diff --git a/modules/system/persist/default.nix b/modules/system/persist/default.nix
index fbab874..7e2f7e8 100644
--- a/modules/system/persist/default.nix
+++ b/modules/system/persist/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@
   users.users.twoneis.initialHashedPassword = "$y$j9T$0pmWE8A2JWcr2BDqqZ2u./$Km7K1hml9Gy0fc9DzBsDTvpyCKZ9DW0GOkD.lDcyYw0";
   users.users.root.initialHashedPassword = "$y$j9T$U8fvYSDoZxqVrkjlZM2Db.$qvkT9GIbVJ23EtB7KcqyI8u7RKJ99pYSXNu8IhVcDx9";
   environment.persistence."/persist" = {
-    
+    directories = [
+      "/var/log"
+      "/var/lib/bluetooth"
+      "/var/nixos"
+      "/var/lib/systemd/coredump"
+      "/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections"
+    ];
+    files = [
+      "/etc/machine-id"
+    ];
+    user.twoneis = {
+      directories = [
+        "Documents"
+        "uni"
+        "code"
+        # a lot of firefox settings that can't/aren't currently declared properly
+        ".mozilla"
+      ];
+    };
   };
 }