diff --git a/modules/system/backups.nix b/modules/system/backups.nix
index d281600..ab90707 100644
--- a/modules/system/backups.nix
+++ b/modules/system/backups.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ let
   borg = "${pkgs.borgbackup}/bin/borg";
   backup_paths = lib.unique config.modules.system.backups.paths;
   passwd_file = config.sops.secrets."borg_passwd".path;
-  jobs = {
-    sungger = { paths = [ "/var/lib/radarr" "/var/lib/sonarr" ]; };
-    hoass  = { paths = [ "/var/lib/zigbee2mqtt" "/var/lib/hass" "/var/lib/mosquitto" ]; };
-    huh = { paths = [ "/home/blake/.nix" ]; };
-  };
 in
 {
   options.modules.system.backups = {
@@ -25,7 +20,7 @@ in
           lib.types.listOf lib.types.path   # the paths
         )
       );
-      default = {};
+      default = null;
       description = "Borg backup jobs; each job has a list of paths.";
     };
     repo = lib.mkOption {
@@ -42,6 +37,11 @@ in
 
   config = lib.mkIf (cfg.enable && backup_paths != []) {
     
+    cfg.jobs = {
+      sungger = { paths = [ "/var/lib/radarr" "/var/lib/sonarr" ]; };
+      hoass  = { paths = [ "/var/lib/zigbee2mqtt" "/var/lib/hass" "/var/lib/mosquitto" ]; };
+      huh = { paths = [ "/home/blake/.nix" ]; };
+    };
 
     systemd.services.backups = {
       description = "backup service with borg!";
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ in
                 --keep-weekly=52 \
                 --keep-monthly=-1
             ''
-          ) jobs)}
+          ) cfg.jobs)}
 
           echo "finshed backup at \"$BORG_REPO::$archive\""
         '';