diff --git a/modules/homelab/services/uptime-kuma/default.nix b/modules/homelab/services/uptime-kuma/default.nix
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+{ pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+  service = "uptime-kuma";
+  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 = 7901;
+      description = "set port for ${service} (default: ${toString cfg.port}";
+    };
+    url = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "up.${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 = [];
+    };
+
+    # enable the ${service} service
+    services.${service} = {
+      enable = true;
+      settings = 
+      {
+        PORT = cfg.port;
+      };
+    };
+
+    # override umask to make permissions work out
+    systemd.services.${service}.serviceConfig = {
+      UMask = lib.mkForce "0007";
+#      User = "${service}";
+#      Group = "${service}";
+    };
+
+#    # open firewall
+#    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ cfg.port ];
+
+    # internal reverse proxy entry
+    services.nginx.virtualHosts."${cfg.url}" = {
+      forceSSL = true;
+      sslCertificate = sec."ssl_blakedheld_crt".path;
+      sslCertificateKey = sec."ssl_blakedheld_key".path;
+      locations."/" = {
+        proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:${toString cfg.port}";
+      };
+    };
+#     # external reverse proxy entry
+#     services.nginx.virtualHosts."uptime.blakedheld.xyz" = {
+#      forceSSL = true;
+#      sslCertificate = sec."ssl_blakedheld_crt".path;
+#      sslCertificateKey = sec."ssl_blakedheld_key".path;
+#      locations."/" = {
+#        proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:${toString cfg.port}";
+#      };
+#    };
+
+    sops.secrets = {
+      "${service}_" = {
+        owner = "${service}";
+        group = "${service}";
+      };
+    };
+
+     # add to backups
+     modules.system.backups.paths = lib.mkIf cfg.backup [ cfg.data_dir ];
+  };
+}