diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index cf23de3..9ccf796 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
           ./flake
           ./lib/nixfiles/module.nix
           ./pkgs/module.nix
+          ./overlays
         ];
 
         config = {
@@ -221,44 +222,6 @@
 
             # inputs is already defined
             lib = nixpkgs.lib;
-            systems = ["x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux"];
-
-            overlays = let
-              nix-minecraft-patched-overlay = let
-                normal = inputs.nix-minecraft-upstream.overlays.default;
-                quilt = inputs.nix-minecraft.overlays.default;
-              in
-                lib.composeExtensions
-                normal
-                (final: prev: let
-                  x = quilt final prev;
-                in {
-                  inherit (x) quiltServers quilt-server;
-                  minecraftServers = prev.minecraftServers // x.quiltServers;
-                });
-            in [
-              (final: prev: let
-                packages = import ./pkgs {inherit (prev) pkgs;};
-              in {
-                inherit (packages) mopidy-autoplay google-fonts;
-                atool-wrapped = packages.atool;
-              })
-
-              # various temporary fixes that automatically revert
-              self.overlays.mitigations
-
-              # auto backports from nixpkgs unstable
-              self.overlays.backports
-
-              # modpacks (keeps modpack version in sync between hosts so i can reverse
-              # proxy create track map because it's broken)
-              self.overlays.modpacks
-
-              inputs.hyprwm-contrib.overlays.default
-              inputs.rust-overlay.overlays.default
-              inputs.nixfiles-assets.overlays.default
-              nix-minecraft-patched-overlay
-            ];
 
             # function to generate packages for each system
             eachSystem = lib.genAttrs (import inputs.systems);
@@ -305,8 +268,6 @@
                 inherit system;
               });
 
-            overlays = import ./overlays self;
-
             nixosConfigurations = {
               iso = mkISOSystem "x86_64-linux";
             }; # end nixosConfigurations
diff --git a/overlays/backports.nix b/overlays/backports.nix
index 334c865..5c4b421 100644
--- a/overlays/backports.nix
+++ b/overlays/backports.nix
@@ -1,42 +1,68 @@
-nixfiles: final: prev:
-let
-  pkgs-unstable = import nixfiles.inputs.nixpkgs-unstable { config.allowUnfree = true; inherit (final) system; };
-  inherit (final) callPackage kdePackages lib;
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  self,
+  inputs,
+  ...
+}: let
+  # TODO legacy refactor
+  # not high priority, this still works well for this overlay.
+  nixfiles = self;
+  overlay = final: prev: let
+    pkgs-unstable = import nixfiles.inputs.nixpkgs-unstable {
+      config.allowUnfree = true;
+      inherit (final) system;
+    };
+    inherit (final) callPackage kdePackages lib;
 
-  backport = let
-    _callPackage = callPackage;
-  in {  pkgname,
+    backport = let
+      _callPackage = callPackage;
+    in
+      {
+        pkgname,
         callPackage ? _callPackage,
         new ? pkgs-unstable,
-        override ? {} } : let
-    inherit (lib) getAttrFromPath;
-    inherit (builtins) getAttr isString;
+        override ? {},
+      }: let
+        inherit (lib) getAttrFromPath;
+        inherit (builtins) getAttr isString;
 
-    getAttr' = name: attrs: if isString pkgname then getAttr name attrs else getAttrFromPath name attrs;
-    oldPkg = getAttr' pkgname prev;
-    newPkg = getAttr' pkgname pkgs-unstable;
-  in if oldPkg.version == newPkg.version
-    then oldPkg
-    else (callPackage newPkg.override) override;
+        getAttr' = name: attrs:
+          if isString pkgname
+          then getAttr name attrs
+          else getAttrFromPath name attrs;
+        oldPkg = getAttr' pkgname prev;
+        newPkg = getAttr' pkgname pkgs-unstable;
+      in
+        if oldPkg.version == newPkg.version
+        then oldPkg
+        else (callPackage newPkg.override) override;
 
-  backport' = pkgname: backport { inherit pkgname; };
+    backport' = pkgname: backport {inherit pkgname;};
 
-  # defined locally to not pull in perl from unstable
-  stripJavaArchivesHook = final.makeSetupHook {
-    name = "strip-java-archives-hook";
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ final.strip-nondeterminism ];
-  } ./strip-java-archives.sh;
-
-in {
-  vesktop = backport' "vesktop";
-  obsidian = backport { pkgname="obsidian"; override.electron = final.electron_28; };
-  prismlauncher-unwrapped = backport {
-    pkgname = "prismlauncher-unwrapped";
-    inherit (kdePackages) callPackage;
-    override = {
-      # apple something idk why the package doesn't just ask for darwin and get it itself
-      # maybe i should make a pull request that changes the params to `darwin, Cocoa ? darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Cocoa`
-      inherit (final.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa;
+    # defined locally to not pull in perl from unstable
+    stripJavaArchivesHook =
+      final.makeSetupHook {
+        name = "strip-java-archives-hook";
+        propagatedBuildInputs = [final.strip-nondeterminism];
+      }
+      ./strip-java-archives.sh;
+  in {
+    vesktop = backport' "vesktop";
+    obsidian = backport {
+      pkgname = "obsidian";
+      override.electron = final.electron_28;
+    };
+    prismlauncher-unwrapped = backport {
+      pkgname = "prismlauncher-unwrapped";
+      inherit (kdePackages) callPackage;
+      override = {
+        # apple something idk why the package doesn't just ask for darwin and get it itself
+        # maybe i should make a pull request that changes the params to `darwin, Cocoa ? darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Cocoa`
+        inherit (final.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa;
+      };
     };
   };
+in {
+  config.flake.overlays.backports = overlay;
 }
diff --git a/overlays/default.nix b/overlays/default.nix
index d25c036..6a19958 100644
--- a/overlays/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
-nixfiles:
-let
-  inherit (nixfiles.inputs.nixpkgs) lib;
-  # this name is awful. maybe i don't know anything about functional
-  # programming or something, but the naming isn't very self explanatory
-  # - why is it "compose" instead of "combine"
-  # - why is it "extensions" instead of "overlays"
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: let
   inherit (lib) composeManyExtensions;
-in rec {
-  backports = import ./backports.nix nixfiles;
-  mitigations = import ./mitigations.nix nixfiles;
-  modpacks = import ./modpacks.nix nixfiles;
-  default = composeManyExtensions [
-    backports
-    mitigations
+  cfg = config.flake.overlays;
+in {
+  imports = [
+    ./mitigations.nix
+    ./backports.nix
+    ./modpacks.nix
   ];
+  config.flake.overlays = {
+    default = with cfg; composeManyExtensions [
+      backports
+      mitigations
+    ];
+  };
 }
diff --git a/overlays/mitigations.nix b/overlays/mitigations.nix
index b1ec93c..148cea6 100644
--- a/overlays/mitigations.nix
+++ b/overlays/mitigations.nix
@@ -1,56 +1,89 @@
-nixfiles: final: prev:
-let
-  pkgsStable = import nixfiles.inputs.nixpkgs.outPath { inherit (prev) system; };
-  updateTime = nixfiles.inputs.nixpkgs-unstable.lastModified;
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  self,
+  inputs,
+  ...
+}: let
+  # TODO legacy refactor
+  # not high priority, this still works well for this overlay.
+  nixfiles = self;
+  overlay = final: prev: let
+    pkgsStable = import nixfiles.inputs.nixpkgs.outPath {inherit (prev) system;};
+    updateTime = nixfiles.inputs.nixpkgs-unstable.lastModified;
 
-  inherit (final) lib callPackage fetchFromGitHub;
-  inherit (lib) recurseIntoAttrs optionalAttrs
-    versionOlder versionAtLeast;
+    inherit (final) lib callPackage fetchFromGitHub;
+    inherit
+      (lib)
+      recurseIntoAttrs
+      optionalAttrs
+      versionOlder
+      versionAtLeast
+      ;
 
-  pkgsFromFlake = flake: (import flake.outPath) { inherit (prev) system; };
-  pkgsFromInput = name: pkgsFromFlake nixfiles.inputs.${name};
-  pickFixed = ours: theirs: if versionAtLeast ours.version theirs.version then ours else theirs;
-  pickNewer = ours: theirs: if versionOlder theirs.version ours.version then ours else theirs;
+    pkgsFromFlake = flake: (import flake.outPath) {inherit (prev) system;};
+    pkgsFromInput = name: pkgsFromFlake nixfiles.inputs.${name};
+    pickFixed = ours: theirs:
+      if versionAtLeast ours.version theirs.version
+      then ours
+      else theirs;
+    pickNewer = ours: theirs:
+      if versionOlder theirs.version ours.version
+      then ours
+      else theirs;
 
-  hold = now: days: ours: theirs: let
+    hold = now: days: ours: theirs: let
       seconds = days * 24 * 60 * 60;
       endTimestamp = now + seconds;
-    in if now < endTimestamp then ours else theirs;
+    in
+      if now < endTimestamp
+      then ours
+      else theirs;
 
-  optionalPkg = cond: val: if cond then val else null;
+    optionalPkg = cond: val:
+      if cond
+      then val
+      else null;
 
-  gimp-with-plugins-good = let
-    badPlugins = [ "gap" ];
-    itemInList = list: item: lib.any (x: x==item) list;
-    pluginFilter = name: value: (value.type or null == "derivation") && (!(itemInList badPlugins name)) && (!value.meta.broken);
-    filteredPlugins = lib.filterAttrs pluginFilter prev.gimpPlugins;
-    plugins = lib.mapAttrsToList (_: v: v) filteredPlugins;
-  in prev.gimp-with-plugins.override { inherit plugins; };
+    gimp-with-plugins-good = let
+      badPlugins = ["gap"];
+      itemInList = list: item: lib.any (x: x == item) list;
+      pluginFilter = name: value: (value.type or null == "derivation") && (!(itemInList badPlugins name)) && (!value.meta.broken);
+      filteredPlugins = lib.filterAttrs pluginFilter prev.gimpPlugins;
+      plugins = lib.mapAttrsToList (_: v: v) filteredPlugins;
+    in
+      prev.gimp-with-plugins.override {inherit plugins;};
+    # this also causes an infinite recursion and i have no idea why
+    # in nixfiles.inputs.nixpkgs.lib.filterAttrs (k: v: v != null) {
+  in {
+    nix-du = let
+      old = prev.nix-du;
+      new = (pkgsFromInput "nixpkgs-nix-du").nix-du;
+    in
+      pickNewer old new;
 
-# this also causes an infinite recursion and i have no idea why
-# in nixfiles.inputs.nixpkgs.lib.filterAttrs (k: v: v != null) {
+    gimp-with-plugins = gimp-with-plugins-good;
+
+    nwg-displays = let
+      stable = pkgsStable.nwg-displays;
+      unstable = prev.nwg-displays;
+      now = 1739114541;
+    in
+      hold now 7 stable unstable;
+
+    libreoffice = let
+      stable = pkgsStable.libreoffice;
+      unstable = prev.libreoffice;
+      now = 1739558971;
+    in
+      hold now 7 stable unstable;
+
+    redlib = let
+      redlib-new = final.callPackage nixfiles.packages.${prev.system}.redlib.override {};
+      inherit (prev) redlib;
+    in
+      pickNewer redlib-new redlib;
+  };
 in {
-  nix-du = let
-    old = prev.nix-du;
-    new = (pkgsFromInput "nixpkgs-nix-du").nix-du;
-  in pickNewer old new;
-
-  gimp-with-plugins = gimp-with-plugins-good;
-
-  nwg-displays = let
-    stable = pkgsStable.nwg-displays;
-    unstable = prev.nwg-displays;
-    now = 1739114541;
-  in hold now 7 stable unstable;
-
-  libreoffice = let
-    stable = pkgsStable.libreoffice;
-    unstable = prev.libreoffice;
-    now = 1739558971;
-  in hold now 7 stable unstable;
-
-  redlib = let
-    redlib-new = final.callPackage nixfiles.packages.${prev.system}.redlib.override {};
-    inherit (prev) redlib;
-  in pickNewer redlib-new redlib;
+  config.flake.overlays.mitigations = overlay;
 }
diff --git a/overlays/modpacks.nix b/overlays/modpacks.nix
index ba9ef14..3911fda 100644
--- a/overlays/modpacks.nix
+++ b/overlays/modpacks.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,40 @@
-nixfiles: final: prev:
-let
-  inherit (final) lib;
-  inherit (lib) fakeHash;
-  notlite = let
-    commit = "0e42bfbc6189db5848252d7dc7a638103d9d44ee";
-    packHash = "sha256-X9a7htRhJcSRXu4uDvzSjdjCyWg+x7Dqws9pIlQtl6A=";
-  in final.fetchPackwizModpack {
-      url = "https://gitea.protogen.io/nullbite/notlite/raw/commit/${commit}/pack.toml";
-      inherit packHash;
-    };
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  self,
+  inputs,
+  ...
+}: let
+  # TODO legacy refactor
+  # not high priority, this still works well for this overlay.
+  nixfiles = self;
+  overlay = final: prev: let
+    inherit (final) lib;
+    inherit (lib) fakeHash;
+    notlite = let
+      commit = "0e42bfbc6189db5848252d7dc7a638103d9d44ee";
+      packHash = "sha256-X9a7htRhJcSRXu4uDvzSjdjCyWg+x7Dqws9pIlQtl6A=";
+    in
+      final.fetchPackwizModpack {
+        url = "https://gitea.protogen.io/nullbite/notlite/raw/commit/${commit}/pack.toml";
+        inherit packHash;
+      };
 
-  notlite-ctm-static = final.stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
-    pname = "ctm-static";
-    version = "0.0.0";
-    src = final.emptyDirectory;
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ final.unzip ];
-    buildPhase = ''
-      unzip "${notlite}/mods/create-track-map-*.jar" 'assets/littlechasiu/ctm/static/*'
-      cp -r assets/littlechasiu/ctm/static/. $out/
-    '';
+    notlite-ctm-static = final.stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
+      pname = "ctm-static";
+      version = "0.0.0";
+      src = final.emptyDirectory;
+      nativeBuildInputs = [final.unzip];
+      buildPhase = ''
+        unzip "${notlite}/mods/create-track-map-*.jar" 'assets/littlechasiu/ctm/static/*'
+        cp -r assets/littlechasiu/ctm/static/. $out/
+      '';
+    };
+  in {
+    modpacks = {
+      inherit notlite notlite-ctm-static;
+    };
   };
 in {
-  modpacks = {
-    inherit notlite notlite-ctm-static;
-  };
+  config.flake.overlays.modpacks = overlay;
 }