diff --git a/non-persistence.nix b/non-persistence.nix
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index 0000000..7d84223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/non-persistence.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{config, pkgs, lib, ...}:
+with lib;
+let
+  cfg = config.aviallon.non-persistence;
+in
+{
+  options.aviallon.non-persistence = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "non-persitent root"; 
+  };
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment.etc = {
+      nixos.source = "/persist/etc/nixos";
+      NIXOS.source = "/persist/etc/NIXOS";
+      machine-id.source = "/persist/etc/machine-id";
+    };
+  };
+}