diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 2f5b89c..166c0ad 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -539,11 +539,11 @@
     },
     "nix-secrets": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1737298189,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Slso8PDwsOgjxvYSujEY/EOLpSJOdNbQLSQsTMor364=",
+        "lastModified": 1737313275,
+        "narHash": "sha256-hnEGR+AjIrvnb+gTAZYnVvOdSpUj4amGrCWH2jA4wgM=",
         "ref": "refs/heads/master",
-        "rev": "c2aca41f539e9aa03e3a6436530516a4d8dd23e6",
-        "revCount": 225,
+        "rev": "e842e11f209c5270627c6666bc3c24dc983d1c6d",
+        "revCount": 241,
         "type": "git",
         "url": "ssh://git@git.bitlab21.com/sam/nix-secrets.git"
       },
@@ -633,11 +633,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_3": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1737295402,
-        "narHash": "sha256-sxkCkFzgC/y14AANc7G2RVAh6LzO9JWVTStm68XKFLY=",
+        "lastModified": 1737312124,
+        "narHash": "sha256-eZ4WNkrX/0WZVuJbFatnOeMzIn4sUGs7RmRzU1cDGsI=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "e4cc9246ce2f16913ddfaf97316983d622a48f4a",
+        "rev": "8dab93a8c1411065f83fd60db8076dd6908449c3",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -699,11 +699,11 @@
         "treefmt-nix": "treefmt-nix_3"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1737291670,
-        "narHash": "sha256-iA+SQO8w012sS6OW0knTpOc/UNh8Ca+/I2JC+NDpdlE=",
+        "lastModified": 1737312190,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ZD2RCrIM/n90sWCMGEalMqgLnDlRCTrI0kFTGs+yvhI=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "NUR",
-        "rev": "3d5cfb5c3d2832ec39c6565707bf30f9e8e42560",
+        "rev": "1fedeccb422c9f109cd9663d0936d020f5e5230b",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/home/merlin.nix b/home/merlin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8667d7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/merlin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  ...
+}: {
+  imports = [
+    ./users/admin
+    ./common/core
+    ./common/optional/git.nix
+  ];
+
+}
diff --git a/home/users/admin/default.nix b/home/users/admin/default.nix
index 2db1b84..d6d7ae9 100644
--- a/home/users/admin/default.nix
+++ b/home/users/admin/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, pkgs, lib, outputs, ... }:
+{ outputs, ... }:
 
 {
   home.username = "admin";
diff --git a/hosts/common/core/default.nix b/hosts/common/core/default.nix
index c05ff8e..1b63593 100644
--- a/hosts/common/core/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/core/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ in
     mutableUsers = true;
     extraUsers = {
       root = {
-        hashedPasswordFile = sopsHashedPasswordFile;
+        password = "1234";
+        # hashedPasswordFile = sopsHashedPasswordFile;
       };
     };
   };
diff --git a/hosts/common/users/admin/default.nix b/hosts/common/users/admin/default.nix
index 462a97a..a7b4226 100644
--- a/hosts/common/users/admin/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/users/admin/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 { pkgs, inputs, config, lib, ... }:
 let
-  ifTheyExist = groups: builtins.filter (group: builtins.hasAttr group config.users.groups) groups;
   username = "admin";
-  pubKeys = lib.filesystem.listFilesRecursive (../keys);
+  pubKeys = lib.filesystem.listFilesRecursive ../keys;
   hostname = config.networking.hostName;
-  sopsHashedPasswordFile = lib.optionalString (lib.hasAttr "sops-nix" inputs) config.sops.secrets."passwords/${username}".path;
+  sopsHashedPasswordFile = config.sops.secrets."passwords/${username}".path;
   secretsDirectory = builtins.toString inputs.nix-secrets;
   secretsFile = "${secretsDirectory}/secrets.yaml";
 
@@ -12,20 +11,12 @@ in
 {
   users.users.${username} = {
     isNormalUser = true;
-    shell = pkgs.zsh; # default shell
+    shell = pkgs.zsh;
     hashedPasswordFile = sopsHashedPasswordFile;
     openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = lib.lists.forEach pubKeys (key: builtins.readFile key);
 
     extraGroups = [
       "wheel"
-    ] ++ ifTheyExist [
-      "docker"
-      "lxc"
-      "git"
-      "podman"
-    ];
-
-    packages = with pkgs; [
     ];
   };
 
@@ -34,16 +25,6 @@ in
       sopsFile = "${secretsFile}";
       neededForUsers = true;
     };
-    "ssh_keys/${username}/id_ed25519" = {
-      path = "/home/${username}/.ssh/id_ed25519";
-      mode = "0600";
-      owner = "${username}";
-    };
-    "ssh_keys/${username}/id_ed25519.pub" = {
-      path = "/home/${username}/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub";
-      mode = "0644";
-      owner = "${username}";
-    };
   };
 
   programs.zsh.enable = true;
diff --git a/hosts/merlin/default.nix b/hosts/merlin/default.nix
index 4d3192a..1191370 100644
--- a/hosts/merlin/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/merlin/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 in {
   imports = [
     # Create users for this host
+    ../common/users/admin
 
     # Disk configuration
     inputs.disko.nixosModules.disko
diff --git a/hosts/merlin/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/merlin/hardware-configuration.nix
index 0a2bb19..db50950 100644
--- a/hosts/merlin/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/merlin/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
 
 {
-  imports =
-    [ (modulesPath + "/profiles/qemu-guest.nix")
-    ];
 
   boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "ahci" "xhci_pci" "virtio_pci" "sr_mod" "virtio_blk" ];
   boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "dm-snapshot" ];
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
index fd458b4..98b07ba 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ echo "copying current nix config to host"
 cp -pr . "$temp$persist/etc/nixos"
 
 # Install Nixos to target
-SHELL=/bin/sh nix run github:nix-community/nixos-anywhere/1.3.0 -- --extra-files "$temp" --disk-encryption-keys /tmp/luks_secret.key /tmp/luks_secret.key --flake .#"$config" root@"$ip" -i "$HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519"
-[ $? != 0 ] && echo "Error installing Nixos" && exit 1
+SHELL=/bin/sh nix run github:nix-community/nixos-anywhere/1.6.0 -- --extra-files "$temp" --flake .#"$config" root@"$ip" -i "$HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519"
+echo $?
 
 ## Delete keys from local known_hosts
 echo "Deleting host from known_hosts"