diff --git a/hosts/snowbelle/configuration.nix b/hosts/snowbelle/configuration.nix
index 5eb44b7..6e6c007 100644
--- a/hosts/snowbelle/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/snowbelle/configuration.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ in
   imports =
     [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
       ./hardware-configuration.nix
-      ../../users
+      ../../users/blake
       ../../modules/system
       ../../modules/homelab
       ../../modules/homelab/minecraft_recpro
@@ -54,12 +54,6 @@ in
     minecraft_recpro.enable = true;
   };
 
-  # configure users & groups
-  users = {
-    blake.enable = true;            # main user, home manager
-    defaultUserShell = pkgs.zsh;    # the goat
-  };
-
   # boot (systemd is going on me)
   boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;   # systemd your pretty cool ya know
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
diff --git a/modules/system/sops/default.nix b/modules/system/sops/default.nix
index d1eead7..658b9b8 100644
--- a/modules/system/sops/default.nix
+++ b/modules/system/sops/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ in
       age.keyFile = "/etc/sops/keys.txt";
 
       secrets = {
-        "blake_passwd" = lib.mkIf config.users.blake.enable { 
+        "blake_passwd" =  { 
           owner = "root";
           group = "root";
           neededForUsers = true;
diff --git a/users/blake/default.nix b/users/blake/default.nix
index 2d0b18a..240ed56 100644
--- a/users/blake/default.nix
+++ b/users/blake/default.nix
@@ -6,19 +6,22 @@
   ...
 }: {
   # create blake user
-  users.users = {
-    blake = {
-      isNormalUser = true;
-      extraGroups = ["wheel" "networkmanager" "docker" "media" "podman" "minecraft"]; # Enable ‘sudo’ for the user.
-      uid = 1000;
-      shell = pkgs.zsh;
-      group = "blake";
-      hashedPasswordFile = config.sops.secrets."blake_passwd".path;
-      openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
-        "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIBK0AGJfZGyqW8/krvQV+PL7axcDW/EnKyHy9M8wryQx klefki"
-        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAzODQAAAAIbmlzdHAzODQAAABhBPdC9cCX8awvA19Ri65fvbYjZYe8X1Ef+nOZAIv92AS6u4SkJYqOvPYfqRHXORNDpbzjTV6nackyCKvV5EO4niv4MFIgdkEQwuVHcYX32/dOsWdDoeXBT/l2sFFM7JESwQ== blake@zygarde"
-      ];
+  users = {
+    users = {
+      blake = {
+        isNormalUser = true;
+        extraGroups = ["wheel" "networkmanager" "docker" "media" "podman" "minecraft"]; # Enable ‘sudo’ for the user.
+        uid = 1000;
+        shell = pkgs.zsh;
+        group = "blake";
+        hashedPasswordFile = config.sops.secrets."blake_passwd".path;
+        openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
+          "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIBK0AGJfZGyqW8/krvQV+PL7axcDW/EnKyHy9M8wryQx klefki"
+          "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAzODQAAAAIbmlzdHAzODQAAABhBPdC9cCX8awvA19Ri65fvbYjZYe8X1Ef+nOZAIv92AS6u4SkJYqOvPYfqRHXORNDpbzjTV6nackyCKvV5EO4niv4MFIgdkEQwuVHcYX32/dOsWdDoeXBT/l2sFFM7JESwQ== blake@zygarde"
+        ];
+      };
     };
+    groups.blake = { gid = 1000; };
   };
 
   # define home-manager user
diff --git a/users/blake/home.nix b/users/blake/home.nix
index b564ded..f4edd02 100644
--- a/users/blake/home.nix
+++ b/users/blake/home.nix
@@ -64,22 +64,22 @@
     };
   };
   # import sshkeys from keyring
-  #home.file.".ssh/id_snowbelle".source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink /home/blake/.nix/.keyring/ssh/id_snowbelle;
-  #home.file.".ssh/id_snowbelle.pub".source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink /home/blake/.nix/.keyring/ssh/id_snowbelle.pub;
+  home.file.".ssh/id_snowbelle".source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink /home/blake/.nix/.keyring/ssh/id_snowbelle;
+  home.file.".ssh/id_snowbelle.pub".source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink /home/blake/.nix/.keyring/ssh/id_snowbelle.pub;
 
-    # manage secrets with sops
-    sops.secrets = {
-      "id_snowbelle" = {
-        owner = "blake";
-        group = "blake";
-        mode = "0600";
-        path = "/home/blake/.ssh/id_snowbelle";
-      };
-      "id_snowbelle.pub" = {
-        owner = "blake";
-        group = "blake";
-        mode = "644";
-        path = "/home/blake/.ssh/id_snowbelle.pub";
-      };
-    };
+  #    # manage secrets with sops
+  #    sops.secrets = {
+  #      "id_snowbelle" = {
+  #        owner = "blake";
+  #        group = "blake";
+  #        mode = "0600";
+  #        path = "/home/blake/.ssh/id_snowbelle";
+  #      };
+  #      "id_snowbelle.pub" = {
+  #        owner = "blake";
+  #        group = "blake";
+  #        mode = "644";
+  #        path = "/home/blake/.ssh/id_snowbelle.pub";
+  #      };
+  #    };
 }
diff --git a/users/default.nix b/users/default.nix
index b1d32eb..0198da1 100644
--- a/users/default.nix
+++ b/users/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@
     ./blake
   ];
 
-  users.blake.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
 
 }