diff --git a/users/blake/home.nix b/users/blake/home.nix
index 3eb9f42..1ee3ce7 100644
--- a/users/blake/home.nix
+++ b/users/blake/home.nix
@@ -71,11 +71,8 @@
     };
   };
   # import sshkeys from keyring
-  home.file.".ssh/id_snowbelle".text = builtins.readFile /home/blake/.nix/.keyring/ssh/id_snowbelle;
-  home.file.".ssh/id_snowbelle".mode = "0600";
-
-  home.file.".ssh/id_snowbelle.pub".text = builtins.readFile /home/blake/.nix/.keyring/ssh/id_snowbelle.pub;
-  home.file.".ssh/id_snowbelle.pub".mode = "0644";
+  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;
 
   # configure git
   programs.git = {