diff --git a/common/hexchen.nix b/common/hexchen.nix
index c744cc7..c15e3bc 100644
--- a/common/hexchen.nix
+++ b/common/hexchen.nix
@@ -1,79 +1,9 @@
 {config, lib, pkgs, ...}: 
 
-{
-  home-manager.users.hexchen = {
-    programs.direnv = {
-      enable = true;
-      enableFishIntegration = true;
-      enableNixDirenvIntegration = true;
-    };
-    programs.fish = {
-      enable = true;
-      shellAliases = {
-        icat = "${pkgs.kitty}/bin/kitty +kitten icat";
-      };
-      plugins = [
-        {
-          name = "bass";
-          src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-            owner = "edc";
-            repo = "bass";
-            rev = "d63054b24c2f63aaa3a08fb9ec9d0da4c70ab922";
-            sha256 = "0pwci5xxm8308nrb52s5nyxijk0svar8nqrdfvkk2y34z1cg319b";
-          };
-        }
-      ];
-    };
-    programs.vim = {
-      enable = true;
-      extraConfig = ''
-        set viminfo='20,<1000
-        set mouse=a
-      ''; /*
-        set tabstop=2
-        set shiftwidth=2
-        set expandtab
-      '';*/
-    };
-
-    programs.git = {
-      enable = true;
-      userName = "hexchen";
-      userEmail = "hexchen@lilwit.ch";
-      signing = {
-        key = "B1DF5EAD";
-        signByDefault = false;
-      };
-      extraConfig = {
-        pull.rebase = true;
-      };
-    };
-
-    programs.bat.enable = true;
-    programs.jq.enable = true;
-    programs.tmux.enable = true;
-    programs.ssh = {
-      enable = true;
-      controlMaster = "auto";
-      controlPersist = "10m";
-      hashKnownHosts = true;
-      matchBlocks = let
-        hexchen = {
-          forwardAgent = true;
-          extraOptions = {
-            RemoteForward = "/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent /run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent.extra";
-          };
-          port = 62954;
-        };
-      in {
-	"*.chaoswit.ch" = hexchen;
-	"*.copyonwit.ch" = hexchen;
-	"*.lilwit.ch" = hexchen;
-	"*.hxchn.de" = hexchen;
-        "*.hacc.space" = hexchen;
-        "*.hacc.media" = hexchen;
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
+let
+  sources = import ../nix/sources.nix;
+in {
+  imports = [
+    (sources.nix-hexchen + "/users/hexchen")
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/common/users.nix b/common/users.nix
index ed74a20..e1cd07b 100644
--- a/common/users.nix
+++ b/common/users.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 
 {
   imports = [
@@ -12,17 +12,11 @@
       openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = with pkgs.lib; concatLists (mapAttrsToList (name: user: if elem "wheel" user.extraGroups then user.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys else []) config.users.users);
     };
 
+    # all the actual config is imported from hexchen's nixfiles
     hexchen = {
-      uid = 1000;
+      uid = lib.mkForce 1000;
       isNormalUser = true;
       extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
-      openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
-        "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIDNVUDKx9sukRkb6INny432+2HZBWx/qIEAOvngF1qcj hexchen@montasch"
-        "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIEvzA8w0/th/EJcqwogd5LIyTV4lcK6iSbkRYUtKli/V hexchen@mobile"
-        "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDI3T1eFS77URHZ/HVWkMOqx7W1U54zJtn9C7QWsHOtyH72i/4EVj8SxYqLllElh1kuKUXSUipPeEzVsipFVvfH0wEuTDgFffiSQ3a8lfUgdEBuoySwceEoPgc5deapkOmiDIDeeWlrRe3nqspLRrSWU1DirMxoFPbwqJXRvpl6qJPxRg+2IolDcXlZ6yxB4Vv48vzRfVzZNUz7Pjmy2ebU8PbDoFWL/S3m7yOzQpv3L7KYBz7+rkjuF3AU2vy6CAfIySkVpspZZLtkTGCIJF228ev0e8NvhuN6ZnjzXxVTQOy32HCdPdbBbicu0uHfZ5O7JX9DjGd8kk1r2dnZwwy/ hexchen@yubi5"
-      ];
-      shell = pkgs.fish;
-      packages = with pkgs; [ python38 go ];
     };
 
     stuebinm = {