index f1c693f..a7c6626 100644
--- a/nest/src/token/pUSD.sol
+++ b/nest/src/token/pUSD.sol
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ pragma solidity ^0.8.25;
 import { AccessControlUpgradeable } from "@openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable/access/AccessControlUpgradeable.sol";
 import { Initializable } from "@openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable/proxy/utils/Initializable.sol";
 import { UUPSUpgradeable } from "@openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable/proxy/utils/UUPSUpgradeable.sol";
+
 import { ERC20Upgradeable } from "@openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable/token/ERC20/ERC20Upgradeable.sol";
+import { ERC20 } from "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC20/ERC20.sol";
 
 import { SafeTransferLib } from "@solmate/utils/SafeTransferLib.sol";
 
@@ -14,6 +16,9 @@ interface IVault {
     function exit(address to, address asset, uint256 assetAmount, address from, uint256 shareAmount) external;
     function transferFrom(address from, address to, uint256 amount) external returns (bool);
     function approve(address spender, uint256 amount) external returns (bool);
+    function balanceOf(
+        address account
+    ) external view returns (uint256);
 
 }
 
@@ -22,7 +27,7 @@ interface IVault {
  * @author Eugene Y. Q. Shen, Alp Guneysel
  * @notice Unified Plume USD stablecoin
  */
-contract PUSD is Initializable, ERC20Upgradeable, AccessControlUpgradeable, UUPSUpgradeable {
+contract pUSD is Initializable, ERC20Upgradeable, AccessControlUpgradeable, UUPSUpgradeable {
 
     using SafeTransferLib for ERC20;