diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 26ac67e..c03b0c9 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ pkgs, userSettings, systemSettings, ... }:
 {
   nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     git
     eza
   ];
-  
+
   # For SSH access
   services.openssh.enable = true;
 
@@ -23,4 +23,13 @@
     execWheelOnly = false;
     wheelNeedsPassword = false; # allows sudo without password for those in the wheel group
   };
+
+  users.users.${userSettings.username} = {
+    isNormalUser  = true;
+    uid = 1000;
+    extraGroups  = [ "wheel" "networkmanager" ];
+    openssh.authorizedKeys.keyFiles = [ /root/.ssh/authorized_keys ];
+  };
+
+  time.timeZone = "${systemSettings.timeZone}";
 }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index b3bf8d7..91415cf 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  description = "Loki flake config";
+  description = "Panoptes flake config";
 
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
@@ -20,39 +20,43 @@
     ...
   } @ inputs:
   let
+    stateVersion = "24.11";
     inherit (self) outputs;
-    system = "x86_64-linux";
-    pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
-    stateVersion = "24.05";
+    nixosSystem = inputs.nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem;
+    
+    userSettings = rec {
+      username = "panoptes";
+      gitUserName = "John Lancaster";
+      gitUserEmail = "32917998+jsl12@users.noreply.github.com";
+    };
 
-    # userSettings = rec {
-    #   username = "shahvirb"; # username on the system
-    #   name = "Shahvir"; # name/identifier on the system
-    #   email = "shahvirb@gmail.com";
-    #   gitUserName = "shahvirb";
-    #   gitUserEmail = "shahvirb@gmail.com";
-    # };
+    systemSettings = rec {
+      hostname = "panoptes-nix";
+      system = "x86_64-linux";
+      timeZone = "America/Chicago";
+      locale = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    };
+
+    pkgs = inputs.nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${systemSettings.system};
 
-    timeZone = "America/Chicago";
-    hostname = "panoptes-nix";
-    user = "panoptes";
   in
   {
     nixosConfigurations = {
-      ${hostname} = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
-        specialArgs = {inherit inputs outputs;};
+      "${systemSettings.hostname}" = nixosSystem {
+        system = systemSettings.system;
+        specialArgs = {
+          inherit inputs;
+          inherit outputs;
+          inherit userSettings;
+          inherit systemSettings;
+        };
         modules = [
           ./configuration.nix # > Our main nixos configuration file <
-          "${nixpkgs}/nixos/modules/virtualisation/proxmox-lxc.nix"
+          "${inputs.nixpkgs}/nixos/modules/virtualisation/proxmox-lxc.nix"
           ({ ... }: {
-            nixpkgs.hostPlatform = "${system}";
+            # nixpkgs.hostPlatform = "${system}";
             system.stateVersion = "${stateVersion}";
-            time.timeZone = "${timeZone}";
-            users.users.${user} = {
-              extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
-              isNormalUser = true;
-              openssh.authorizedKeys.keyFiles = [ /root/.ssh/authorized_keys ];
-            };
+            # time.timeZone = "${systemSettings.timeZone}";
             services.vscode-server.enable = true;
           })
           inputs.vscode-server.nixosModules.default