diff --git a/common.nix b/common.nix
index 3cd000d..7eb494e 100644
--- a/common.nix
+++ b/common.nix
@@ -145,8 +145,5 @@ with builtins;
   networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 8384 22000 ];
   networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ 8080 22000 21027 ];
   systemd.services."NetworkManager-wait-online".enable = false;
-
-  # release channel
-  system.stateVersion = "22.05"; # Did you read the comment?
 }
 
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 12f0417..5debe74 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -19,6 +19,21 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixos-hardware": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1661947070,
+        "narHash": "sha256-o6PhPKlvgJ+mbSex3GbzR+raySh7Q9f9XPrzfMQrIxU=",
+        "owner": "kekrby",
+        "repo": "nixos-hardware",
+        "rev": "82de3f3c0910307dd3c665c87a8659c94a1200fa",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "kekrby",
+        "repo": "nixos-hardware",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1654953433,
@@ -54,6 +69,7 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
+        "nixos-hardware": "nixos-hardware",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2"
       }
     },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a934c08..2d57201 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     nixos-hardware.url = github:kekrby/nixos-hardware;
   };
 
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }: {
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, nixos-hardware, ... }: {
     nixosConfigurations = {
       monosodium-glutamate-g = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
         system = "x86_64-linux";
diff --git a/potatobook-g/configuration.nix b/potatobook-g/configuration.nix
index c124f99..a7d668c 100644
--- a/potatobook-g/configuration.nix
+++ b/potatobook-g/configuration.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 { config, pkgs, ... }:
 {
   imports = [
-      <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix>
-      <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/channel.nix>
       # ./t2.nix
+      ./hardware-configuration.nix
       ../common.nix
   ];
 
@@ -23,6 +22,10 @@
     desktop.compositing = true;
   };
 
+boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
+boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
+
+networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
 
   networking.hostName = "potatobook-g";
 
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@
   # networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 4713 ];
   systemd.services."NetworkManager-wait-online".enable = false;
 
-  # release channel
-  system.stateVersion = "22.05"; # Did you read the comment?
+  # i rly should put that important big comment back here
+  system.stateVersion = "22.11"; # Did you read the comment?
 }
 
diff --git a/potatobook-g/hardware-configuration.nix b/potatobook-g/hardware-configuration.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..130ce65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/potatobook-g/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
+# and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
+# to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
+{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports =
+    [ (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
+    ];
+
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "nvme" "usbhid" "uas" "sd_mod" ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+
+  fileSystems."/" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/f6d243ec-6be9-4551-8cbb-aefb7b691a62";
+      fsType = "btrfs";
+      options = [ "subvol=root" ];
+    };
+
+  fileSystems."/home" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/f6d243ec-6be9-4551-8cbb-aefb7b691a62";
+      fsType = "btrfs";
+      options = [ "subvol=home" ];
+    };
+
+  fileSystems."/nix" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/f6d243ec-6be9-4551-8cbb-aefb7b691a62";
+      fsType = "btrfs";
+      options = [ "subvol=nix" ];
+    };
+
+  fileSystems."/boot" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/5F66-17ED";
+      fsType = "vfat";
+    };
+
+  swapDevices = [ ];
+
+  # Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface. In case of scripted networking
+  # (the default) this is the recommended approach. When using systemd-networkd it's
+  # still possible to use this option, but it's recommended to use it in conjunction
+  # with explicit per-interface declarations with `networking.interfaces.<interface>.useDHCP`.
+  networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  # networking.interfaces.enp2s0f1u1.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  # networking.interfaces.wlan0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
+  powerManagement.cpuFreqGovernor = lib.mkDefault "powersave";
+  hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
+  # high-resolution display
+  hardware.video.hidpi.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+}