diff --git a/homeManagerModules/restic/flake.nix b/homeManagerModules/restic/flake.nix
index c35bfe1..ec84df1 100644
--- a/homeManagerModules/restic/flake.nix
+++ b/homeManagerModules/restic/flake.nix
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
           };
           vendorHash = "sha256-M9S6F/Csz7HnOq8PSWjpENKm1704kVx9zDts1ieraTE=";  # Correct vendor hash
           goPackagePath = "github.com/creativeprojects/resticprofile";
-          # (Optional) Include restic in checkInputs if tests require it:
-          # checkInputs = [ pkgs.restic ];
           doCheck = false;  # Disable tests due to sandboxed build environment
           meta = with lib; {
             description = "Configuration profiles manager and scheduler for restic backup";
diff --git a/homeManagerModules/restic/resticprofile-base.nix b/homeManagerModules/restic/resticprofile-base.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1b7447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeManagerModules/restic/resticprofile-base.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, ... }:
+{
+  base = lib.mkDefault {
+    repository = "local:/mnt/backup";
+    passwordFile = "password.txt";
+    source = [ "/home/john/Documents" ];
+    status-file = "{{ .ConfigDir }}/backup-status.json";
+    retention = {
+      after-backup = true;
+      keep-last = "10";
+      keep-hourly = "8";
+      keep-daily = "14";
+      keep-weekly = "8";
+    };
+    backup = {
+      verbose = true;
+      exclude-file = "{{ .ConfigDir }}/profiles/excludes";
+      schedule-permission = "system";
+      schedule-priority = "background";
+      check-after = true;
+    };
+    prune = {
+      schedule-permission = "user";
+      schedule-lock-wait = "1h";
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/homeManagerModules/restic/resticprofile.nix b/homeManagerModules/restic/resticprofile.nix
index 50075c1..4605c9a 100644
--- a/homeManagerModules/restic/resticprofile.nix
+++ b/homeManagerModules/restic/resticprofile.nix
@@ -3,17 +3,7 @@
 let
   inherit (lib) mkEnableOption mkOption mkPackageOption mkIf types;
   cfg = config.programs.resticprofile;
-
-
   yamlFormat = pkgs.formats.yaml { };
-
-  # Function to generate xdg.configFile entries from an attrset of YAML configs
-  resticprofileConfigFilesToXdg = files:
-    lib.mapAttrs' (name: value: {
-      name = "resticprofile/${name}";
-      value.source = yamlFormat.generate name value;
-    }) files;
-
 in {
   options.programs.resticprofile = {
     enable = mkEnableOption "Enable resticprofile (Restic backup profile manager)";
@@ -21,16 +11,17 @@ in {
     package = mkPackageOption pkgs "resticprofile" { };
 
     # Multiple configuration files support
-    configFiles = mkOption {
+    profiles = mkOption {
       type = types.attrsOf yamlFormat.type;
       default = { };
       description = ''
         Multiple configuration files for resticprofile. Each attribute name
         becomes a YAML file under `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/resticprofile/`.
         This allows creating multiple files that can reference each other.
+        The contents of each profile will be merged with the base profile using `lib.mkMerge`.
       '';
       example = {
-        "profiles.yaml" = {
+        common = {
           repository = "local:/backup";
           passwordFile = "password.txt";
           includes = [ "common.yaml" ];
@@ -38,8 +29,6 @@ in {
             source = [ "/home/user/Documents" ];
             schedule = "12:30";
           };
-        };
-        "common.yaml" = {
           forget = {
             keep-daily = 7;
             keep-weekly = 4;
@@ -52,10 +41,13 @@ in {
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     home.packages = [ cfg.package ];
-
-    # Use the function to generate xdg.configFile entries
-    xdg.configFile = lib.mkMerge [
-      (resticprofileConfigFilesToXdg cfg.configFiles)
-    ];
+    xdg.configFile."resticprofile/profiles.yaml".source =
+      let
+        baseProfile = import ./resticprofile-base.nix { inherit lib; };
+      in
+        yamlFormat.generate "profiles" (lib.mkMerge [
+          baseProfile
+          cfg.profiles
+        ]);
   };
 }