diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index f47431c..c9a364d 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@
   "nodes": {
     "api-lyte-dev": {
       "inputs": {
-        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
-        "lexical": "lexical",
         "nixpkgs": [
           "nixpkgs"
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1699311919,
-        "narHash": "sha256-TvctRO/lO+lvjN6LbxJaj+jizFK+PoZqC1ZAYY2+GTo=",
+        "lastModified": 1708463499,
+        "narHash": "sha256-GvqU+Z3cZkgMXf41vfMELLKPk+EVUl1UMW56Gz5ccrU=",
         "ref": "refs/heads/master",
-        "rev": "5096ec7e3a7f9ba4ea661d089e6b0fc4f7ab2992",
-        "revCount": 78,
+        "rev": "e3f0cae4f75101706bc8b9a822f7d90b03a91702",
+        "revCount": 80,
         "type": "git",
         "url": "ssh://gitea@git.lyte.dev/lytedev/api.lyte.dev.git"
       },
@@ -68,42 +66,6 @@
       "inputs": {
         "systems": "systems"
       },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1689068808,
-        "narHash": "sha256-6ixXo3wt24N/melDWjq70UuHQLxGV8jZvooRanIHXw0=",
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "919d646de7be200f3bf08cb76ae1f09402b6f9b4",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "flake-utils_2": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "systems": "systems_2"
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1692799911,
-        "narHash": "sha256-3eihraek4qL744EvQXsK1Ha6C3CR7nnT8X2qWap4RNk=",
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "f9e7cf818399d17d347f847525c5a5a8032e4e44",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "flake-utils_3": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "systems": "systems_3"
-      },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1694529238,
         "narHash": "sha256-zsNZZGTGnMOf9YpHKJqMSsa0dXbfmxeoJ7xHlrt+xmY=",
@@ -136,7 +98,7 @@
     "helix": {
       "inputs": {
         "crane": "crane",
-        "flake-utils": "flake-utils_3",
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
       },
@@ -176,28 +138,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "lexical": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "flake-utils": "flake-utils_2",
-        "nixpkgs": [
-          "api-lyte-dev",
-          "nixpkgs"
-        ]
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1699016103,
-        "narHash": "sha256-8uMDgg/YnyaSn8IvlG14PVSCHQl6ZHdgB8CWNDnYd5s=",
-        "owner": "lexical-lsp",
-        "repo": "lexical",
-        "rev": "059bbbe516a4dff66bc3febc953ac2eddabc78a4",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "lexical-lsp",
-        "repo": "lexical",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1700794826,
@@ -341,36 +281,6 @@
         "repo": "default",
         "type": "github"
       }
-    },
-    "systems_2": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1681028828,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
-        "owner": "nix-systems",
-        "repo": "default",
-        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nix-systems",
-        "repo": "default",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "systems_3": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1681028828,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
-        "owner": "nix-systems",
-        "repo": "default",
-        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nix-systems",
-        "repo": "default",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
     }
   },
   "root": "root",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 0c6d6e1..81c6e94 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     self,
     nixpkgs,
     home-manager,
+    api-lyte-dev,
     ...
   } @ inputs: let
     inherit (self) outputs;
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@
       nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
         inherit system;
         specialArgs = {
-          inherit inputs outputs system;
+          inherit inputs outputs system api-lyte-dev;
         };
         modules =
           [
diff --git a/nixos/beefcake.nix b/nixos/beefcake.nix
index 4ba854f..21b4802 100644
--- a/nixos/beefcake.nix
+++ b/nixos/beefcake.nix
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ sudo nix run nixpkgs#ipmitool -- raw 0x30 0x30 0x01 0x00
 sudo nix run nixpkgs#ipmitool -- raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x00
 */
 {
-  inputs,
+  # inputs,
   # outputs,
+  # api-lyte-dev,
   config,
   pkgs,
   ...
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ in {
       ../modules/nixos/fonts.nix
     ]
     ++ [
-      inputs.api-lyte-dev.nixosModules.${system}.api-lyte-dev
+      # api-lyte-dev.nixosModules.api-lyte-dev
+
       # inputs.nix-minecraft.nixosModules.minecraft-servers
     ];
 
@@ -60,16 +62,16 @@ in {
     secretKeyFile = "/var/cache-priv-key.pem";
   };
 
-  services.api-lyte-dev = rec {
-    enable = true;
-    port = 5757;
-    stateDir = "/var/lib/api-lyte-dev";
-    configFile = config.sops.secrets."api.lyte.dev".path;
-    user = "api-lyte-dev";
-    group = user;
-  };
+  # services.api-lyte-dev = rec {
+  #   enable = true;
+  #   port = 5757;
+  #   stateDir = "/var/lib/api-lyte-dev";
+  #   configFile = config.sops.secrets."api.lyte.dev".path;
+  #   user = "api-lyte-dev";
+  #   group = user;
+  # };
 
-  systemd.services.api-lyte-dev.environment.LOG_LEVEL = "debug";
+  # systemd.services.api-lyte-dev.environment.LOG_LEVEL = "debug";
 
   sops = {
     defaultSopsFile = ../secrets/beefcake/secrets.yml;
@@ -105,8 +107,8 @@ in {
         # path = "${config.services.api-lyte-dev.stateDir}/secrets.json";
         # TODO: would be cool to assert that it's correctly-formatted JSON? probably should be done in a pre-commit hook?
         mode = "0440";
-        owner = config.services.api-lyte-dev.user;
-        group = config.services.api-lyte-dev.group;
+        # owner = config.services.api-lyte-dev.user;
+        # group = config.services.api-lyte-dev.group;
       };
 
       "jland.env" = {
@@ -133,8 +135,8 @@ in {
       nextcloud-admin-password = {
         path = "/var/lib/nextcloud/admin-password";
         mode = "0440";
-        owner = config.services.nextcloud.serviceConfig.User;
-        group = config.services.nextcloud.serviceConfig.Group;
+        # owner = config.services.nextcloud.serviceConfig.User;
+        # group = config.services.nextcloud.serviceConfig.Group;
       };
     };
   };
@@ -313,9 +315,9 @@ in {
         reverse_proxy :${toString config.services.vaultwarden.config.ROCKET_PORT}
       }
 
-      api.lyte.dev {
-        reverse_proxy :${toString config.services.api-lyte-dev.port}
-      }
+      # api.lyte.dev {
+      #   reverse_proxy :$${toString config.services.api-lyte-dev.port}
+      # }
 
       a.lyte.dev {
         reverse_proxy :${toString config.services.plausible.server.port}