diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 167e2f9..e323be9 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -144,22 +144,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "nixpkgs_2": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1725534445,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Yd0FK9SkWy+ZPuNqUgmVPXokxDgMJoGuNpMEtkfcf84=",
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "9bb1e7571aadf31ddb4af77fc64b2d59580f9a39",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "disko": "disko",
@@ -190,7 +174,9 @@
     },
     "sops-nix": {
       "inputs": {
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
         "nixpkgs-stable": "nixpkgs-stable"
       },
       "locked": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index aa908e0..8e2192e 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
 
     # secret encryption
-    sops-nix.url = "github:Mic92/sops-nix";
+    sops-nix = {
+      url = "github:Mic92/sops-nix";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
 
     # self hosted repo of secrets file to further protect files in case of future encryption vunrabilities
     secrets = {
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@
     nixpkgs,
     disko,
     nixos-hardware,
+    home-manager,
     ...
   } @ inputs: let
     forEachSystem = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs [
@@ -66,8 +70,14 @@
         specialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
         modules = [
           ./hosts/horizon/configuration.nix
-          inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.default
           nixos-hardware.nixosModules.framework-11th-gen-intel
+          home-manager.nixosModules.default
+          # {
+          #   home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+          #   home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+          #   home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
+          #   home-manager.users = import ./users;
+          # }
         ];
       };
       # Leyla Desktop
@@ -75,7 +85,7 @@
         specialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
         modules = [
           ./hosts/twilight/configuration.nix
-          inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.default
+          home-manager.nixosModules.default
         ];
       };
       # NAS Service