diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index f60b817..4d5b7d3 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -5,15 +5,52 @@
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-22.11";
     nixos-unstable.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
     nixos-hardware.url = "github:NixOS/nixos-hardware/master";
+    home-manager = {
+      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-22.11";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+    nur.url = "github:nix-community/NUR";
+    # TODO: possible make this a flake as well
+    mysecrets = {
+      flake = false;
+      url = "git+ssh://gitea@git.orlives.de:2342/schmittlauch/home-manager_secrets.git";
+    };
+
   };
 
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, ... }@inputs: {
+  outputs = 
+  { self, nixpkgs, nur, ... }@inputs: 
+  let
+    system = "x86_64-linux";
+    pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+  in
+  {
 
     nixosConfigurations.thinknix = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
-      system = "x86_64-linux";
+      inherit system;
       modules = [ ./nixos/configuration.nix ];
       # necessary to make the top-level inputs available to system configuration
       specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
     };
+    homeConfigurations.spiollinux = inputs.home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
+      inherit pkgs;
+
+      modules = [
+        {
+          imports = [
+            nur.hmModules.nur
+            ./home/home.nix
+          ];
+          # extends the home config
+          home.username = "spiollinux";
+          home.homeDirectory = "/home/spiollinux";
+        }
+      ];
+      # Optionally use extraSpecialArgs
+      # to pass through arguments to home.nix
+      extraSpecialArgs = {
+        inherit inputs;
+      };
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/home/config.nix b/home/config.nix
index cd50baa..66a4143 100644
--- a/home/config.nix
+++ b/home/config.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-let 
-  lib = (import <nixpkgs> {}).lib;
-
-in
-  {
+{ lib, ...}:
+{
 
     firefox.enablePlasmaBrowserIntegration = true;
     firefox-bin.enablePlasmaBrowserIntegration = true;
diff --git a/home/home.nix b/home/home.nix
index dbc5007..9a87b78 100644
--- a/home/home.nix
+++ b/home/home.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ pkgs, inputs, config, ... }:
 
 with pkgs;
 let
   # nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable nixos-unstable
-  unstable = import <nixos-unstable> { };
-  # nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/NUR/archive/master.tar.gz NUR
-  nur = import <NUR> { inherit pkgs; };
-  myNur = nur.repos.schmittlauch;
+  unstable = inputs.nixos-unstable;
 
   desktopApps = [
     firefox
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@ let
     reptyr # re-bind running program to other tty
     xclip
     unzip
-    myNur.lolcommits # from NUR
+    config.nur.repos.schmittlauch.lolcommits # from NUR
   ];
 
   nixHelpers = [
@@ -248,7 +245,7 @@ let
     (iosevka-bin.override {
       variant = "curly-slab";
     })
-    myNur.vollkorn
+    config.nur.repos.schmittlauch.vollkorn
     # TODO: humor-sans
   ];
 
@@ -260,6 +257,8 @@ let
 in
 {
 
+  nixpkgs.overlays = (import ./overlays.nix);
+
   home.packages =
     desktopApps
     ++ latexApps
@@ -276,7 +275,7 @@ in
 
   programs.home-manager.enable = true;
   programs.home-manager.path = "$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels/home-manager";
-  home.stateVersion = "18.09";
+  home.stateVersion = "22.11";
 
   programs.direnv =
     {
@@ -302,7 +301,7 @@ in
       enable = true;
       # ssh host config
       matchBlocks =
-        import ./secrets/ssh_hosts.nix;
+        import "${inputs.mysecrets}/ssh_hosts.nix";
     };
 
   programs.tmux = {
@@ -331,7 +330,7 @@ in
   fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
 
   programs.git =
-    let contacts = import ./secrets/contacts.nix;
+    let contacts = import "${inputs.mysecrets}/contacts.nix";
     in
     {
       enable = true;