diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 1c5ab6c..8a6f1db 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
 
       stateVersion = "23.05";
 
+      extraLib = import ./nix/lib.nix inputs;
+
       hosts = {
         patricknix = {
           type = "nixos";
diff --git a/hosts/common/core/default.nix b/hosts/common/core/default.nix
index 082b70c..89928ee 100644
--- a/hosts/common/core/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/core/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     ../../../users/root
 
-    ../../../nix/secrets.nix
+    ../../../modules/secrets.nix
   ];
   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 024b634..71b6ad1 100644
--- a/hosts/common/core/home-manager.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/core/home-manager.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   hyprland,
   stateVersion,
   config,
+  extraLib,
   ...
 }: {
   home-manager = {
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
       hyprland.homeManagerModules.default
     ];
     extraSpecialArgs = {
+      inherit extraLib;
       nixosConfig = config;
     };
   };
diff --git a/nix/secrets.nix b/modules/secrets.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from nix/secrets.nix
rename to modules/secrets.nix
diff --git a/nix/generate-node.nix b/nix/generate-node.nix
index 7b3554a..d7362ee 100644
--- a/nix/generate-node.nix
+++ b/nix/generate-node.nix
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ in {
   pkgs = self.pkgs.${nodeMeta.system};
   specialArgs = {
     inherit (nixpkgs) lib;
-    inherit (self) nodes stateVersion;
-    inherit inputs;
-    inherit nodeName;
-    inherit nodeMeta;
+    inherit (self) nodes stateVersion extraLib;
+    inherit
+      inputs
+      nodeName
+      nodePath
+      ;
+
     inherit hyprland;
-    inherit nodePath;
+
     nixos-hardware = nixos-hardware.nixosModules;
     impermanence = impermanence.nixosModules;
   };
diff --git a/nix/lib.nix b/nix/lib.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be0a65e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/lib.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  self,
+  nixpkgs,
+  ...
+}: {
+  # some programs( such as steam do not work with bindmounts
+  # additionally symlinks are a lot faster than bindmounts
+  # ~ 2x faster in my tests
+  impermanence.makeSymlinks = builtins.map (x: {
+    directory = x;
+    method = "symlink";
+  });
+}
diff --git a/users/common/impermanence.nix b/users/common/impermanence.nix
index 0f5ca26..9b886a6 100644
--- a/users/common/impermanence.nix
+++ b/users/common/impermanence.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   config,
   lib,
   nixosConfig,
+  extraLib,
   ...
 }: {
   home.persistence."/state/${config.home.homeDirectory}" = with lib.lists; {
@@ -9,22 +10,12 @@
     files = [
       ".ssh/known_hosts"
     ];
-    directories = let
-      # some programs( such as steam do not work with bindmounts
-      # additionally symlinks are a lot faster than bindmounts
-      # ~ 2x faster in my tests
-      makeSymLinks = x:
-        builtins.map (x: {
-          directory = x;
-          method = "symlink";
-        })
-        x;
-    in
+    directories =
       # firefox cannot be a symlink as home manager refuses put files outside your $HOME
       optionals config.programs.firefox.enable [
         ".mozilla"
       ]
-      ++ makeSymLinks (
+      ++ extraLib.impermanence.makeSymlinks (
         optionals config.programs.atuin.enable [
           ".local/share/atuin"
         ]