diff --git a/hosts/common/global/nix.nix b/hosts/common/global/nix.nix
index 7896010..55077ec 100644
--- a/hosts/common/global/nix.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/global/nix.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     # TODO: apply this to hm and nixos without duplicate code
     overlays = builtins.attrValues outputs.overlays;
     config = {
+      nvidia.acceptLicense = true;
       allowUnfree = true;
       allowUnfreePredicate = _: true; # TODO: what is this
       warn-dirty = false;
diff --git a/hosts/kardorf/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/kardorf/hardware-configuration.nix
index 643e5c3..352dbef 100644
--- a/hosts/kardorf/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/kardorf/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
     "xhci_pci"
     "usbhid"
     "uas"
+    "usb_storage"
     "sd_mod"
     "sr_mod"
   ];
   boot.initrd.kernelModules = [];
-  boot.kernelModules = [];
+  boot.kernelModules = ["kvm-intel"];
   boot.extraModulePackages = [];
   boot.loader.efi.efiSysMountPoint = "/boot/efi";
 
@@ -80,5 +81,8 @@
   nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
   hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
   hardware.nvidia.package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.legacy_470;
-  # hardware.nvidia.modesetting.enable = true; # for wayland
+  # hardware.nvidia.modesetting.enable = true; # produces errors, display manager fails to start
+
+  # hardware.nvidia.nvidiaSettings = true;
+  hardware.nvidia.open = false;
 }