diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 85add6f..daa4256 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
     dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true;
   };
 
+  programs.gamemode.enable = true;
+
   services.tailscale.enable = true;
   virtualisation.docker.enable = true;
 
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00192ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  description = "chexit NixOS configuration";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    home-manager = {
+      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+  };
+
+  outputs = { nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }: {
+    nixosConfigurations.chexit = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+      system = "x86_64-linux";
+      modules = [
+        ./configuration.nix
+        home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
+        {
+          home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+          home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+          home-manager.users.chexit = import ./home.nix;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..137c29c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  home.username = "chexit";
+  home.homeDirectory = "/home/chexit";
+  home.stateVersion = "25.11";
+
+  programs.zsh = {
+    enable = true;
+    enableCompletion = true;
+    autosuggestion.enable = true;
+    syntaxHighlighting.enable = true;
+    initExtra = ''
+      source ${pkgs.zsh-powerlevel10k}/share/zsh-powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme
+    '';
+  };
+
+  programs.home-manager.enable = true;
+}
diff --git a/nvidia.nix b/nvidia.nix
index 22b2f23..6420036 100644
--- a/nvidia.nix
+++ b/nvidia.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     nvidia = {
       modesetting.enable = true;
       powerManagement.enable = true;
+      powerManagement.finegrained = false;
       open = false;
       nvidiaSettings = true;
     };
diff --git a/packages.nix b/packages.nix
index e5ee8fc..5df49f8 100644
--- a/packages.nix
+++ b/packages.nix
@@ -23,5 +23,11 @@
     # dev
     vscode
     docker-compose
+
+    # gaming / media
+    libva-utils
+    vdpauinfo
+    lazydocker
+    mangohud
   ];
 }
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 5575e6d..b27c8ca 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ ... }:
 
 {
-  programs.zsh = {
-    enable = true;
-    enableCompletion = true;
-    autosuggestions.enable = true;
-    syntaxHighlighting.enable = true;
-    promptInit = "source ${pkgs.zsh-powerlevel10k}/share/zsh-powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme";
-  };
+  programs.zsh.enable = true;
 }