diff --git a/lib/nixosHostConfig.nix b/lib/nixosHostConfig.nix
index ff69f17..d681f1e 100644
--- a/lib/nixosHostConfig.nix
+++ b/lib/nixosHostConfig.nix
@@ -9,16 +9,7 @@
     inherit system;
     specialArgs = { inherit inputs hostname username; } // additionalSpecialArgs;
     modules = [
-      # move this to a common file later
-      ({
-        nixpkgs = {
-          config = {
-            allowUnfree = true;
-            permittedInsecurePackages = [ "olm-3.2.16" "electron-27.3.11" ];
-          };
-          overlays = [ inputs.nixpkgs-terraform.overlays.default ];
-        };
-      })
+      ./nixpkgs-settings.nix
 
       inputs.disko.nixosModules.disko
 
diff --git a/lib/nixpkgs-settings.nix b/lib/nixpkgs-settings.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a81ed4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nixpkgs-settings.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{ inputs, ... }: {
+  nixpkgs = {
+    config = {
+      allowUnfree = true;
+      permittedInsecurePackages = [ "olm-3.2.16" "electron-27.3.11" ];
+    };
+    overlays = [ inputs.nixpkgs-terraform.overlays.default ];
+  };
+}