diff --git a/mod-seafile-server.nix b/mod-seafile-server.nix
index f5ae079..68697ae 100644
--- a/mod-seafile-server.nix
+++ b/mod-seafile-server.nix
@@ -2,40 +2,6 @@
 with lib;
 let
   cfg = config.services.seafile-server;
-  seafileConfigFile = pkgs.writeText "seafile.conf"
-    (generators.toINI {} cfg.seafileSettings);
-  ccnetConfigFile = pkgs.writeText "ccnet.conf"
-    (generators.toINI {} cfg.ccnetSettings);
-  gunicornConfigFile = pkgs.writeText "gunicorn.conf.py"
-    ''
-      import os
-      daemon = True
-      workers = 5
-      # default localhost:8000
-      bind = "127.0.0.1:8000"
-      # Pid
-      pids_dir = '${cfg.storagePath}/pids'
-      pidfile = os.path.join(pids_dir, 'seahub.pid')
-      # for file upload, we need a longer timeout value (default is only 30s, too short)
-      timeout = 1200
-      limit_request_line = 8190
-    '';
-  seahubConfigFile = pkgs.writeText "seahub_settings.py"
-    ''
-      SECRET_KEY = #seckey#
-
-      DATABASES = {
-          'default': {
-              'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.${if cfg.db.type == "mysql" then
-                "mysql" else abort "invalid db type"}',
-              'NAME': '${cfg.db.dbnameSeahub}',
-              'USER': '${cfg.db.user}',
-              'PASSWORD': '#dbpass#',
-              'HOST': '${cfg.db.host}',
-              'PORT': '${toString cfg.db.port}'
-          }
-      }
-    '';
   # fix permissions at start
 in
   {
@@ -46,20 +12,6 @@ in
         default = "/srv/seafile";
         description = "where to store uploaded file data";
       };
-      ccnetSettings = mkOption {
-        type = with types; attrsOf (attrsOf (oneOf [ bool int str ]));
-        default = {};
-        description = ''
-          all possible ccnet.conf settings
-          '';
-        };
-      seafileSettings = mkOption {
-        type = with types; attrsOf (attrsOf (oneOf [ bool int str ]));
-        default = {};
-        description = ''
-          all possible seafile.conf settings
-          '';
-        };
       autorun = mkOption {
         type = types.bool;
         default = true;
@@ -76,40 +28,38 @@ in
           default = "seafile";
           description = "Database user name. Not required for sqlite.";
         };
-        dbnameSeafile = mkOption {
+        dbname = mkOption {
           type = types.nullOr types.str;
           default = "seafile";
-          description = "Database name for Seafile server. Not required for sqlite.";
+          description = "Database name. Not required for sqlite.";
         };
-        dbnameCcnet = mkOption {
-          type = types.nullOr types.str;
-          default = "seafile";
-          description = "Database name for Ccnet server. Not required for sqlite.";
-        };
-        dbnameSeahub = mkOption {
-          type = types.nullOr types.str;
-          default = "seafile";
-          description = "Database name for Seahub web interface. Not required for sqlite.";
-        };
-        passwordFile = mkOption {
+        password = mkOption {
           type = types.nullOr types.str;
           default = null;
           description = ''
-            The full path to a file that contains the database password.
-            Not required for sqlite.
-          '';
+            Database password. Use <literal>passwordFile</literal> to avoid this
+            being world-readable in the <literal>/nix/store</literal>.
+
+            Not required for sqlite.'';
+          };
+          passwordFile = mkOption {
+            type = types.nullOr types.str;
+            default = null;
+            description = ''
+              The full path to a file that contains the database password.
+            '';
+          };
+          host = mkOption {
+            type = types.nullOr types.str;
+            default = "localhost";
+            description = "Database host.";
+          };
+          dbport = mkOption {
+            type = with types; nullOr (either int str);
+            default = 3306;
+            description = "Database port. Not required for sqlite.";
+          };
         };
-        host = mkOption {
-          type = types.nullOr types.str;
-          default = "localhost";
-          description = "Database host.";
-        };
-        port = mkOption {
-          type = with types; nullOr (either int str);
-          default = 3306;
-          description = "Database port. Not required for sqlite.";
-        };
-      };
 
         user = mkOption {
           type = types.str;
@@ -123,11 +73,11 @@ in
           description = "Group account under which the Seafile server runs.";
         };
 
-        name = mkOption {
-          type = types.str;
-          default = "Seafile";
-          description = "name of the Seafile instance, will show up in client and web interface";
-        };
+#        name = mkOption {
+#          type = types.str;
+#          default = "Seafile";
+#          description = "name of the Seafile instance, will show up in client and web interface";
+#        };
 
         domainName = mkOption {
           type = types.str;
@@ -222,68 +172,16 @@ in
         directoriesToManage = [ cfg.storagePath ];
       in
       mkIf cfg.enable {
-        services.seafile-server.ccnetSettings = {
-          # TODO: ID and NAME might be required
-          General.SERVICE_URL="http${if cfg.enableTLS then "s" else ""}://${cfg.domainName}:${toString cfg.externalPort}/";
-          Database = mkMerge [
-            {
-              ENGINE = cfg.db.type;
-            }
-            (mkIf (cfg.db.type == "mysql") {
-              HOST = cfg.db.host;
-              PORT = cfg.db.port;
-              USER = cfg.db.user;
-              CONNECTION_CHARSET = "utf8";
-              DB = cfg.db.dbnameCcnet;
-              password = "#dbpass#";
-            })
-          ];
-
-        };
-
-        services.seafile-server.seafileSettings = {
-          library_trash.expire_days = cfg.trashExpirationTime;
-          fileserver = {
-            host = cfg.fileserverBindAddress;
-            port = cfg.fileserverPort;
-            worker_threads = cfg.fileserverWorkers;
-            max_indexing_threads = cfg.fileserverIndexers;
-            fixed_block_size = cfg.fileserverBlockSize;
-          };
-          quota = mkIf (! isNull cfg.defaultQuota) {
-            default = cfg.defaultQuota;
-          };
-          history = mkIf (! isNull cfg.fileRevisionHistoryDays) {
-            keep_days = cfg.fileRevisionHistoryDays;
-          };
-          database = mkMerge [
-            {
-              type = cfg.db.type;
-            }
-            # while just using the cfg.db set directly might be possible and
-            # save lines of code, I prefer hand-picking options
-            (mkIf (cfg.db.type == "mysql") {
-              host = cfg.db.host;
-              port = cfg.db.port;
-              user = cfg.db.user;
-              connection_charset = "utf8";
-              db_name = cfg.db.dbnameSeafile;
-              max_connections = 100;
-              password = "#dbpass#";
-            })
-          ];
-        };
-
         systemd = {
           # state directory permissions managed by systemd
           tmpfiles.rules = [
             "d ${cfg.storagePath} 0750 ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} -"
-            "d ${cfg.storagePath}/conf 0700 ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} -"
-            "d ${cfg.storagePath}/pids 0710 ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} -"
+            "d ${cfg.storagePath}/conf 0750 ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} -"
+            "d ${cfg.storagePath}/home 0710 ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} -"
           ];
           services.seafile-server = {
 
-          path = with pkgs; [ seafile-server.seafile-server-core ];
+          path = with pkgs; [ seafile-server.ccnet-server seafile-server.seafile-server-core ];
           script = ''
             ./seafile-server/seafile-server-latest/bin/seafile-admin start
             '';
@@ -295,46 +193,66 @@ in
               ''}")
               ("${pkgs.writeShellScript "seafile-server-preStart-unprivileged" ''
                 # stuff run as seafile user
-                set -ex
+
+                # ccnet-init must only be run once per installation, as it also generates stateful key and ID
+                # solution: invoke it once, use result as template
+                if [ ! -e ./ccnet/mykey.peer ]; then
+                  ${pkgs.seafile-server.ccnet-server}/bin/ccnet-init -c ./ccnet -H 'TEMPLATEHOST'
+                  mv ./ccnet/ccnet.conf{,.template}
+                fi
+
+                # generate actual ccnet config file
+                echo "[General]" > ./conf/ccnet.conf
+                grep "^ID =" ./ccnet/ccnet.conf.template >> ./conf/ccnet.conf
+                # outside URL
+                SERVICE_URL = http${if cfg.enableTLS then "s" else ""}://${cfg.domainName}:${toString cfg.externalPort}
 
                 # seafile.conf generation
 
-                # move config templates from nix store
-                ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/install ${ccnetConfigFile} ./conf/ccnet.conf
-                ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/install ${seafileConfigFile} ./conf/seafile.conf
-                ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/install ${gunicornConfigFile} ./conf/gunicorn.conf.py
-                ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/install ${seahubConfigFile} ./conf/seahub_settings.py
+                echo '[library_trash]
+                expire_days ${toString cfg.trashExpirationTime}
 
-                # seahub secret key
-                if [ ! -e .seahubSecret ]; then
-                    ${pkgs.seafile-server.pythonEnv}/bin/python ${pkgs.seafile-server}/seahub/tools/secret_key_generator.py > .seahubSecret
-                    chmod 400 .seahubSecret
-                fi
-                SEAHUB_SECRET="$(head -n1 .seahubSecret)"
-                # TODO: check for special characters needing to be escaped
-                sed -e "s,#seckey#,$SEAHUB_SECRET,g" -i ./conf/seahub_settings.py
+                [fileserver]
+                host = ${cfg.fileserverBindAddress}
+                port = ${toString cfg.fileserverPort}
+                worker_threads = ${toString cfg.fileserverWorkers}
+                max_indexing_threads = ${toString cfg.fileserverIndexers}
+                fixed_block_size = ${toString cfg.fileserverIndexers}' > ./conf/seafile.conf
 
-                # replace placeholder secrets with real secret read from file
-                #TODO: unset -x to prevent DBPASS from being leaked in journal
-                ${if !(isNull cfg.db.passwordFile) then ''
-                  DBPASS="$(head -n1 ${toString cfg.db.passwordFile})"
-                  sed -e "s,#dbpass#,$DBPASS,g" -i ./conf/seafile.conf ./conf/ccnet.conf ./conf/seahub_settings.py
-                  ''
-                  else ""
-                }
-
-                
-                # initialise db and other things needed at first run
-                if [ -e .initialised ]; then
-                    #TODO: db initialisation
-
-                    touch .initialised
+                if [ ${toString (! isNull cfg.defaultQuota)} ]; then
+                  echo '[quota]' >> ./conf/seafile.conf
+                  echo 'default = ${toString cfg.defaultQuota}' >> ./conf/seafile.conf
                 fi
 
-                ln -nsf ${pkgs.seafile-server} seafile-server
-               
-                # for determining update version mismatches
-                ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/install ${pkgs.seafile-server}/installed_version .
+                if [ ${toString (! isNull cfg.fileRevisionHistoryDays)} ]; then
+                  echo '[history]' >> ./conf/seafile.conf
+                  echo 'keep_days = ${toString cfg.defaultQuota}' >> ./conf/seafile.conf
+                fi
+
+                # seafile database settings
+
+                if [ ${cfg.db.type} = "mysql" ]; then
+                echo '[database]
+                type = mysql
+                host = ${cfg.db.host}
+                port = ${toString cfg.db.dbport}
+                user = ${cfg.db.user}
+                connection_charset = utf8
+                db_name = ${cfg.db.dbname}
+                max_connections = 100' >> ./conf/seafile.conf
+
+                if [ ${toString (! isNull cfg.db.password)}; then
+                echo 'password = ${toString cfg.db.password}' >> ./conf/seafile.conf
+                else
+                echo "password = $(cat ${toString cfg.db.passwordFile})" >> ./conf/seafile.conf
+                fi
+                else
+                echo '[database]
+                type = sqlite' >> ./conf/seafile.conf
+                fi
+
+                ln -s ${pkgs.seafile-server} seafile-server
+                ./seafile-server/seafile-server-latest/bin/seafile-admin setup
               ''}")
             ];
             User = cfg.user;
diff --git a/seafile-nixos-tests.nix b/seafile-nixos-tests.nix
index ed1122c..d1e404a 100644
--- a/seafile-nixos-tests.nix
+++ b/seafile-nixos-tests.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (<nixos-unstable/nixos/tests/make-test-python.nix>) {
             (import ./default.nix)
           ];
 
-          console.keyMap = "de";
+          i18n.consoleKeyMap = "de";
           users.mutableUsers = false;
           users.users.test = {
             isNormalUser = true;
diff --git a/seafile-server/default.nix b/seafile-server/default.nix
index 2f4d32b..02868fb 100644
--- a/seafile-server/default.nix
+++ b/seafile-server/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 , python3Packages
 }:
 let
-  version = "8.0.3";
+  version = "8.0.0";
   python = python3;
   pythonPackages = python3Packages;
   django = pythonPackages.django;
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ let
     pycryptodome
   ]
   ++ map (p: p.override { inherit django; }) djangoModules; # build django modules with required version
-  # defining them here to be able to expose them in a python environment as well
-  pythonEnvDeps = seahubPythonDependencies ++ [ libsearpc ];
   seafile-server-core = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     name = "seafile-server-core";
     inherit version;
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ let
       owner = "haiwen";
       repo = "seafile-server";
       rev = "v${version}-server";
-      sha256 = "1wmbx4smf342b5pars1zm9af2i0yaq7kjj7ry0gr337gdpa4qn3b";
+      sha256 = "0pd1zjsw6lkpxd54ln0dz5r9zx9585nib10kvpl1vgzp61g4d223";
     };
     # patch to work with latest, non-vulnerable libevhtp
     patches = [
@@ -68,14 +66,7 @@ let
     # `which` is called directly from python during buildPhase, so we need the binary
     nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig vala autoreconfHook which pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
     buildInputs = [ sqlite glib python libuuid openssl oniguruma fuse libarchive libevent libevhtp ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = pythonEnvDeps;
-    # copy manual to required location
-    postInstall = ''
-      mkdir $out/doc
-      cp ${src}/doc/*.doc $out/doc/
-      '';
-    # prevent doc directory from being moved to share in fixupPhase
-    forceShare = [ "man" "info" ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ libsearpc ] ++ seahubPythonDependencies;
     postFixup = ''
       buildPythonPath $propagatedBuildInputs
       wrapPythonProgramsIn "$out/bin" "$out $pythonPath"
@@ -94,7 +85,7 @@ let
       owner = "haiwen";
       repo = "seahub";
       rev = "v${version}-server";
-      sha256 = "0vfkiavsmpjm6wjr5rcnmnpnb3rxr3svwk8fsh5c76zg87ckdz4d";
+      sha256 = "0j7g43j7w1zb00pg4aaacdv5ycva3qf561hj9pbwh4709mbiykip";
     };
     phases = [ "unpackPhase" "installPhase" "fixupPhase" "distPhase" ];
     buildInputs = [ python pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
@@ -129,40 +120,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "seafile-server";
   inherit version;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ python3Packages.wrapPython  ];
   buildInputs = [ seahub seafile-server-core libsearpc ]
     ++ lib.optional withMysql libmysqlclient;
   phases = [ "installPhase" "fixupPhase" "distPhase" ];
-  # create required directory structure
-  # Which files need to be copied is specified in the function `copy_scripts_and_libs`
-  # of  ${seafile-server-core.src}/scripts/build/build-server.py
-  # The install script below has been hand crafted from that list of files and needs to be updated on new releases.
+  # todo: create data directory in /srv in activation script
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir "$out"
     cd "$out"
     ln -s ${seahub} seahub
-    ln -s ${seafile-server-core} seafile-server
-    # copy general scripts
-    cp ${seafile-server-core.src}/scripts/{setup-seafile.sh,setup-seafile-mysql.sh,setup-seafile-mysql.py,seafile.sh,seahub.sh,reset-admin.sh,seaf-fuse.sh,check_init_admin.py,seaf-gc.sh,seaf-fsck.sh} .
-    # copy update scripts (and their sql)
-    cp -r ${seafile-server-core.src}/scripts/upgrade .
-    cp -r ${seafile-server-core.src}/scripts/sql .
-    # copy_user_manual is already done in the postInstall hook of seafile-server-core
-    # python admin scripts need to be made executable and patched with python path
-    chmod ugo+x *.py
-    buildPythonPath $propagatedBuildInputs
-    wrapPythonProgramsIn "$out/*.py" "$out $pythonPath"
-
-    echo -n "${version}" > installed_version
+    ln -s ${seafile-server-core} seafile-server-latest
   '';
   meta = with lib; {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ schmittlauch ];
     license = licenses.free; # components with different free software licenses are combined
   };
   inherit seafile-server-core seahub;# for using the path in the NixOS module
-  
-  pythonEnv = python3.buildEnv.override {
-    extraLibs = pythonEnvDeps;
-    ignoreCollisions = true;
-  };
 }
diff --git a/seafile-test.nix b/seafile-test.nix
index 62aeded..cf624c2 100644
--- a/seafile-test.nix
+++ b/seafile-test.nix
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
     (import ./default.nix)
     ];
 
-  console.keyMap = "de";
+  i18n.consoleKeyMap = "de";
   users.mutableUsers = false;
   users.users.test = {
     isNormalUser = true;
     extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
     #hashedPassword = "$6$SZCzE/xB$Hr9sfsJ7xAcBCoptG39cxxQk8RZfldDjjGpSngOvn9Ufex5dHBEbdncXRZnfrGATsGcYPvLi7m4wIu.f8tY9B.";
-    password = "test";
+    password = "";
     home = "/home/test";
     createHome = true;
   };
@@ -25,33 +25,7 @@
   services.seafile-server = {
     enable = true;
     #autorun = false;
-    domainName = "seaf.local";
-    db = {
-      type = "mysql";
-      passwordFile = toString (pkgs.writeText "testPW" "test");
-    };
+    domainName = "localhost";
   };
 
-  # db backend
-  services.mysql =
-    {
-      enable = true;
-      package = pkgs.mariadb;
-      ensureDatabases = [ "ccnet" "seafile" "seahub" ];
-      ensureUsers = [
-        rec {
-          name = config.services.seafile-server.db.user;
-          ensurePermissions = {
-            "ccnet.*" = "ALL PRIVILEGES";
-            "seafile.*" = "ALL PRIVILEGES";
-            "seahub.*" = "ALL PRIVILEGES";
-          };
-        }
-      ];
-      # set a password for the seafile user
-      initialScript = pkgs.writeText "mariadb-init.sql" ''
-        CREATE USER ${config.services.seafile-server.db.user}@localhost IDENTIFIED VIA mysql_native_password USING PASSWORD("test");
-      '';
-    };
-
 }