diff --git a/nixos/configuration.nix b/nixos/configuration.nix
index fae6236..624caf3 100644
--- a/nixos/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/configuration.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ in {
   boot.tmpOnTmpfs = true;
   fileSystems."/tmp".fsType = "tmpfs";
 
+  # try newer kernels
+  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
+
   services.fstrim.enable = true;
   services.btrfs.autoScrub =
 	{ enable = true;
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ in {
 	};
 
   # exfat support
-  boot.extraModulePackages = [ config.boot.kernelPackages.exfat-nofuse ];
+  #boot.extraModulePackages = [ config.boot.kernelPackages.exfat-nofuse ];
 
   zramSwap = 
 	{ enable = true;