diff --git a/configurations/nixos/defiant/configuration.nix b/configurations/nixos/defiant/configuration.nix
index 011f00d..bb5f450 100644
--- a/configurations/nixos/defiant/configuration.nix
+++ b/configurations/nixos/defiant/configuration.nix
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@
         }
         {
           folder = "users";
-          user = "users";
+          user = "root";
           group = "users";
         }
       ];
       nfs = {
         enable = true;
-        directories = ["leyla" "eve"];
+        directories = ["leyla" "eve" "ester"];
       };
     };
     reverse_proxy = {
diff --git a/modules/home-manager-modules/default.nix b/modules/home-manager-modules/default.nix
index ef9bf0a..22736d2 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager-modules/default.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager-modules/default.nix
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
     ./flipperzero.nix
     ./i18n.nix
     ./openssh.nix
+    ./impermanence.nix
   ];
 }
diff --git a/modules/home-manager-modules/impermanence.nix b/modules/home-manager-modules/impermanence.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4768b7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/home-manager-modules/impermanence.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{config, ...}: {
+  home.persistence."/persistent/home/${config.home.username}" = {
+    directories = [
+      ".ssh"
+      "desktop"
+      "downloads"
+      "documents"
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/nixos-modules/impermanence.nix b/modules/nixos-modules/impermanence.nix
index e6e1ecc..a187226 100644
--- a/modules/nixos-modules/impermanence.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos-modules/impermanence.nix
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@
         ];
 
         boot.initrd.postResumeCommands = lib.mkAfter ''
-                    zfs rollback -r rpool/local/system/root@blank
-          1        '';
+          zfs rollback -r rpool/local/system/root@blank
+        '';
 
         fileSystems = {
           "/".neededForBoot = true;
           "/persist/system/root".neededForBoot = true;
+          "/persist/system/var/log".neededForBoot = true;
         };
 
         host.storage.pool.extraDatasets = {
@@ -81,13 +82,18 @@
           };
         };
 
+        environment.persistence."/persist/system/var/log" = {
+          enable = true;
+          hideMounts = true;
+          directories = [
+            "/var/log"
+          ];
+        };
+
         environment.persistence."/persist/system/root" = {
           enable = true;
           hideMounts = true;
           directories = [
-            "/etc/ssh"
-
-            "/var/log"
             "/var/lib/nixos"
             "/var/lib/systemd/coredump"
 
diff --git a/modules/nixos-modules/server/network_storage/default.nix b/modules/nixos-modules/server/network_storage/default.nix
index 11019cb..fecc05f 100644
--- a/modules/nixos-modules/server/network_storage/default.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos-modules/server/network_storage/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ in {
         type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.submodule ({config, ...}: {
           options = {
             folder = lib.mkOption {
-              type = lib.types.string;
+              type = lib.types.str;
               description = "what is the name of this export directory";
             };
             bind = lib.mkOption {
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ in {
               default = null;
             };
             user = lib.mkOption {
-              type = lib.types.string;
+              type = lib.types.str;
               description = "what user owns this directory";
               default = "nouser";
             };
             group = lib.mkOption {
-              type = lib.types.string;
+              type = lib.types.str;
               description = "what group owns this directory";
               default = "nogroup";
             };
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ in {
       # create any folders that we need to have for our exports
       systemd.tmpfiles.rules =
         [
-          "d ${config.host.network_storage.export_directory} 2775 root root -"
+          "d ${config.host.network_storage.export_directory} 2770 root root -"
         ]
         ++ (
           builtins.map (
-            directory: "d ${directory._directory} 2775 ${directory.user} ${directory.group}"
+            directory: "d ${directory._directory} 2770 ${directory.user} ${directory.group}"
           )
           config.host.network_storage.directories
         );
diff --git a/modules/nixos-modules/server/reverse_proxy.nix b/modules/nixos-modules/server/reverse_proxy.nix
index 311724b..7eecdd0 100644
--- a/modules/nixos-modules/server/reverse_proxy.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos-modules/server/reverse_proxy.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   options.host.reverse_proxy = {
     enable = lib.mkEnableOption "turn on the reverse proxy";
     hostname = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.string;
+      type = lib.types.str;
       description = "what host name are we going to be proxying from";
     };
     forceSSL = lib.mkOption {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
       type = lib.types.attrsOf (lib.types.submodule ({...}: {
         options = {
           target = lib.mkOption {
-            type = lib.types.string;
+            type = lib.types.str;
             description = "where should this host point to";
           };
           websockets = lib.mkEnableOption "should websockets be proxied";
diff --git a/modules/nixos-modules/ssh.nix b/modules/nixos-modules/ssh.nix
index 0360cfc..17593aa 100644
--- a/modules/nixos-modules/ssh.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos-modules/ssh.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
-{...}: {
-  services = {
-    openssh = {
-      enable = true;
-      ports = [22];
-      settings = {
-        PasswordAuthentication = false;
-        UseDns = true;
-        X11Forwarding = false;
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: {
+  config = lib.mkMerge [
+    {
+      services = {
+        openssh = {
+          enable = true;
+          ports = [22];
+          settings = {
+            PasswordAuthentication = false;
+            UseDns = true;
+            X11Forwarding = false;
+          };
+        };
       };
-    };
-  };
+    }
+    (lib.mkIf config.host.impermanence.enable {
+      environment.persistence."/persist/system/root" = {
+        directories = [
+          "/etc/ssh"
+        ];
+      };
+    })
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/modules/nixos-modules/users.nix b/modules/nixos-modules/users.nix
index 1799f81..e2a8074 100644
--- a/modules/nixos-modules/users.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos-modules/users.nix
@@ -272,6 +272,15 @@ in {
             normalUsers
           )
         )
+        (
+          builtins.listToAttrs (
+            builtins.map (user:
+              lib.attrsets.nameValuePair "/home/${user.name}" {
+                neededForBoot = true;
+              })
+            normalUsers
+          )
+        )
       ];
 
       environment.persistence."/persist/system/root" = {