diff --git a/modules/homelab/.default.nix.template.nix b/modules/homelab/.default.nix.template.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db34b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/homelab/.default.nix.template.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
+
+let
+  service = "";
+  cfg = config.modules.services.${service};
+  sec = config.sops.secrets;
+  homelab = config.modules.homelab;
+in
+{
+  options.modules.services.${service} = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "enables ${service}";
+
+    # set port options
+    port = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.int;
+      default = <port>;
+      description = "set port for ${service} (default: ${toString cfg.port}";
+    };
+    url = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "${service}.${homelab.base_domain}";
+      description = "set domain for ${service}";
+    };
+    data_dir = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "/var/lib/${service}";
+      description = "set data directory for ${service}";
+    };
+    ids = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.int;
+      default = cfg.port;
+      description = "set uid and pid of ${service} user (matches port by default)";
+    };
+    backup = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = "enable backups for ${service}";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    # declare ${service} group
+    users.groups.${service} = {
+      gid = lib.mkForce cfg.ids;
+    };
+
+    # declare ${service} user
+    users.users.${service} = {
+      description = "${service} server user";
+      uid = lib.mkForce cfg.ids;
+      isSystemUser = true;
+      home = cfg.data_dir;
+      createHome = true;
+      group = service;
+      extraGroups = [ "media" ];
+    };
+
+    # enable the ${service} service
+    services.${service} = {
+      enable = true;
+      openFirewall = true;
+      user = service;
+      group = service;
+      dataDir = cfg.data_dir;
+      settings = {
+        server.port = cfg.port;
+      };
+    };
+
+    # override umask to make permissions work out
+    systemd.services.${service}.serviceConfig = {
+      UMask = lib.mkForce "0007";
+      #      User = service;
+      #      Group = service;
+    };
+
+    #    # open firewall
+    #    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ cfg.port ];
+
+    # add to caddy for reverse proxy
+    services.caddy.virtualHosts."${cfg.url}" = {
+      serverAliases = [ "${service}.${homelab.public_domain}" ];
+      extraConfig = ''
+        tls /etc/ssl/blakedheld.xyz.crt /etc/ssl/blakedheld.xyz.key
+        reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:${toString cfg.port}
+      '';
+    };
+
+    #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    #    # add to glance (public service)
+    #    modules.services.glance.links.<category> = [{
+    #      title = service;
+    #      url = "https://${service}.${homelab.public_domain}";
+    #      error-url = "http://${homelab.host_ip}:${toString cfg.port}";
+    #      check-url = "http://${homelab.host_ip}:${toString cfg.port}";
+    #      icon = "di:${service}"; }];
+    #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    #    # add to glance (local service)
+    #    modules.services.glance.links.<category> = [{
+    #      title = service;
+    #      url = "https://${cfg.url}";
+    #      error-url = "http://${homelab.host_ip}:${toString cfg.port}";
+    #      check-url = "http://${homelab.host_ip}:${toString cfg.port}";
+    #      icon = "di:${service}"; }];
+    #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    #
+    #    sops.secrets = {
+    #      "${service}_" = {
+    #        owner = ;
+    #        group = ;
+    #      };
+    #    };
+
+    # add to backups
+    modules.system.backups.baks = {
+      ${service} = {
+        paths = [ cfg.data_dir ];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/homelab/glance/default.nix b/modules/homelab/glance/default.nix
index 01e3174..52ee0ce 100644
--- a/modules/homelab/glance/default.nix
+++ b/modules/homelab/glance/default.nix
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ in
                   {
                     type = "search";
                     autofocus = true;
-                    search-engine = "https://www.ecosia.org/search?q={QUERY}";
+                    search-engine = "https://duckduckgo.com/?q={QUERY}";
                     new-tab = true;
                     bangs = [
                       {