diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 70bcdd9..2c1880d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
 - `colmenaNodes` per node configuration
 - `nodes` alias to `colmenaNodes`
 - `devshell` development shell using devshell
-- `extraLib` additional library function defined in `nix/lib.nix`
 - `formatter` nix code formatter
 - `hosts` host meta declaration
 - `pkgs` nixpkgs
@@ -68,7 +67,9 @@
 
 ## How-To
 
-...TODO
+### Add additional hosts
+
+1. Add host definition to `hosts.toml`
 
 ## Deploy
 
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 6edc85c..0402519 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -79,12 +79,7 @@
 
       stateVersion = "23.05";
 
-      hosts = {
-        patricknix = {
-          type = "nixos";
-          system = "x86_64-linux";
-        };
-      };
+      hosts = builtins.fromTOML (builtins.readFile ./hosts.toml);
 
       colmena = import ./nix/colmena.nix inputs;
       # all bare metal nodes
diff --git a/hosts.toml b/hosts.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dbe05c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[patricknix]
+type = "nixos"
+system = "x86_64-linux"
+
+[desktopnix]
+type = "nixos"
+system = "x86_64-linux"
diff --git a/hosts/common/core/default.nix b/hosts/common/core/default.nix
index 8afaf76..1db7b5f 100644
--- a/hosts/common/core/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/core/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{
+{inputs, ...}: {
   imports = [
     ./efi.nix
     ./home-manager.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
     ../../../users/root
 
     ../../../modules/secrets.nix
+    ../../../modules/meta.nix
+
+    inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.default
+    inputs.impermanence.nixosModules.impermanence
+    inputs.agenix.nixosModules.default
+    inputs.agenix-rekey.nixosModules.default
   ];
   age.identityPaths = ["/state/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key"];
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/core/home-manager.nix b/hosts/common/core/home-manager.nix
index dce413b..6b6363b 100644
--- a/hosts/common/core/home-manager.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/core/home-manager.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
-  impermanence,
-  hyprland,
   stateVersion,
   config,
+  inputs,
   pkgs,
   ...
 }: {
@@ -14,8 +13,8 @@
       {
         home.stateVersion = stateVersion;
       }
-      impermanence.home-manager.impermanence
-      hyprland.homeManagerModules.default
+      inputs.impermanence.nixosModules.home-manager.impermanence
+      inputs.hyprland.homeManagerModules.default
     ];
     extraSpecialArgs = {
       nixosConfig = config;
diff --git a/hosts/common/core/net.nix b/hosts/common/core/net.nix
index 3b53183..665b2a8 100644
--- a/hosts/common/core/net.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/core/net.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-{nodeName, ...}: {
+{
   networking = {
     useNetworkd = true;
     dhcpcd.enable = false;
-    hostName = nodeName;
   };
   # Should remain enabled since nscd from glibc is kinda ass
   services.nscd.enableNsncd = true;
diff --git a/hosts/common/core/system.nix b/hosts/common/core/system.nix
index 00bbeae..630350f 100644
--- a/hosts/common/core/system.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/core/system.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 {
   inputs,
   lib,
-  nodePath,
   pkgs,
-  nodeName,
+  config,
   ...
 }: {
   age.rekey = {
@@ -15,9 +14,9 @@
 
     forceRekeyOnSystem = builtins.extraBuiltins.unsafeCurrentSystem;
     hostPubkey = let
-      pubkeyPath = nodePath + "/secrets/host.pub";
+      pubkeyPath = config.node.secretsDir + "/host.pub";
     in
-      lib.mkIf (lib.pathExists pubkeyPath || lib.trace "Missing pubkey for ${nodeName}: ${toString pubkeyPath} not found, using dummy replacement key for now." false)
+      lib.mkIf (lib.pathExists pubkeyPath || lib.trace "Missing pubkey for ${config.node.name}: ${toString pubkeyPath} not found, using dummy replacement key for now." false)
       pubkeyPath;
   };
   boot = {
@@ -59,10 +58,10 @@
   powerManagement.cpuFreqGovernor = lib.mkDefault "powersave";
 
   secrets.secretFiles = let
-    local = nodePath + "/secrets/secrets.nix.age";
+    local = config.node.secretsDir + "/secrets.nix.age";
   in
     {
       global = ../../../secrets/secrets.nix.age;
     }
-    // lib.optionalAttrs (nodePath != null && lib.pathExists local) {inherit local;};
+    // lib.optionalAttrs (config.node.name != null && lib.pathExists local) {inherit local;};
 }
diff --git a/hosts/patricknix/default.nix b/hosts/patricknix/default.nix
index c1262fb..8075efb 100644
--- a/hosts/patricknix/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/patricknix/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-{nixos-hardware, ...}: {
+{inputs, ...}: {
   imports = [
-    nixos-hardware.common-cpu-intel
-    nixos-hardware.common-gpu-intel
-    nixos-hardware.common-pc-laptop
-    nixos-hardware.common-pc-laptop-ssd
+    inputs.nixos-hardware.nixosModules.common-cpu-intel
+    inputs.nixos-hardware.nixosModules.common-gpu-intel
+    inputs.nixos-hardware.nixosModules.common-pc-laptop
+    inputs.nixos-hardware.nixosModules.common-pc-laptop-ssd
 
     ../common/core
     ../common/dev
diff --git a/hosts/patricknix/net.nix b/hosts/patricknix/net.nix
index 0a163ba..9c5877e 100644
--- a/hosts/patricknix/net.nix
+++ b/hosts/patricknix/net.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-{
-  nodePath,
-  config,
-  ...
-}: {
+{config, ...}: {
   networking = {
     inherit (config.secrets.secrets.local.networking) hostId;
     wireless.iwd.enable = true;
@@ -29,11 +25,11 @@
     };
   };
   age.secrets.eduroam = {
-    rekeyFile = nodePath + "/secrets/iwd/eduroam.8021x.age";
+    rekeyFile = ./secrets/iwd/eduroam.8021x.age;
     path = "/var/lib/iwd/eduroam.8021x";
   };
   age.secrets.devoloog = {
-    rekeyFile = nodePath + "/secrets/iwd/devolo-og.psk.age";
+    rekeyFile = ./secrets/iwd/devolo-og.psk.age;
     path = "/var/lib/iwd/devolo-og.psk";
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/meta.nix b/modules/meta.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ecc9c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/meta.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit
+    (lib)
+    mdDoc
+    mkOption
+    types
+    ;
+in {
+  options.node = {
+    name = mkOption {
+      description = mdDoc "A unique name for this node (host) in the repository. Defines the default hostname, but this can be overwritten.";
+      type = types.str;
+    };
+
+    secretsDir = mkOption {
+      description = mdDoc "Path to the secrets directory for this node.";
+      type = types.path;
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    networking.hostName = config.node.name;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nix/colmena.nix b/nix/colmena.nix
index 974725a..15653f2 100644
--- a/nix/colmena.nix
+++ b/nix/colmena.nix
@@ -7,17 +7,23 @@
     (nixpkgs.lib)
     filterAttrs
     mapAttrs
+    flip
     ;
 
   nixosNodes = filterAttrs (_: x: x.type == "nixos") self.hosts;
-  nodes = mapAttrs (import ./generate-node.nix inputs) nixosNodes;
-  generateColmenaNode = nodeName: _: {
-    inherit (nodes.${nodeName}) imports;
-  };
+  nodes = flip mapAttrs nixosNodes (name: hostCfg:
+    import ./generate-node.nix inputs {
+      inherit name;
+      inherit (hostCfg) system;
+      modules = [
+        ../hosts/${name}
+        {node.secretsDir = ../hosts/${name}/secrets;}
+      ];
+    });
 in
   {
     meta = {
-      description = "Patrick's colmena configuration(Eigenhändig geklaut von oddlama";
+      description = "Patrick's colmena configuration(Eigenhändig geklaut von oddlama)";
       # Just a required dummy for colmena, overwritten on a per-node basis by nodeNixpkgs below.
       nixpkgs = self.pkgs.x86_64-linux;
       # This is so colmena uses the correct nixpkgs and specialarges for each host
@@ -25,4 +31,4 @@ in
       nodeSpecialArgs = mapAttrs (_: node: node.specialArgs) nodes;
     };
   }
-  // mapAttrs generateColmenaNode nodes
+  // mapAttrs (_: node: {inherit (node) imports;}) nodes
diff --git a/nix/generate-node.nix b/nix/generate-node.nix
index 3302b46..beaed59 100644
--- a/nix/generate-node.nix
+++ b/nix/generate-node.nix
@@ -9,37 +9,22 @@
   agenix-rekey,
   hyprland,
   ...
-} @ inputs: nodeName: {configPath ? null, ...} @ nodeMeta: let
-  path = ../hosts + "/${nodeName}/";
-  nodePath =
-    if configPath == null && builtins.isPath path && nixpkgs.lib.pathIsDirectory path
-    then path
-    else if configPath != null
-    then configPath
-    else null;
-in {
-  inherit (nodeMeta) system;
-  pkgs = self.pkgs.${nodeMeta.system};
+} @ inputs: {
+  name,
+  # Additional modules to import
+  modules ? [],
+  system,
+  ...
+}: {
+  inherit system;
+  pkgs = self.pkgs.${system};
   specialArgs = {
-    inherit (self.pkgs.${nodeMeta.system}) lib;
+    inherit (self.pkgs.${system}) lib;
     inherit (self) nodes stateVersion;
     inherit
       inputs
-      nodeName
-      nodePath
       ;
-
-    inherit hyprland;
-
-    nixos-hardware = nixos-hardware.nixosModules;
-    impermanence = impermanence.nixosModules;
   };
   imports =
-    [
-      home-manager.nixosModules.default
-      impermanence.nixosModules.impermanence
-      agenix.nixosModules.default
-      agenix-rekey.nixosModules.default
-    ]
-    ++ nixpkgs.lib.optional (nodePath != null) nodePath;
+    modules ++ [{node.name = name;}];
 }