diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 1856103..891aee0 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,41 @@
 {
   "nodes": {
+    "bonfire": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1664356228,
+        "narHash": "sha256-YLmsR/OSf7q0t3/7gAPI0Uf9sS9JQSWF7trmrtsDPOo=",
+        "owner": "bonfire-networks",
+        "repo": "bonfire-app",
+        "rev": "9533e672724198fcad61ba4d7f7e92649cb4a655",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "bonfire-networks",
+        "repo": "bonfire-app",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1656928814,
+        "narHash": "sha256-RIFfgBuKz6Hp89yRr7+NR5tzIAbn52h8vT6vXkYjZoM=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "7e2a3b3dfd9af950a856d66b0a7d01e3c18aa249",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "hardware": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1659356074,
@@ -15,27 +51,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "home-manager": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "nixpkgs": [
-          "nixpkgs"
-        ],
-        "utils": "utils"
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1659484873,
-        "narHash": "sha256-6VoPiGyDdjBHOJ3IpS24lY1lrDiOHeuEefOFI0qz3WE=",
-        "owner": "nix-community",
-        "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "d8d9ff0b2df77defa10375c6665b51f0251c34d6",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nix-community",
-        "repo": "home-manager",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1659522808,
@@ -54,25 +69,10 @@
     },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
+        "bonfire": "bonfire",
         "hardware": "hardware",
-        "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       }
-    },
-    "utils": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1653893745,
-        "narHash": "sha256-0jntwV3Z8//YwuOjzhV2sgJJPt+HY6KhU7VZUL0fKZQ=",
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "1ed9fb1935d260de5fe1c2f7ee0ebaae17ed2fa1",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
     }
   },
   "root": "root",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index cf71aa4..7480813 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
       );
 
       nixosConfigurations = {
-        # FIXME replace with your hostname
         sincerity = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
           pkgs = legacyPackages.x86_64-linux;
           specialArgs = { inherit inputs; }; # Pass flake inputs to our config
@@ -64,6 +63,48 @@
             bonfire.nixosModules.bonfire
           ];
         };
+        test = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+          system = "x86_64-linux";
+          modules = [
+            ./nixos/configuration.nix
+            bonfire.nixosModules.bonfire
+            ({ pkgs, ... }: {
+              boot.isContainer = true;
+              networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 ];
+              services.nginx = {
+                enable = true;
+                virtualHosts."bonfire.lan".locations."/".proxyPass = "http://localhost:4000";
+              };
+              services.bonfire = {
+                # you will need to expose bonfire with a reverse proxy, for example caddy
+                port = 4000;
+                package = pkgs.elixirBonfire;
+                dbName = "bonfire";
+                # the environment should contain a minimum of
+                #   SECRET_KEY_BASE
+                #   SIGNING_SALT
+                #   ENCRYPTION_SALT
+                #   RELEASE_COOKIE
+                # have a look into nix/module.nix for more details
+                # the way to deploy secrets is beyond this readme, but I would recommend agenix
+                environmentFile = "/run/secrets/bonfireEnv";
+                dbSocketDir = "/var/run/postgresql";
+              };
+
+              # this is uniquely for database backup purposes
+              # replace myBackupUserName with the user name that will do the backups
+              # if you want to do backups differently, feel free to remove this part of the config
+              # services.postgresql = {
+              #   enable = true;
+              #   ensureDatabases = [ "bonfire" ];
+              #   ensureUsers = [{
+              #     name = "bonfire";
+              #     ensurePermissions = { "DATABASE bonfire" = "ALL PRIVILEGES"; };
+              #   }];
+              # };
+            })
+          ];
+        };
       };
     };
 }
diff --git a/overlay/default.nix b/overlay/default.nix
index 00a02f2..932ef29 100644
--- a/overlay/default.nix
+++ b/overlay/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 { inputs, ... }:
 let
   # This one brings our custom packages from the 'pkgs' directory
-  additions = final: _prev: import ../pkgs { pkgs = final; };
+  additions = final: _prev: import ../pkgs { pkgs = final; inputs = inputs; };
 
   # This one contains whatever you want to overlay
   # You can change versions, add patches, set compilation flags, anything really.
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index faa4f03..244ae74 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # These are similar to nixpkgs packages
 { inputs, pkgs }: {
   # example = pkgs.callPackage ./example { };
-  elixirBonfire = bonfire.defaultPackage.x86_64-linux;
+  elixirBonfire = inputs.bonfire.defaultPackage.x86_64-linux;
 }