diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a123a85..ff10b86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 a rust application to scrobble your currently playing song on last.fm with mpris
 
-upd 2024-08-27: i'm adding a home-manager module, eventually!
-
 ## limitations
 
 unfortunately, because of how most mpris players work, the [Track_Id](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/mpris-spec/latest/Player_Interface.html#Simple-Type:Track_Id) (unique identifier for every song in the tracklist) object is very rarely supported, or, if supported, implemented incorrectly (looking at you, [Cider](https://cider.sh/)) meaning it is impossible to tell if the track has been played twice in a row. this means you cannot have succssive scrobbles of the same song, sorry! besides this, i'd say the program is feature complete.
@@ -20,10 +18,39 @@ you also have the option to define your mpris bus name, which will instead wait
 
 1. the nix way
 
+    simply just run it:
+
     ```sh
     nix run git+https://git.reidlab.pink/reidlab/lastfmpris.git
     ```
 
+    or import it into your flake like so:
+
+    ```nix
+    lastfmpris.url = "git+https://git.reidlab.pink/reidlab/lastfmpris.git";
+    # in your `homeManagerConfiguration`:
+    imports = [
+      inputs.lastfmpris.homeManagerModules.lastfmpris;
+    ];
+    ```
+
+    and then use it as a service in your `homeManagerConfiguration`:
+
+    ```nix
+    services.lastfmpris = {
+      enable = true;
+      settings = {
+        global = {
+          # player_bus = "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.mpv";
+          username = "ILoveLastDotFm";
+          password = builtins.readFile /etc/lastfm-password;
+          api_key = builtins.readFile /etc/lastfm-api-key;
+          api_secret = builtins.readFile /etc/lastfm-api-secret;
+        }
+      };
+    };
+    ```
+
 2. the normal way
 
     first, clone repository:
diff --git a/config.example.ini b/config.example.ini
index d262c6c..1a7f69c 100644
--- a/config.example.ini
+++ b/config.example.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[global]
 ; player_bus = org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.mpv
 username = ILoveLastDotFm
 password = lastfm4lyfe
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 3f14fd1..dec2c35 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@
           overlays = [rust-overlay.overlays.default];
         };
         package = (builtins.fromTOML (builtins.readFile ./Cargo.toml)).package;
-        rustPlatform = pkgs.makeRustPlatform {
-          cargo = pkgs.cargo;
-          rustc = pkgs.rustc;
-        };
         toolchain = pkgs.rust-bin.fromRustupToolchainFile ./toolchain.toml;
+        rustPlatform = pkgs.makeRustPlatform {
+          cargo = toolchain;
+          rustc = toolchain;
+        };
       in 
       rec {
-        packages = flake-utils.lib.flattenTree {
+        packages = flake-utils.lib.flattenTree rec {
+          default = lastfmpris;
           lastfmpris = rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
             pname = package.name;
             inherit (package) version;
@@ -31,21 +32,21 @@
             # very scuffed but endorsed!
             #cargoSha256 = "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=";
             cargoSha256 = "sha256-KOMEvg3iGjmMEFxsrIqD4SaDw63ojiNNNqCfzRlbYLw=";
+            
+            nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ pkg-config ];
 
-            buildInputs = with pkgs; [ pkg-config ];
-
-            nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ openssl dbus ];
+            buildInputs = with pkgs; [ openssl dbus ];
 
             src = ./.;
+
+            meta.mainProgram = package.name;
           };
         };
 
-        defaultPackage = packages.lastfmpris;
-
         devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
-          buildInputs = with pkgs; [ pkg-config ];
+          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ pkg-config ];
 
-          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ openssl dbus ];
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [ openssl dbus ];
 
           packages = with pkgs; [
             toolchain
@@ -54,5 +55,53 @@
 
           RUST_SRC_PATH = "${toolchain}/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library";
         };
-  });
+  }) // {
+    homeManagerModules = rec {
+      default = lastfmpris;
+      lastfmpris = { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+      with lib;
+      let
+        cfg = config.services.lastfmpris;
+
+        iniFmt = pkgs.formats.ini {};
+      in {
+        options.services.lastfmpris = {
+          enable = mkEnableOption "Enables the lastfmpris mpris scrobbling daemon";
+          package = mkOption {
+            type = types.package;
+            default = self.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default;
+          };
+          settings = mkOption {
+            type = iniFmt.type;
+            description = "Configuration (https://git.reidlab.pink/reidlab/lastfmpris/src/branch/main/config.example.ini)";
+            example = literalExpression ''
+              {
+                global = {
+                  username = "ILoveLastDotFm";
+                  password = "lastfm4lyfe";
+                  api_key = "t8mb4e0kn9it150amaeezbcfe3iusy8o";
+                  api_secret = "jd47iz6h1u2kbnbfm8c763lzrj1o89h3";
+                };
+              }
+            '';
+          };
+        };
+
+        config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+          systemd.user.services.lastfmpris = {
+            Unit = {
+              Description = "a rust application to scrobble your currently playing song on last.fm with mpris";
+              Requires = ["graphical-session.target"];
+            };
+            Service = {
+              Type = "simple";
+              ExecStart = "${lib.getExe cfg.package}";
+            };
+          };
+
+          xdg.configFile."lastfmpris/config.ini".source = (iniFmt.generate "config.ini" cfg.settings);
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index c056979..db7bed6 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,15 @@ use std::io::Write;
 use std::process;
 use tracing::info;
 
+// okay i don't like this.
+// we have to please the ini parser though!!
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct Config {
+    pub global: GlobalConfig
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct GlobalConfig {
     pub player_bus: Option<String>,
     pub username: String,
     pub password: String,
diff --git a/src/lastfm.rs b/src/lastfm.rs
index 3361d43..0e009ad 100644
--- a/src/lastfm.rs
+++ b/src/lastfm.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ use rustfm_scrobble_proxy::Scrobbler;
 use tracing::info;
 
 pub fn get_scrobbler(config: &Config) -> Result<Scrobbler> {
-    let mut scrobbler = Scrobbler::new(&config.api_key, &config.api_secret);
+    let mut scrobbler = Scrobbler::new(&config.global.api_key, &config.global.api_secret);
     scrobbler
-        .authenticate_with_password(&config.username, &config.password)
+        .authenticate_with_password(&config.global.username, &config.global.password)
         .context("failed to authenticate")?;
 
     info!(" successfully authenticated");
diff --git a/src/player.rs b/src/player.rs
index 7cff068..4ee1f6b 100644
--- a/src/player.rs
+++ b/src/player.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ pub fn is_active(player: &Player) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn is_whitelisted(config: &Config, player: &Player) -> bool {
-    if Some(player.bus_name()) == config.player_bus.as_deref() {
+    if Some(player.bus_name()) == config.global.player_bus.as_deref() {
         return true
-    } else if config.player_bus.is_none() {
+    } else if config.global.player_bus.is_none() {
         return player.bus_name().starts_with(MPRIS_BUS_PREFIX)
     } else {
         return false