diff --git a/configurations/nixos/defiant/configuration.nix b/configurations/nixos/defiant/configuration.nix
index fef7a56..a48bddb 100644
--- a/configurations/nixos/defiant/configuration.nix
+++ b/configurations/nixos/defiant/configuration.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
         tokenFile = config.sops.secrets."services/zfs_smtp_token".path;
       };
       pool = {
+        # We are having to boot off of the nvm cache drive because I cant figure out how to boot via the HBA
+        bootDrives = ["nvme-Samsung_SSD_990_PRO_4TB_S7KGNU0X907881F"];
         vdevs = [
           [
             "ata-ST18000NE000-3G6101_ZVTCXVEB"
diff --git a/modules/nixos-modules/disko.nix b/modules/nixos-modules/disko.nix
index af83023..2cfeacc 100644
--- a/modules/nixos-modules/disko.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos-modules/disko.nix
@@ -50,16 +50,25 @@ in {
       };
     };
     pool = {
-      vdevs = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.listOf lib.types.str);
-        description = "list of disks that are going to be in";
-        default = [config.host.storage.pool.drives];
+      # list of drives in pool that will have a boot partition put onto them
+      bootDrives = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
+        description = "list of disks that are going to have a boot partition installed on them";
+        default = lib.lists.flatten config.host.storage.pool.vdevs;
       };
+      # shorthand for vdevs if you only have 1 vdev
       drives = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
         description = "list of drives that are going to be in the vdev";
         default = [];
       };
+      # list of all drives in each vdev
+      vdevs = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.listOf lib.types.str);
+        description = "list of disks that are going to be in";
+        default = [config.host.storage.pool.drives];
+      };
+      # list of cache drives for pool
       cache = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
         description = "list of drives that are going to be used as cache";
@@ -156,59 +165,37 @@ in {
     disko.devices = {
       disk = (
         builtins.listToAttrs (
+          builtins.map
+          (drive:
+            lib.attrsets.nameValuePair (drive.name) {
+              type = "disk";
+              device = "/dev/disk/by-id/${drive.value}";
+              content = {
+                type = "gpt";
+                partitions = {
+                  ESP = lib.mkIf (builtins.elem drive.value config.host.storage.pool.bootDrives) {
+                    # The 2GB here for the boot partition might be a bit overkill we probably only need like 1/4th of that but storage is cheap
+                    size = "2G";
+                    type = "EF00";
+                    content = {
+                      type = "filesystem";
+                      format = "vfat";
+                      mountpoint = "/boot";
+                      mountOptions = ["umask=0077"];
+                    };
+                  };
+                  zfs = {
+                    size = "100%";
+                    content = {
+                      type = "zfs";
+                      pool = "rpool";
+                    };
+                  };
+                };
+              };
+            })
           (
-            builtins.map
-            (drive:
-              lib.attrsets.nameValuePair (drive.name) {
-                type = "disk";
-                device = "/dev/disk/by-id/${drive.value}";
-                content = {
-                  type = "gpt";
-                  partitions = {
-                    zfs = {
-                      size = "100%";
-                      content = {
-                        type = "zfs";
-                        pool = "rpool";
-                      };
-                    };
-                  };
-                };
-              })
-            (lib.lists.flatten vdevs)
-          )
-          ++ (
-            builtins.map
-            (drive:
-              lib.attrsets.nameValuePair (drive.name) {
-                type = "disk";
-                device = "/dev/disk/by-id/${drive.value}";
-                content = {
-                  type = "gpt";
-                  partitions = {
-                    # We are having to boot off of the nvm cache drive because I cant figure out how to boot via the HBA
-                    ESP = {
-                      # 2G here because its not much relative to how much storage we have for caching
-                      size = "2G";
-                      type = "EF00";
-                      content = {
-                        type = "filesystem";
-                        format = "vfat";
-                        mountpoint = "/boot";
-                        mountOptions = ["umask=0077"];
-                      };
-                    };
-                    zfs = {
-                      size = "100%";
-                      content = {
-                        type = "zfs";
-                        pool = "rpool";
-                      };
-                    };
-                  };
-                };
-              })
-            cache
+            (lib.lists.flatten vdevs) ++ cache
           )
         )
       );