diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 236092d..e515f13 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,14 @@
     # This function produces a module that adds the home-manager module to the
     # system and configures the given module to the user's Home Manager
     # configuration
-    homeManagerInit = {system, username ? _username , module}: { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: {
+    homeManagerInit = {system, username ? _username , module ? _ : {}, users ? { ${username} = module;} }:
+    let
+      # TODO ooprs i forgor home-manager needs a state version and i currently
+      # don't pass the system name to this so there is no way to derive this
+      # value properly and it should probably be derived with mkSystem
+      users = users // { root = ./home/root.nix;};
+    in
+    { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: {
       imports = [
         inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
       ];
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@
       home-manager = {
         useGlobalPkgs = true;
         useUserPackages = true;
-        users.${username} = module;
+        inherit users;
         extraSpecialArgs = {
           inherit inputs outputs vars;
           extraPkgs = mkExtraPkgs system;
diff --git a/home/root.nix b/home/root.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f857ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/root.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }@args:
+{ }