maybe flakes work now

configuration.nix

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
 # your system.  Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running `nixos-help`).
 
-{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, lib, home-manager, ... }:
 {
   imports =
     [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
       ./hardware-configuration.nix
-      <home-manager/nixos>
+      home-manager.nixosModules.default
       ./modules
     ];
 

flake.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# load stuff
+
+{
+  description = "horrible dotfiles for amazing distro";
+
+  inputs = {
+      nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-23.05";
+      home-manager.url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-23.05";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }: {
+    nixosConfigurations = {
+      # TODO(sako)::rename this
+      nixos = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+        system = "x86_64-linux";
+        modules = [ ./configuration.nix ];
+      };
+
+    };
+
+  };
+}