diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 23db25d..29ae3df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,31 +1,23 @@
 # 0x29a nixos config
 
-personal nixos configuration files
-
-## how to deploy the config
-
-```bash
-$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake path:/home/aaron/git/nixconfig#default
-```
-
-## how to upgrade the system
-
-```bash
-$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake --upgrade path:/home/aaron/git/nixconfig#default
-```
+My personal nixos configuration files.
 
 ## basic system installation
 
-1. the partitioning layout will look like this.
+- The installations in this repository are always luks encrypted
+- For simplicity I'm using device labels rather than uuids
+
+1. the partitioning layout should look somewhat like this after the installation
 
 ```bash
-NAME          MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINT
-sda             8:0    0 233.8G  0 disk
-├─sda1          8:1    0   500M  0 part  /boot
-└─sda2          8:2    0 233.3G  0 part
-  └─root      254:0    0 233.3G  0 crypt
-    ├─vg-swap 254:1    0     8G  0 lvm   [SWAP]
-    └─vg-root 254:2    0 225.3G  0 lvm   /
+NAME               MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINTS
+nvme0n1            259:0    0 476.9G  0 disk
+├─nvme0n1p1        259:1    0     2G  0 part  /boot
+└─nvme0n1p2        259:2    0 474.9G  0 part
+  └─cryptroot      254:0    0 474.9G  0 crypt
+    ├─lvmroot-swap 254:1    0    20G  0 lvm   [SWAP]
+    ├─lvmroot-home 254:2    0   250G  0 lvm   /home
+    └─lvmroot-root 254:3    0 204.9G  0 lvm   /nix/store
 ``` 
 
 2. prepare the installation
@@ -105,17 +97,18 @@ cd /mnt
 sudo nixos-install
 ```
 
-## how to install updates
+## how to deploy the config
 
 ```bash
-# update flakes
-nix flake update
+$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#host_name
+```
 
-# rebuild system
-sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/git/nixconfig#default
+## how to upgrade the system
 
-# update home-manager files
-home-manager switch --flake ~/git/nixconfig#aaron
+```bash
+$ cd /path/to/repo
+$ sudo nix flake update
+$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#host_name
 ```
 
 ## author