diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 8783b95..d53405d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 
     ssbm.url = "github:lytedev/ssbm-nix/my-nixpkgs";
 
+    # doesn't support the forge mod loader yet
+    # nix-minecraft.url = "github:Infinidoge/nix-minecraft";
+
     # need to bump ishiiruka upstream I think
     # slippi-desktop.url = "github:project-slippi/slippi-desktop-app";
     # slippi-desktop.flake = false;
diff --git a/nixos/beefcake/default.nix b/nixos/beefcake/default.nix
index 9b4422b..5b31517 100644
--- a/nixos/beefcake/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/beefcake/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ sudo nix run nixpkgs#ipmitool -- raw 0x30 0x30 0x01 0x00
 sudo nix run nixpkgs#ipmitool -- raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x00
 */
 {
+  # inputs,
   outputs,
   modulesPath,
   config,
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ sudo nix run nixpkgs#ipmitool -- raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x00
   imports = [
     (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
     outputs.nixosModules.intel
+    # inputs.nix-minecraft.nixosModules.minecraft-servers
+  ];
+
+  nixpkgs.overlays = [
+    # inputs.nix-minecraft.overlay
   ];
 
   boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = ["ehci_pci" "megaraid_sas" "usbhid" "uas" "sd_mod"];
@@ -220,6 +226,14 @@ sudo nix run nixpkgs#ipmitool -- raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x00
     group = "plausible";
   };
 
+  users.groups.jland = {};
+  users.users.jland = {
+    # used for running the jland minecraft server
+    isSystemUser = true;
+    createHome = false;
+    group = "jland";
+  };
+
   users.users.nextcloud = {
     # used for anonymous samba access
     isSystemUser = true;
@@ -504,25 +518,25 @@ sudo nix run nixpkgs#ipmitool -- raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x00
     ];
   };
 
-  services.lidarr = {
-    enable = true;
-    dataDir = "/storage/lidarr";
-  };
+  # services.lidarr = {
+  #   enable = true;
+  #   dataDir = "/storage/lidarr";
+  # };
 
-  services.radarr = {
-    enable = true;
-    dataDir = "/storage/radarr";
-  };
+  # services.radarr = {
+  #   enable = true;
+  #   dataDir = "/storage/radarr";
+  # };
 
-  services.sonarr = {
-    enable = true;
-    dataDir = "/storage/sonarr";
-  };
+  # services.sonarr = {
+  #   enable = true;
+  #   dataDir = "/storage/sonarr";
+  # };
 
-  services.bazarr = {
-    enable = true;
-    listenPort = 6767;
-  };
+  # services.bazarr = {
+  #   enable = true;
+  #   listenPort = 6767;
+  # };
 
   services.samba-wsdd.enable = true;
 
@@ -653,6 +667,51 @@ sudo nix run nixpkgs#ipmitool -- raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x00
       };
   };
 
+  # services.minecraft-servers.servers.jland = {
+  #   enable = true;
+  #   package = pkgs.fabricServers.fabric-1_19_2.override {loaderVersion = "0.14.9";};
+  #   # Monumental Experience, modpack version 2.2.53, minecraft version 1.19.2
+  #   # https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/modpacks/monumental-experience/files/4826863
+  #   # $ nix run nixpkgs#packwiz curseforge import Monumental+Experience-2.2.53.zip
+  # };
+
+  config.virtualisation.backend = "podman";
+  config.virtualisation.oci-containers.containers = {
+    minecraft-jland = {
+      # sending commands: https://docker-minecraft-server.readthedocs.io/en/latest/commands/
+      image = "docker.io/itzg/minecraft-server";
+      user = "jland";
+      extraOptions = [
+        "--tty"
+        "--interactive"
+      ];
+      environment = {
+        EULA = "true";
+        UID = toString config.users.jland.uid;
+        GID = toString config.users.jland.gid;
+        STOP_SERVER_ANNOUNCE_DELAY = "20";
+        TZ = "America/Chicago";
+        TYPE = "AUTO_CURSEFORGE";
+        VERSION = "1.19.2";
+        MAX_MEMORY = "8G";
+        CF_SLUG = "all-the-mods-8"; # monumental-experience
+        CF_FILE_ID = "4826863"; # 2.2.53
+
+        # ENABLE_AUTOPAUSE = "true"; # TODO: must increate or disable max-tick-time
+        # May also have mod/loader incompatibilities?
+        # https://docker-minecraft-server.readthedocs.io/en/latest/misc/autopause-autostop/autopause/
+      };
+      environmentFiles = [
+        config.sops.secrets."jland.env".path
+      ];
+      ports = ["127.0.0.1:25565:25565"];
+      volumes = [
+        "/storage/jland/data:/data"
+        "/storage/jland/worlds:/worlds"
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+
   networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [
     80 # http (caddy)
     443 # https (caddy)
diff --git a/secrets/beefcake/secrets.yml b/secrets/beefcake/secrets.yml
index 6f49877..1fa05f1 100644
--- a/secrets/beefcake/secrets.yml
+++ b/secrets/beefcake/secrets.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ plausible-admin-password: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:dC9olypZgMLdPOsmjthOaa/fMLtbGBlF9A
 plausible-erlang-cookie: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:zhmC+D6EjIE8Rw91lIrMqY0QIazTX1e1jBzcZJP/76B9VvHWZ5bCkP1+KdfCY0lk3wIEq5vRfb8=,iv:RNNjlV3OFtXn1N0a5fEb/3FWzcHX19wtCLMdaVlKNJ0=,tag:8iU5oFVbzd0eMe5Mo1PiAw==,type:str]
 plausible-secret-key-base: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:ylakPGzY4S9640krl0fxYgm0Getf0+I7zthyTqTD/IpVhz5xgYBYx3Y2lSNa9Oi9yQ7+f9OdOBC6nc7n6MuUBg==,iv:YLPax/cRjMdIFti26gJd8COKr+3jXNZ7HCA5VvQVyAo=,tag:LHqYi590oEIp1IihLcFTtw==,type:str]
 nextcloud-admin-password: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:QaoSZyommeGED3nWNru92UVO2tjk24HE9fWX7ExYT101o4ZL411TmV1TXHSyfwjmE7yLIm1K/j4xpEbIY3zvFg==,iv:xC5EZVPHumVPOob5jiiXMFAmdFQcFSUPtZgioAgGDDs=,tag:Q/kY38XWkGsqcmCkd2lodg==,type:str]
+jland.env: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:4gZX4M5SASJNp/EIrUBP2vNyEOogA9N7X3Th7UuOP9M7zuMG/K83a9epoLCXIoWbGZuRtSIXB8+nfAj1Cd0rxBGnoB+cH7Qdq4h+EbH8MzkUm90fUtNyMepa+026qPSzJaHpNAmvLqsoRA3/jhNYLUcxYJ0=,iv:1FqO7GDwr4d0gKFPstdnEAnq9KyFkbHQs6CrA2FhDYI=,tag:SrkrAtm9No0f93Ob81hVqw==,type:str]
 api.lyte.dev: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:14C5GQ41m/g7qHPzxlYoWjKWDOcm7MEDkuSofiuLfRNc/nji61t1eDbKX3d+SQL1UBchJFoBrWrUxnf0mUERhED1196z8vUq2jKEkcqKCAUS3soECInlb8zcxTcxaTFjYSjp1vUBdAn05AqLsF+hh9Bsm4fMQYjnHEZke9EmPZhuTlUdZa4eLv3+L3xAPHk2QIHQhdsjcTjGAZRMZOgTEcCvtGlb5pQuo11XmR2JzwzOXMC51WFDeOIWMAdO80yQBAdILso7rp1Nts/lwF0Bc9t7bNdHyoVTOA==,iv:jWGqUpXOTb/O972qXOqeX0EMFQLDKwaNHBqlpuGrZOk=,tag:uwB/jlAgESkLZ+vJ/OeV0A==,type:str]
 sops:
     kms: []
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ sops:
             b0lTRjVCMU9ELzdvbFBJZ0tHbGtsYkEKLEcXCEikC3T3hfVOYKtWcNSGmfg28y+f
             nGC4dQh9EciEbk1ZBbN3i6YSNULDoMSH172KBmRyt1ogr1ZPyCNqtg==
             -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
-    lastmodified: "2023-10-20T19:05:45Z"
-    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:0liRgiLMiy/ISeHzL/rHjchgTDzjVjn1bzSyw7B4EmDu2YYsOhmRNmzbUH4f8I9vDwEkMyJx6VLBfrrnulpmPAlBqWxgYsqrS1eAMNWNeYGMAzZMgBChZbvMXj7cWJr0rNgU+Cnt+7/GXEXKUx1IQPSF9faVYKjBUWG8IuJ22XI=,iv:GoPu7xhQrXksUhE1NH32xFd3ykiBYlZp7RMUmXyDDck=,tag:uRLcc+2sg30SZTLXtIOTWQ==,type:str]
+    lastmodified: "2023-11-02T18:06:19Z"
+    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:ewguEKlMJYJI41Ng80dFMNPKn8Lluu81LeSffK1ZUXmH21DJq0vVT/yHG9NAKb2WwWUzVEUMy8k3FLvtsrnxTUpnnFx1bl3PVvySnFiKowJV9TTqEFsJU3FriwuAAdDlfPV88O2vffn/ZGB4hjp7Xfo0E3AhQnMLXuWx9fY3xCw=,iv:UiGYOOIImoSf9eQw92TeI+ofhrvu9w1QMlGeh5g5Cpw=,tag:uC/f20UrH5W1NHt3YzBl2g==,type:str]
     pgp: []
     unencrypted_suffix: _unencrypted
     version: 3.8.1