diff --git a/hosts/snowbelle/configuration.nix b/hosts/snowbelle/configuration.nix
index 3a310a4..77eb2e6 100644
--- a/hosts/snowbelle/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/snowbelle/configuration.nix
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
       vaultwarden.enable = true;
       gitea.enable = true;
       qbittorrent.enable = true;
-      prowlarr.enable = true;
-      flaresolverr.enable = true;
-      bazarr.enable = true;
-      radarr.enable = true;
+      #prowlarr.enable = true;
+      #flaresolverr.enable = true;
+      #bazarr.enable = true;
+      #radarr.enable = true;
       sonarr.enable = true;
     };
   };
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
   # configure users & groups
   users = {
     blake.enable = true;            # main user, home manager
-    groups.media = { gid = 700; };  # user for share permissions with mediastack
     defaultUserShell = pkgs.zsh;    # the goat
   };
 
diff --git a/modules/homelab/default.nix b/modules/homelab/default.nix
index edf3d40..c9afb81 100644
--- a/modules/homelab/default.nix
+++ b/modules/homelab/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,48 @@
 { pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
 
+
+let
+  cfg = config.modules.homelab;
+in
 {
+  options.modules.homelab = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "enable homelab services and configuration"
+    media_user = lib.mkOption = {
+      default = "media";
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      description = "user for media file permissions";
+    };
+    media_group = lib.mkOption = {
+      default = "media";
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      description = "group for media file permissions";
+    };
+    tz = lib.mkOption = {
+      default = "America/Chicago";
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      description = "set timezone";
+    };
+    base_domain = lib.mkOption = {
+      default = "snowbelle.lan";
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      description = "base domain used for reverse proxy";
+    };
+  };
+
   imports = [
-    ./zfs.nix
-    ./smb.nix
-    ./nfs.nix
-    ./nginx-proxy.nix
-    ./services/default.nix
+    ./services
   ];
 
-  modules.homelab.zfs.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
-  modules.homelab.smb.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
-  modules.homelab.nfs.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
-  modules.homelab.nginx-proxy.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
-
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    users = {
+      groups.${cfg.group} = {
+        gid = 700;
+      };
+      users.${cfg.user} = {
+        uid = 700;
+        isSystemUser = true;
+        group = cfg.group;
+      };
+  };
+}
 }
diff --git a/modules/homelab/services/arr.bak/bazarr/default.nix b/modules/homelab/services/arr.bak/bazarr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d93c3db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/homelab/services/arr.bak/bazarr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+{ pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.modules.services.bazarr;
+  ids = 2706;
+  default_port = 6767;
+  data_dir = "/var/lib/bazarr";
+in
+{
+  options.modules.services.bazarr = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "enables bazarr";
+
+    # set port options
+    port = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.int;
+      default = 7106;
+      description = "set port for bazarr (default: ${toString default_port}";
+    };
+
+    backup = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = "enable backups for bazarr";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    
+    # declare bazarr group
+    users.groups.bazarr = { gid = ids; };
+
+    # declare bazarr user
+    users.users.bazarr = {
+      description = "bazarr server user";
+      uid = ids;
+      isSystemUser = true;
+      home = "/var/lib/bazarr";
+      createHome = false;
+      group = "bazarr";
+      extraGroups = [ "media" ];
+    };
+
+    # enable the bazarr service
+    services.bazarr = {
+      enable = true;
+      openFirewall = true;
+      user = "bazarr";
+      group = "bazarr";
+      listenPort = cfg.port;
+    };
+
+    # override systemd service
+    systemd.services.bazarr.serviceConfig = {
+      UMask = lib.mkForce "0007";
+    };
+
+#    # open firewall
+#    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ cfg.port ];
+
+    # internal reverse proxy entry
+    services.nginx.virtualHosts."bazarr.snowbelle.lan" = {
+      enableACME = false;
+      forceSSL = true;
+      sslCertificate = config.sops.secrets."ssl_blakedheld_crt".path;
+      sslCertificateKey = config.sops.secrets."ssl_blakedheld_key".path;
+      locations."/" = {
+        proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:${toString cfg.port}";
+      };
+    };
+
+     # add to backups
+     modules.system.backups.paths = lib.mkIf cfg.backup [ data_dir ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/homelab/services/arr.bak/flaresolverr/default.nix b/modules/homelab/services/arr.bak/flaresolverr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eebbe1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/homelab/services/arr.bak/flaresolverr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{ pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.modules.services.flaresolverr;
+  ids = 2008;
+  default_port = 8189;
+in
+{
+  options.modules.services.flaresolverr = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "enables flaresolverr";
+
+    # set port options
+    port = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.int;
+      default = 7105;
+      description = "set port for flaresolverr (default: ${toString default_port}";
+    };
+
+    backup = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = "enable backups for flaresolverr";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    
+    # declare flaresolverr group
+    users.groups.flaresolverr = { gid = ids; };
+
+    # declare flaresolverr user
+    users.users.flaresolverr = {
+      description = "flaresolverr server user";
+      uid = ids;
+      isSystemUser = true;
+      createHome = false;
+      group = "flaresolverr";
+      extraGroups = [];
+    };
+
+    # enable the flaresolverr service
+    services.flaresolverr = {
+      enable = true;
+      openFirewall = true;
+      port = cfg.port;
+    };
+
+    # override umask to make permissions work out
+    systemd.services.flaresolverr.serviceConfig = { 
+      User = "flaresolverr";
+      Group = "flaresolverr";
+      };
+
+#    # open firewall
+#    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ cfg.port ];
+
+    # internal reverse proxy entry
+    services.nginx.virtualHosts."flaresolverr.snowbelle.lan" = {
+      enableACME = false;
+      forceSSL = true;
+      sslCertificate = config.sops.secrets."ssl_blakedheld_crt".path;
+      sslCertificateKey = config.sops.secrets."ssl_blakedheld_key".path;
+      locations."/" = {
+        proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:${toString cfg.port}";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/homelab/services/arr.bak/prowlarr/default.nix b/modules/homelab/services/arr.bak/prowlarr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cd2f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/homelab/services/arr.bak/prowlarr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+{ pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.modules.services.prowlarr;
+  ids = 2004;
+  default_port = 9696;
+  data_dir = "/var/lib/private";
+in
+{
+  options.modules.services.prowlarr = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "enables prowlarr";
+
+    # set port options
+    port = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.int;
+      default = 7104;
+      description = "set port for prowlarr (default: ${toString default_port}";
+    };
+
+    backup = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = "enable backups for prowlarr";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    
+    # declare prowlarr group
+    users.groups.prowlarr = { gid = ids; };
+
+    # declare prowlarr user
+    users.users.prowlarr = {
+      description = "prowlarr server user";
+      uid = ids;
+      isSystemUser = true;
+      home = "/var/lib/prowlarr";
+      createHome = true;
+      group = "prowlarr";
+      extraGroups = [ "media" ];
+    };
+
+    # enable the prowlarr service
+    services.prowlarr = {
+      enable = true;
+      openFirewall = true;
+      settings = {
+        server.port = cfg.port;
+      };
+    };
+
+    # override umask to make permissions work out
+    systemd.services.prowlarr.serviceConfig = { 
+      UMask = lib.mkForce "0007";
+      User = "prowlarr";
+      Group = "prowlarr";
+    };
+
+#    # open firewall
+#    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ cfg.port ];
+
+    # internal reverse proxy entry
+    services.nginx.virtualHosts."prowlarr.snowbelle.lan" = {
+      enableACME = false;
+      forceSSL = true;
+      sslCertificate = config.sops.secrets."ssl_blakedheld_crt".path;
+      sslCertificateKey = config.sops.secrets."ssl_blakedheld_key".path;
+      locations."/" = {
+        proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:${toString cfg.port}";
+      };
+    };
+
+     # add to backups
+     modules.system.backups.paths = lib.mkIf cfg.backup [ data_dir ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/homelab/services/arr.bak/radarr/default.nix b/modules/homelab/services/arr.bak/radarr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b91a418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/homelab/services/arr.bak/radarr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+{ pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.modules.services.radarr;
+  ids = lib.mkForce 2006;
+  default_port = 7878;
+  data_dir = "/var/lib/radarr";
+in
+{
+  options.modules.services.radarr = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "enables radarr";
+
+    # set port options
+    port = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.int;
+      default = 7108;
+      description = "set port for radarr (default: ${toString default_port}";
+    };
+
+    backup = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = "enable backups for radarr";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    
+    # declare radarr group
+    users.groups.radarr = { gid = ids; };
+
+    # declare radarr user
+    users.users.radarr = {
+      description = "radarr server user";
+      uid = ids;
+      isSystemUser = true;
+      home = "/var/lib/radarr";
+      createHome = true;
+      group = "radarr";
+      extraGroups = [ "media" ];
+    };
+
+    # enable the radarr service
+    services.radarr = {
+      enable = true;
+      openFirewall = true;
+      user = "radarr";
+      group = "radarr";
+      dataDir = data_dir;
+      settings = {
+        server.port = cfg.port;
+      };
+    };
+
+    # override umask to make permissions work out
+    systemd.services.radarr.serviceConfig = { UMask = lib.mkForce "0007"; };
+
+#    # open firewall
+#    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ cfg.port ];
+
+    # internal reverse proxy entry
+    services.nginx.virtualHosts."radarr.snowbelle.lan" = {
+      enableACME = false;
+      forceSSL = true;
+      sslCertificate = config.sops.secrets."ssl_blakedheld_crt".path;
+      sslCertificateKey = config.sops.secrets."ssl_blakedheld_key".path;
+      locations."/" = {
+        proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:${toString cfg.port}";
+      };
+    };
+
+    # add to backups
+     modules.system.backups.paths = lib.mkIf cfg.backup [ data_dir ];
+    };
+}
diff --git a/modules/homelab/services/arr/sonarr/default.nix b/modules/homelab/services/arr.bak/sonarr/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/homelab/services/arr/sonarr/default.nix
rename to modules/homelab/services/arr.bak/sonarr/default.nix
diff --git a/modules/homelab/services/arr/sonarr/default_temp.nix b/modules/homelab/services/arr/sonarr/default_temp.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51fe1c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/homelab/services/arr/sonarr/default_temp.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+{ pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+  service = "sonarr";
+  cfg = config.modules.services.${service};
+  sec = config.sops.secrets;
+  homelab = config.homelab;
+in
+{
+  options.modules.services.${service} = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "enables ${service}";
+
+    # set port options
+    port = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.int;
+      default = 7107;
+      description = "set port for ${service} (default: ${toString default_port}";
+    };
+    url = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "${service}.${homelab.basedomain}";
+      description = "set domain for ${service} reverse proxy entry";
+    };
+    data_dir = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "/var/lib/${service}";
+      description = "set data directory for ${service}";
+    };
+    ids = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.int;
+      default = ${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 = cfg.ids; };
+
+    # declare ${service} user
+    users.users.${service} = {
+      description = "${service} server user";
+      uid = cfg.ids;
+      isSystemUser = true;
+      home = cfg.data_dir;
+      createHome = true;
+      group = "${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.${service}.serviceConfig = {
+      UMask = lib.mkForce "0007";
+    };
+
+#    # open firewall
+#    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ cfg.port ];
+
+    # internal reverse proxy entry
+    services.nginx.virtualHosts."${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}";
+      };
+    };
+
+     # add to backups
+     modules.system.backups.paths = lib.mkIf cfg.backup [ cfg.data_dir ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/homelab/services/default.nix b/modules/homelab/services/default.nix
index 7b9b078..4d8cde1 100644
--- a/modules/homelab/services/default.nix
+++ b/modules/homelab/services/default.nix
@@ -4,25 +4,15 @@
 {
 
   imports = [
-    ./jellyfin/default.nix
-    ./vaultwarden/default.nix
-    ./gitea/default.nix
-    ./qbittorrent/default.nix
-    ./arr/prowlarr/default.nix
-    ./arr/flaresolverr/default.nix
-    ./arr/bazarr/default.nix
-    ./arr/sonarr/default.nix
-    ./arr/radarr/default.nix
+#    ./jellyfin
+#    ./vaultwarden
+#    ./gitea
+#    ./qbittorrent
+#    ./arr/prowlarr
+#    ./arr/flaresolverr
+#    ./arr/bazarr
+    ./arr/sonarr
+#    ./arr/radarr
   ];
 
-
-  modules.services.jellyfin.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
-  modules.services.vaultwarden.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
-  modules.services.gitea.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
-  modules.services.qbittorrent.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
-  modules.services.prowlarr.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
-  modules.services.flaresolverr.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
-  modules.services.bazarr.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
-  modules.services.sonarr.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
-  modules.services.radarr.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
 }
diff --git a/modules/homelab/services/default_temp.nix b/modules/homelab/services/default_temp.nix
index 3040285..168c0a7 100644
--- a/modules/homelab/services/default_temp.nix
+++ b/modules/homelab/services/default_temp.nix
@@ -1,96 +1,108 @@
 { pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
 
 let
-  cfg = config.modules.services.<service_name>;
-  ids = <gid_and_uid_number>;
-  default_port = <port_number>;
-  data_dir = "/var/lib/<service_name>";
+  service = "";
+  cfg = config.modules.services.${service};
+  sec = config.sops.secrets;
+  homelab = config.homelab;
 in
 {
-  options.modules.services.<service_name> = {
-    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "enables <service_name>";
+  options.modules.services.${service} = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "enables ${service}";
 
     # set port options
     port = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.int;
       default = <port>;
-      description = "set port for <service_name> (default: ${toString default_port}";
+      description = "set port for ${service} (default: ${toString default_port}";
+    };
+    url = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "${service}.${homelab.basedomain}";
+      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 = ${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_name>";
+      description = "enable backups for ${service}";
     };
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
     
-    # declare <service_name> group
-    users.groups.<service_name> = { gid = ids; };
+    # declare ${service} group
+    users.groups.${service} = { gid = cfg.ids; };
 
-    # declare <service_name> user
-    users.users.<service_name> = {
-      description = "<service_name> server user";
-      uid = ids;
+    # declare ${service} user
+    users.users.${service} = {
+      description = "${service} server user";
+      uid = cfg.ids;
       isSystemUser = true;
-      home = "/var/lib/<service_name>";
+      home = cfg.data_dir;
       createHome = true;
-      group = "<service_name>";
+      group = "${service}";
       extraGroups = [ "media" ];
     };
 
-    # enable the <service_name> service
-    services.<service_name> = {
+    # enable the ${service} service
+    services.${service} = {
       enable = true;
       openFirewall = true;
-      user = "<service_name>";
-      group = "<service_name>";
-      dataDir = data_dir;
+      user = "${service}";
+      group = "${service}";
+      dataDir = cfg.data_dir;
       settings = {
         server.port = cfg.port;
       };
     };
 
     # override umask to make permissions work out
-    systemd.services.<service_name>.serviceConfig = {
+    systemd.services.${service}.serviceConfig = {
       UMask = lib.mkForce "0007";
-#      User = "<service_name>";
-#      Group = "<service_name>";
+#      User = "${service}";
+#      Group = "${service}";
     };
 
 #    # open firewall
 #    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ cfg.port ];
 
     # internal reverse proxy entry
-    services.nginx.virtualHosts."<service_name>.snowbelle.lan" = {
-      enableACME = false;
+    services.nginx.virtualHosts."${url}" = {
       forceSSL = true;
-      sslCertificate = config.sops.secrets."ssl_blakedheld_crt".path;
-      sslCertificateKey = config.sops.secrets."ssl_blakedheld_key".path;
+      sslCertificate = sec."ssl_blakedheld_crt".path;
+      sslCertificateKey = sec."ssl_blakedheld_key".path;
       locations."/" = {
         proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:${toString cfg.port}";
       };
     };
 #     # external reverse proxy entry
-#     services.nginx.virtualHosts."<service_name>.blakedheld.xyz" = {
-#      enableACME = false;
+#     services.nginx.virtualHosts."${service}.blakedheld.xyz" = {
 #      forceSSL = true;
-#      sslCertificate = config.sops.secrets."ssl_blakedheld_crt".path;
-#      sslCertificateKey = config.sops.secrets."ssl_blakedheld_key".path;
+#      sslCertificate = sec."ssl_blakedheld_crt".path;
+#      sslCertificateKey = sec."ssl_blakedheld_key".path;
 #      locations."/" = {
 #        proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:${toString cfg.port}";
 #      };
 #    };
 
     sops.secrets = {
-      "<service_name>_" = {
-        owner = "<service_name>";
-        group = "<service_name>";
+      "${service}_" = {
+        owner = "${service}";
+        group = "${service}";
       };
     };
 
      # add to backups
-     modules.system.backups.paths = lib.mkIf cfg.backup [ data_dir ];
+     modules.system.backups.paths = lib.mkIf cfg.backup [ cfg.data_dir ];
   };
 }