diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ce5d31c..e559440 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -311,10 +311,16 @@ in rec {
     };
     };
     
+  }) // rec {
+
+    ############################## SOME GLOBAL OUTPUTS ##############################
+    inherit inputs self;
+    
     ############################## NIXOS MODULES ##############################
-    nixosModules.default = { system, lib, config, ... }: {
+    nixosModules.default = { system, lib, config, pkgs, ... }: {
       options.mize = {
-        debuginary = lib.mkOption {
+        enable = lib.mkEnableOption "enable the mize damon";
+        debugBinary = lib.mkOption {
           type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
           default = null;
           example = "/home/user/here/mize";
@@ -337,26 +343,24 @@ in rec {
         };
 
       };
-      systemd.user.services.mize = {
+      config = lib.mkIf config.mize.enable {
+        systemd.user.services.mize = {
         description = "the mize daemon";
          wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
-         After = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
-         PartOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ]; # this should mean DISPLAY and WAYLAND_DISPLAY are set in the service env...
          environment = {
-           MIZE_CONFIG_FILES = let fileInStore = (pkgs.formats.toml {}).generate "mize-daemon-config.toml" config.mize.config; in if config.mize.debugConfigFile then "${config.mize.debugConfigFile}" else "${fileInStore}";
+           MIZE_CONFIG_FILES = let fileInStore = (pkgs.formats.toml {}).generate "mize-daemon-config.toml" config.mize.config; in if config.mize.debugConfigFile == null then "${fileInStore}" else "${config.mize.debugConfigFile}";
          };
          serviceConfig = {
            Restart = "on-failure";
-           ExecStart = if config.mize.debuginary == null then "${self.packages.${system}.mize}/bin/mize daemon" else "${config.mize.debugBinary} daemon";
+           ExecStart = if config.mize.debugBinary == null then "${self.packages.${system}.mize}/bin/mize daemon" else "${config.mize.debugBinary} daemon";
+           After = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+           PartOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ]; # this should mean DISPLAY and WAYLAND_DISPLAY are set in the service env...
          };
+        };
       };
     };
     # for what we do the nixos and home-manager api is identical
     homeModules.default = nixosModules.default;
 
-  }) // {
-
-############################## SOME GLOBAL OUTPUTS ##############################
-    inherit inputs self;
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/mize/src/platform/os/cli.rs b/packages/mize/src/platform/os/cli.rs
index f81456e..66b1782 100644
--- a/packages/mize/src/platform/os/cli.rs
+++ b/packages/mize/src/platform/os/cli.rs
@@ -68,11 +68,7 @@ pub fn mount(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) -> MizeResult<()> {
 
 pub fn daemon(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) -> MizeResult<()> {
     let instance = Mize::with_config(config_from_cli_args(sub_matches)?)?;
-    
-    // load all parts we need for any mize application... making a fat daemon for now.
-    // in the future parts should be loaded on demand (from .so files and from parts.mize.works)
-    ppc
-    
+
     instance.wait();
 
     return Ok(());
diff --git a/packages/mize/src/platform/os/main.rs b/packages/mize/src/platform/os/main.rs
index 8f21b75..ce688d5 100644
--- a/packages/mize/src/platform/os/main.rs
+++ b/packages/mize/src/platform/os/main.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ fn main() {
     // match command
     let result = match cli_matches.subcommand() {
         // mi daemon
-        Some(("daemon", sub_matches)) => cli::run(sub_matches),
+        Some(("daemon", sub_matches)) => cli::daemon(sub_matches),
 
         Some(("is-running", sub_matches)) => cli::is_running(sub_matches),