diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index c7fb6a6..943884a 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@
     "nix-secrets": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1716456952,
-        "narHash": "sha256-fd57j4M++Fte1hrRZkDIqGbYbimqPNmERlFr/Fbh1Ek=",
+        "lastModified": 1716466093,
+        "narHash": "sha256-B0mG+hGm8GORE7Ect7VVLM6u9yQ5678VpId9AsspMeA=",
         "ref": "refs/heads/master",
-        "rev": "f5abdf254dbee888be5f65c96a4a571f2a91da91",
-        "revCount": 28,
+        "rev": "df65c3c791df7ad2e46a6917d3a75121138895de",
+        "revCount": 29,
         "type": "git",
         "url": "ssh://git@git.bitlab21.com/sam/nix-secrets.git"
       },
diff --git a/hosts/bootstrap/default.nix b/hosts/bootstrap/default.nix
index 2569098..2862f4c 100644
--- a/hosts/bootstrap/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/bootstrap/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { inputs, config, lib, pkgs, outputs,... }:
 let
   pubKeys = lib.filesystem.listFilesRecursive (../common/users/keys);
+  secretsDirectory = builtins.toString inputs.nix-secrets;
+  secretsFile = "${secretsDirectory}/secrets.yaml";
 in 
 {
   imports =
@@ -10,10 +12,10 @@ in
       (import ../common/disks/std-disk-config.nix { device = "/dev/vda"; })
       ../common/optional/btrfs-impermanence.nix
       inputs.impermanence.nixosModules.impermanence
+      inputs.sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
 
       # Import core options
       ./hardware-configuration.nix
-      ../common/core
     ];
 
   nixpkgs = {
@@ -40,6 +42,15 @@ in
     ];
   };
 
+ 
+  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_GB.UTF-8";
+  console = {
+    font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
+    keyMap = "uk";
+    useXkbConfig = false; 
+  };
+ 
+
   boot = {
     loader = {
       systemd-boot.enable = true;
@@ -64,6 +75,21 @@ in
     enableIPv6 = false;
   };
 
+  sops = {
+    defaultSopsFile = "${secretsFile}";
+    validateSopsFiles = false;
+
+    age = {
+      sshKeyPaths = [ "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key" ];
+    };
+    secrets =  {
+        "passwords/root".neededForUsers = true;
+        "ssh_keys/deploy_key/id_ed25519" = {
+          path = "/etc/ssh/deploy_key-ssh-ed25519";
+        };
+    };
+  };
+
   services.openssh = {
     enable = true;
     ports = [22];
diff --git a/hosts/common/core/sops.nix b/hosts/common/core/sops.nix
index dbd1b64..1da254d 100644
--- a/hosts/common/core/sops.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/core/sops.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 let
   secretsDirectory = builtins.toString inputs.nix-secrets;
   secretsFile = "${secretsDirectory}/secrets.yaml";
+  hostname = config.networking.hostName;
 in
 {
   imports = [
@@ -21,6 +22,15 @@ in
         "ssh_keys/deploy_key/id_ed25519" = {
           path = "/etc/ssh/deploy_key-ssh-ed25519";
         };
+        "ssh_keys/deploy_key/id_ed25519.pub" = {
+          path = "/etc/ssh/deploy_key-ssh-ed25519.pub";
+        };
+        "ssh_keys/${hostname}/id_ed25519" = {
+          path = "/etc/ssh/deploy_key-ssh-ed25519";
+        };
+        "ssh_keys/${hostname}/id_ed25519.pub" = {
+          path = "/etc/ssh/deploy_key-ssh-ed25519.pub";
+        };
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
index 9c556e3..9916865 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -92,42 +92,6 @@ ssh-copy-id -i "$(readlink -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub")" "root@$ip"
 # Copy deploy_key to target for personal repo authorisation
 scp -i "$(readlink -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519")" "$(readlink -f "$HOME/.ssh/deploy_key-ssh-ed25519")" "root@$ip:/persist/etc/ssh/deploy_key-ssh-ed25519"
 
-echo -e "
-Complete!
-
-Now add the new target host age key to .sops.yaml. This is needed to enable the
-new host to decrypt the secrets.yaml file from the ssh key we generated
-previously.
-
-Enter the details as following:
-keys:
-- &hosts:
-    - &$hostname $HOST_AGE_KEY
-
-creation_rules:
-  - path_regex: secrets.yaml$
-    key_groups:
-      - age:
-        - *$hostname
-
-Then update (i.e. re-encrypt) the secrets.yaml file with the new keys, run:
-
-  'sops --config .sops.yaml updatekeys secrets.yaml' 
-
-or with just:
-
-  'just update-sops-secrets'
-
-Then commit and push these changes to remote so they can be accessed on the new
-host.
-"
-
-while true;
-do
-  read -p "Confirm keys have been added to .sops.yaml using the above steps, and the changes (if any) have been commited and pushed...(yes|no): " confirm
-  [ "$confirm" = "yes" ] && break
-done
-
 ssh -i "$(readlink -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519")" "root@$ip" "nix-shell -p git --run 'git clone git@git.bitlab21.com:sam/nixos.git /persist/etc/nixos/'"
 
 echo -e "###\nSuccessfully installed Nixos on the target host!\n###"