diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index d4ff1ccf..8f4be256 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -31,9 +31,20 @@
 
     hosts = builtins.filter (host: builtins.pathExists ./hosts/${host}/configuration.nix) (builtins.attrNames (builtins.readDir ./hosts));
 
-    mkHostConfig = host:
+    mkHostConfig = host: let
+      defaultConf = rec {
+        hostname = host;
+
+        uid = 1000;
+        user = "lilith";
+        home = /home/${user};
+      };
+    in
       nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
-        specialArgs = {inherit inputs outputs;};
+        specialArgs = {
+          inherit inputs outputs;
+          conf = defaultConf;
+        };
         modules = [
           ./hosts/${host}/configuration.nix
           ./hosts/${host}/hardware-configuration.nix
diff --git a/home/persist.nix b/home/persist.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64629674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/persist.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{...}: {}
diff --git a/hosts/lilith-pad/configuration.nix b/hosts/lilith-pad/configuration.nix
index 3947369f..a64892d7 100644
--- a/hosts/lilith-pad/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/lilith-pad/configuration.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {...}: {
-  import = ["../system"];
+  imports = [../../system];
 }
diff --git a/system/default.nix b/system/default.nix
index efe04648..245d854e 100644
--- a/system/default.nix
+++ b/system/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {...}: {
-  import = [
-    "./audio.nix"
-    "./boot.nix"
-    "./env.nix"
-    "./networking.nix"
-    "./persistence.nix"
-    "./bluetooth.nix"
-    "./btrfs.nix"
-    "./fonts.nix"
-    "./nix.nix"
-    "./steam.nix"
+  imports = [
+    ./audio.nix
+    ./boot.nix
+    ./env.nix
+    ./networking.nix
+    # ./persistence.nix
+    ./bluetooth.nix
+    ./btrfs.nix
+    ./fonts.nix
+    # ./nix.nix
+    # ./steam.nix
   ];
 
   system.stateVersion = "24.11";
diff --git a/system/nix.nix b/system/nix.nix
index 747a2ab0..7b1ee48b 100644
--- a/system/nix.nix
+++ b/system/nix.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 {nixpkgs, ...}: {
-  nixPath = ["nixpkgs=${nixpkgs}"];
-  gc = {
-    automatic = true;
-    dates = "05:30";
-    options = "--delete-older-than 7d";
-
+  nix = {
+    nixPath = ["nixpkgs=${nixpkgs}"];
+    gc = {
+      automatic = true;
+      dates = "05:30";
+      options = "--delete-older-than 7d";
+    };
     settings = {
       keep-outputs = true;
       auto-optimise-store = true;