diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index fe2eca3..d8114d2 100755
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1704498488,
-        "narHash": "sha256-yINKdShHrtjdiJhov+q0s3Y3B830ujRoSbHduUNyKag=",
+        "lastModified": 1705535278,
+        "narHash": "sha256-V5+XKfNbiY0bLKLQlH+AXyhHttEL7XcZBH9iSbxxexA=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "51e44a13acea71b36245e8bd8c7db53e0a3e61ee",
+        "rev": "b84191db127c16a92cbdf7f7b9969d58bb456699",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1703961334,
-        "narHash": "sha256-M1mV/Cq+pgjk0rt6VxoyyD+O8cOUiai8t9Q6Yyq4noY=",
+        "lastModified": 1705316053,
+        "narHash": "sha256-J2Ey5mPFT8gdfL2XC0JTZvKaBw/b2pnyudEXFvl+dQM=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "b0d36bd0a420ecee3bc916c91886caca87c894e9",
+        "rev": "c3e128f3c0ecc1fb04aef9f72b3dcc2f6cecf370",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1704194953,
-        "narHash": "sha256-RtDKd8Mynhe5CFnVT8s0/0yqtWFMM9LmCzXv/YKxnq4=",
+        "lastModified": 1705496572,
+        "narHash": "sha256-rPIe9G5EBLXdBdn9ilGc0nq082lzQd0xGGe092R/5QE=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "bd645e8668ec6612439a9ee7e71f7eac4099d4f6",
+        "rev": "842d9d80cfd4560648c785f8a4e6f3b096790e19",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/hosts/server/default.nix b/hosts/server/default.nix
index c67094e..b2a06d8 100755
--- a/hosts/server/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/server/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,4 @@ in {
     hostName = "nixos-server-reid";
     networkmanager.enable = true;
   };
-
-  boot.loader.grub.enable = false;
-  boot.loader.generic-extlinux-compatible.enable = true;
 }
diff --git a/hosts/server/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/server/hardware-configuration.nix
index 2a7de82..f68833e 100755
--- a/hosts/server/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/server/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,34 @@
-# Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
-# and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
-# to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
-# 🤓☝
 { config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
 
 {
   imports =
-    [ (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
+    [ 
+      (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
     ];
 
   boot = {
+    initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "usbhid" "usb_storage" ];
+	initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+    kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_hardened;
+    # for some god awful reason, our HDMI output doesn't show
+    # init messages??? theres a workaround here though
+    #
+    # see: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_on_ARM/Raspberry_Pi#Early_boot_messages
+	kernelModules = [ "vc4" "bcm2835_dma" "i2c_bcm2835" ];
     loader = {
-      grub.enable = false;
+      # zigglebop 👽
+      grub.enable = lib.mkForce false;
+
       generic-extlinux-compatible.enable = true;
     };
-    initrd = {
-      availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "usbhid" "usb_storage" ];
-      kernelModules = [ ];
-    };
-    kernelModules = [ ];
-    extraModulePackages = [ ];
   };
 
-  fileSystems."/" =
-    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/44444444-4444-4444-8888-888888888888";
+  fileSystems = {
+  	"/" = {
+  	  device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/44444444-4444-4444-8888-888888888888";
       fsType = "ext4";
     };
+  };
 
   swapDevices = [ ];