diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 21a4965..446e4ab 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -213,11 +213,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1715930644,
-        "narHash": "sha256-W9pyM3/vePxrffHtzlJI6lDS3seANQ+Nqp+i58O46LI=",
+        "lastModified": 1724435763,
+        "narHash": "sha256-UNky3lJNGQtUEXT2OY8gMxejakSWPTfWKvpFkpFlAfM=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "e3ad5108f54177e6520535768ddbf1e6af54b59d",
+        "rev": "c2cd2a52e02f1dfa1c88f95abeb89298d46023be",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -233,11 +233,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1724555399,
-        "narHash": "sha256-OVX8nA446AcVvUzI2QXF0unkWb27u1CJpqeW02CCKWE=",
+        "lastModified": 1724576102,
+        "narHash": "sha256-uM7n5nNL6fmA0bwMJBNll11f4cMWOFa2Ni6F5KeIldM=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "nix-index-database",
-        "rev": "f65c9d6efae4ee39f4341aaed073cf2d56fb0ecb",
+        "rev": "e333d62b70b179da1dd78d94315e8a390f2d12e5",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1724224976,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Z/ELQhrSd7bMzTO8r7NZgi9g5emh+aRKoCdaAv5fiO0=",
+        "lastModified": 1724819573,
+        "narHash": "sha256-GnR7/ibgIH1vhoy8cYdmXE6iyZqKqFxQSVkFgosBh6w=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "c374d94f1536013ca8e92341b540eba4c22f9c62",
+        "rev": "71e91c409d1e654808b2621f28a327acfdad8dc2",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -264,11 +264,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs-stable": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1724316499,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Qb9MhKBUTCfWg/wqqaxt89Xfi6qTD3XpTzQ9eXi3JmE=",
+        "lastModified": 1724855419,
+        "narHash": "sha256-WXHSyOF4nBX0cvHN3DfmEMcLOVdKH6tnMk9FQ8wTNRc=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "797f7dc49e0bc7fab4b57c021cdf68f595e47841",
+        "rev": "ae2fc9e0e42caaf3f068c1bfdc11c71734125e06",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -306,11 +306,11 @@
         "systems": "systems"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1724444244,
-        "narHash": "sha256-fH1lyJvJjUhZ8xMlmiI18EZNzodDSe74rFuwlZDL0aQ=",
+        "lastModified": 1724702977,
+        "narHash": "sha256-bP1/BHbEigLjTTmqyy1t8w5EVWHuLuABtOd/BBXVLtA=",
         "owner": "danth",
         "repo": "stylix",
-        "rev": "d042af478ce87e188139480922a3085218194106",
+        "rev": "6c895c6b42ca205017abe72a7263baf36a197972",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/nixos/common/default.nix b/nixos/common/default.nix
index 292f932..fad4c1c 100644
--- a/nixos/common/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/common/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,24 @@
   services.gvfs.enable = true;
   services.udisks2.enable = true;
 
+  # use initrd systemd boot
+  boot.initrd.systemd.enable = true;
+
+  # use iwd for wifi
+  networking.networkmanager.wifi.backend = "iwd";
+
+  # use a tmpfs
+  boot.tmp.useTmpfs = true;
+  systemd.services.nix-daemon = {
+    environment.TMPDIR = "/var/tmp";
+  };
+
+  # use fstrim for ssds
+  services.fstrim.enable = true;
+
+  # use dbus-broker for faster dbus
+  services.dbus.implementation = "broker";
+
   # set up a keyring
   services.gnome.gnome-keyring.enable = true;
   security.pam.services.hyprland.enableGnomeKeyring = true;