diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ccd6b301..1d750ba0 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         nixpkgs-flake = nixpkgs;
       };
 
-      mkNixOsBase = opts: import ./nixos/base.nix opts;
+      mkNixOsBase = opts: import ./nixos/base.nix (opts // { nixpkgs-flake = nixpkgs; });
       mkNixOsGraphical = opts: import ./nixos/graphical.nix (opts // { fox-layout = rachel.keyboardLayouts.fox; });
       mkNixOsNetworking = opts: import ./nixos/networking.nix opts;
     in {
diff --git a/nixos/base.nix b/nixos/base.nix
index 490f5669..8fface2d 100644
--- a/nixos/base.nix
+++ b/nixos/base.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
 {
-  system, pkgs, hostname,
+  system, pkgs, nixpkgs-flake, hostname,
   use-efi ? false, efi-mountpoint ? "/boot",
   use-grub ? false, grub-device ? "/dev/sda",
 }:
 {
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true; # lol
 
+  nix.gc = {
+    automatic = true;
+    dates = "03:00";
+  };
+
+  nix.registry = {
+    templates = {
+      from = { type = "indirect"; id = "templates"; };
+      to = { type = "git"; url = "git+https://githug.xyz/xenchel/templates"; };
+    };
+    nixpkgs.flake = nixpkgs-flake;
+  };
+  nix.nixPath = [ "nixpkgs=${pkgs.path}" ];
+
   networking.hostName = hostname;
 
   boot.loader = if use-efi