diff --git a/hosts/nixos-server-reid/default.nix b/hosts/nixos-server-reid/default.nix
index 07c804d..f52f42d 100755
--- a/hosts/nixos-server-reid/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/nixos-server-reid/default.nix
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ in {
       ssh.enableMoshSupport = true;
 
       postgres.enable = true;
-
-      redis.enable = true;
     };
 
     security.useDoas = true;
diff --git a/hosts/nixos-server-reid/webapps/default.nix b/hosts/nixos-server-reid/webapps/default.nix
index 824c11e..a0ebdee 100755
--- a/hosts/nixos-server-reid/webapps/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/nixos-server-reid/webapps/default.nix
@@ -16,13 +16,10 @@ in {
         # actually enables nginx, configures acme,
         # gzip, optimization, proxy, ssl config,
         # opens ports, and adds some Headers
-        nginx-config = {
-          enable = true;
-          defaultLuaPackagePath = /var/www/reidlab.online/lua;
-        };
+        nginx-config.enable = true;
 
         staticSites = {
-          "v2.reidlab.online".dataDir = "/var/www/v2.reidlab.online";	
+          "reidlab.online".dataDir = "/var/www/reidlab.online";	
         };
 
         metrics = {
@@ -36,30 +33,12 @@ in {
     services = {
       nginx.virtualHosts = {
         "reidlab.online" = {
-          forceSSL = true;
-          enableACME = true;
-          root = "/var/www/reidlab.online/public";
+          locations."/f/".extraConfig = ''
+            add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*";
+          '';
+          # we should perhaps add something to help with this in staticsites?
           extraConfig = ''
-            error_page 404 /errors/404.html;
-            error_page 403 /errors/403.html;
-            error_page 500 /errors/500.html;
-            location = /errors/404.html { root /var/www/reidlab.online/public/; internal; }
-            location = /errors/403.html { root /var/www/reidlab.online/public/; internal; }
-            location = /errors/500.html { root /var/www/reidlab.online/public/; internal; }
-
-            location / {
-              try_files $uri @main;
-            }
-
-            location /chat {
-              access_by_lua_file /var/www/reidlab.online/lua/chat.lua;
-            }
-
-            location @main {
-              content_by_lua '
-                  require("main").handle_request()
-              ';
-            }
+            error_page 404 /404.html;
           '';
         };
       };
diff --git a/modules/services/nginx-conf.nix b/modules/services/nginx-conf.nix
index 2a92d9a..152297a 100755
--- a/modules/services/nginx-conf.nix
+++ b/modules/services/nginx-conf.nix
@@ -5,26 +5,10 @@ let
   cfg = config.modules.services.nginx-config;
 in {
   options.modules.services.nginx-config = {
-	enable = mkEnableOption "enable and configure nginx, a high performance web server";
-
-    package = mkOption {
-      type = types.package;
-      default = pkgs.openresty;
-    };
-
-    defaultLuaPackagePath = mkOption {
-      type = types.path;
-      default = null;
-    };
+    enable = mkEnableOption "enable and configure nginx, a high performance web server";
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    assertions = [
-      { assertion = cfg.defaultLuaPackagePath != null;
-        description = "The defaultLuaPackagePath property *must* be explicitly specified.";
-      }
-    ];
-
     security.acme = {
       acceptTerms = true;
       defaults.email = "reidlab325@gmail.com";
@@ -34,36 +18,13 @@ in {
 
     services.nginx = {
       enable = true;
-      package = cfg.package;
       
       recommendedTlsSettings = true;
       recommendedOptimisation = true;
       recommendedGzipSettings = true;
       recommendedProxySettings = true;
 
-      # TODO: clean this up oh my god like everything here :sob: im vomiting shaking and crying looking at this.
       commonHttpConfig = let
-        # lua
-        lua-resty-template = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-          owner = "bungle";
-          repo = "lua-resty-template";
-          rev = "v2.0";
-          sha256 = "1gpyjq3ms5ib8xiz6k9z97cjifx9zp1dyjkr58b2s034xksy2vb1";      
-        };
-        lua-resty-redis = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-          owner = "openresty";
-          repo = "lua-resty-redis";
-          rev = "v0.29";
-          sha256 = "089ishx4482ybfsv10ig8h3cpsdw6rvgy0w874h1c7m1gk2fd7r9";
-        };
-        lua-resty-websocket = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-          owner = "openresty";
-          repo = "lua-resty-websocket";
-          rev = "v0.10";
-          sha256 = "0zpprfi5qc3066ab7g7nyr18jwlk3n8y0006maj4nlx38rl24vfh";
-        };
-
-        # cloudflare
         realIpsFromList = lib.strings.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (x: "set_real_ip_from  ${x};");
         fileToList = x: lib.strings.splitString "\n" (builtins.readFile x);
         cfipv4 = fileToList (pkgs.fetchurl {
@@ -75,17 +36,15 @@ in {
           sha256 = "1ad09hijignj6zlqvdjxv7rjj8567z357zfavv201b9vx3ikk7cy";
         });
       in ''
-        lua_package_path "${toString cfg.defaultLuaPackagePath}/?.lua;;${lua-resty-template}/lib/?.lua;;${lua-resty-redis}/lib/?.lua;;${lua-resty-websocket}/lib/?.lua;;";
-
         # add hsts header with preloading to https reqeusts
-        # adding this header to http requests is 
+        # adding this header to http requests is discouraged
         map $scheme $hsts_header {
             https   "max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload";
         }
         add_header Strict-Transport-Security $hsts_header;
 
         # Enable CSP for your services.
-        # add_header Content-Security-Policy "script-src 'self'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'none';" always;
+        #add_header Content-Security-Policy "script-src 'self'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'none';" always;
 
         # Minimize information leaked to other domains
         add_header 'Referrer-Policy' 'origin-when-cross-origin';
diff --git a/modules/services/redis.nix b/modules/services/redis.nix
deleted file mode 100755
index 30f1888..0000000
--- a/modules/services/redis.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, options, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-let
-  cfg = config.modules.services.redis;
-in {
-  options.modules.services.redis = {
-    enable = mkEnableOption "enable redis, a speedy cache database";
-  };
-
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    services.redis.servers."" = {
-      enable = true;
-    };
-  };
-}