diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index e8024c0..58b66da 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -36,10 +36,31 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "noctalia": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1765375284,
+        "narHash": "sha256-McMVhLcwdFA5DS8yVGbk4COlINRkLrN1UTAymY416xQ=",
+        "owner": "noctalia-dev",
+        "repo": "noctalia-shell",
+        "rev": "a47559c1c6cdaafb12d0280e4f4e76db5767d39b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "noctalia-dev",
+        "repo": "noctalia-shell",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "noctalia": "noctalia"
       }
     }
   },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index fbdd0fa..77ec059 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -14,16 +14,23 @@
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
 
+    # noctalia shell
+    noctalia = {
+      url = "github:noctalia-dev/noctalia-shell";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+
   };
 
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }:
+  outputs = inputs@{ self, nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }:
     let
       lib = nixpkgs.lib;
       system = "x86_64-linux";
       pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
     in {
-    # nixos system config
     nixosConfigurations = {
+
+      # default config
       default = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
         inherit system;
         modules = [
@@ -33,13 +40,32 @@
           ./hosts/default/hardware-configuration.nix
         ];
       };
-    };
-    # home-manager config
-    homeConfigurations = {
-      aaron = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
-        inherit pkgs;
-        modules = [ ./hosts/default/home.nix ];
+
+      # laptop neon
+      neon = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+        inherit system;
+	specialArgs = {
+          inherit inputs;
+	};
+        modules = [
+          # import host specific configs
+          ./hosts/neon/configuration.nix
+          # import host specific hardware configs
+          ./hosts/neon/hardware-configuration.nix
+          # import noctalia shell configs
+          ./hosts/neon/noctalia.nix
+        ];
       };
-    };   
+    
+    };
+
+    ## home-manager config
+    #homeConfigurations = {
+    #  aaron = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
+    #    inherit pkgs;
+    #    modules = [ ./hosts/default/home.nix ];
+    #  };
+    #}; 
+ 
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/neon/configuration.nix b/hosts/neon/configuration.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3de36bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/neon/configuration.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+# 0x29a nixos conifg
+
+{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports =
+    [ 
+      ./hardware-configuration.nix
+    ];
+
+  # use flakes
+  nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
+
+  # configure bootloader
+  boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
+  boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
+  
+  # plymouth boot eye candy
+  boot.initrd.systemd.enable = true;
+  boot.plymouth.enable = true;
+  boot.plymouth.theme = "spinner";
+ 
+  # use latest kernel
+  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
+
+  # networking
+  networking.hostName = "neon"; 
+  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
+
+  # bluetooth
+  hardware.bluetooth.enable = true;
+
+  # time zone.
+  time.timeZone = "Europe/Amsterdam";
+
+  # select internationalisation properties
+  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
+  i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
+    LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8";
+  };
+  console = {
+    font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
+    keyMap = "de_CH-latin1";
+  };
+
+  # window manager configs
+  programs.niri.enable = true;
+  programs.xwayland.enable = true;
+  services.displayManager.gdm = {
+    enable = true;
+    wayland = true;
+  };
+  services.tuned.enable = true;
+  services.upower.enable = true;
+
+  environment.pathsToLink = [ "/libexec" ];
+  environment.variables.EDITOR = "vim";
+
+  # enable sound
+  services.pipewire = {
+     enable = true;
+     pulse.enable = true;
+  };
+
+  # define a user account
+  users.users.aaron = {
+    isNormalUser = true;
+    group = "users";
+    extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
+    shell = pkgs.zsh;
+    packages = with pkgs; [
+      tree
+      fastfetch
+    ];
+  };
+
+  # browser
+  programs.firefox.enable = true;
+
+  # zsh config
+  programs.zsh = {
+    enable = true;
+    enableCompletion = true;
+    autosuggestions.enable = true;
+    ohMyZsh = {
+      enable = true;
+      plugins = [ "git" "sudo" ];
+      theme = "gentoo";
+    };
+  };
+
+  # system packages
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    efibootmgr
+    neovim
+    vim
+    git
+    alacritty
+    ghostty
+    kitty
+    gnupg
+    xwayland
+    xwayland-satellite
+    wget
+  ];
+
+  # Some programs need SUID wrappers
+  programs.mtr.enable = true;
+  programs.gnupg.agent = {
+     enable = true;
+     enableSSHSupport = true;
+  };
+
+  # enable the OpenSSH daemon
+  services.openssh.enable = true;
+
+  # firewall configs
+  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 22 ];
+  networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ];
+
+  # install state version
+  system.stateVersion = "25.11"; # Don't change
+}
+
diff --git a/hosts/neon/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/neon/hardware-configuration.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31a19c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/neon/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# 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")
+    ];
+
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "nvme" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" "rtsx_pci_sdmmc" ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "dm-snapshot" "cryptd" ];
+  boot.initrd.luks.devices."cryptroot".device = "/dev/disk/by-label/nixcrypt";
+
+  boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+
+  fileSystems."/" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-label/nixroot";
+      fsType = "ext4";
+    };
+
+  fileSystems."/boot" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-label/nixboot";
+      fsType = "vfat";
+      options = [ "fmask=0022" "dmask=0022" ];
+    };
+
+  fileSystems."/home" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-label/nixhome";
+      fsType = "ext4";
+    };
+
+  swapDevices =
+    [ { device = "/dev/disk/by-label/nixswap"; }
+    ];
+
+  networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
+  hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
+}
diff --git a/hosts/neon/home.nix b/hosts/neon/home.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c93b67a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/neon/home.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  # user config
+  home.username = "aaron";
+  home.homeDirectory = "/home/aaron";
+
+  # packages
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    fastfetch
+    zip
+    xz
+    unzip
+    p7zip
+    jq
+    mtr
+    iperf3
+    dnsutils
+    ldns
+    socat
+    nmap
+    cowsay
+    file
+    which
+    tree
+    zstd
+    gnupg
+    btop
+    iotop
+    iftop
+    strace
+    ltrace
+    lsof
+    sysstat
+    lm_sensors
+    ethtool
+    pciutils
+    usbutils
+  ];
+
+  # configure git
+  programs.git.settings = {
+    enable = true;
+    userName = "aaron";
+    userEmail = "aaron@0x29a.ch";
+  };
+
+  programs.zsh = {
+    enable = true;
+    autosuggestion.enable = true;
+    syntaxHighlighting.enable = true;
+    oh-my-zsh = {
+      enable = true;
+      plugins = [ "git" "sudo" "python" "ansible" ];
+      theme = "agnoster";
+    };
+  };
+
+
+  ## deploy qtile config
+  #home.file."qtile-config" = {
+  #  target = ".config/qtile/config.py";
+  #  source = "${inputs.qtile-config}/qtile_config/config.py";
+  #  force = true;
+  #};
+
+  home.sessionVariables = {
+    EDITOR = "vim";
+  };
+
+  # enable home manager
+  programs.home-manager.enable = true;
+
+  # don't change
+  home.stateVersion = "25.05";
+}
diff --git a/hosts/neon/noctalia.nix b/hosts/neon/noctalia.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68e863e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/neon/noctalia.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{ pkgs, inputs, ... }:
+{
+  # install noctalia package
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    inputs.noctalia.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default
+  ];
+}