diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 8673f5e..77444b5 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -54,6 +54,21 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "crane": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1736898272,
+        "narHash": "sha256-D10wlrU/HCpSRcb3a7yk+bU3ggpMD1kGbseKtO+7teo=",
+        "owner": "ipetkov",
+        "repo": "crane",
+        "rev": "6a589f034202a7c6e10bce6c5d1d392d7bc0f340",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "ipetkov",
+        "repo": "crane",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "f1multiviewer": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -74,18 +89,24 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "flake-compat": {
+    "flake-parts": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs-lib": [
+          "lix-attic",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1733328505,
-        "narHash": "sha256-NeCCThCEP3eCl2l/+27kNNK7QrwZB1IJCrXfrbv5oqU=",
-        "owner": "edolstra",
-        "repo": "flake-compat",
-        "rev": "ff81ac966bb2cae68946d5ed5fc4994f96d0ffec",
+        "lastModified": 1736143030,
+        "narHash": "sha256-+hu54pAoLDEZT9pjHlqL9DNzWz0NbUn8NEAHP7PQPzU=",
+        "owner": "hercules-ci",
+        "repo": "flake-parts",
+        "rev": "b905f6fc23a9051a6e1b741e1438dbfc0634c6de",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
-        "owner": "edolstra",
-        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "owner": "hercules-ci",
+        "repo": "flake-parts",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
@@ -419,9 +440,7 @@
         "flake-utils": [
           "flake-utils"
         ],
-        "nixpkgs-lib": [
-          "nixpkgs-lib"
-        ]
+        "nixpkgs-lib": "nixpkgs-lib"
       },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1736684024,
@@ -451,6 +470,37 @@
         "url": "https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/archive/2.92.0.tar.gz"
       }
     },
+    "lix-attic": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "crane": "crane",
+        "flake-parts": "flake-parts",
+        "lix": [
+          "lix-module",
+          "lix"
+        ],
+        "lix-module": [
+          "lix-module"
+        ],
+        "nix-github-actions": "nix-github-actions",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs-stable": "nixpkgs-stable"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1736969694,
+        "narHash": "sha256-4OKeL5HbDNDKl1JgRH97HCe/QQjhLGB4pjxxYr5PTFc=",
+        "ref": "refs/heads/main",
+        "rev": "d413a74fa132cf5f421732dc7dd5cadda96fb874",
+        "revCount": 361,
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://git.lix.systems/nrabulinski/attic.git"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://git.lix.systems/nrabulinski/attic.git"
+      }
+    },
     "lix-module": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-utils": [
@@ -510,6 +560,27 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nix-github-actions": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "lix-attic",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731952509,
+        "narHash": "sha256-p4gB3Rhw8R6Ak4eMl8pqjCPOLCZRqaehZxdZ/mbFClM=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "nix-github-actions",
+        "rev": "7b5f051df789b6b20d259924d349a9ba3319b226",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "nix-github-actions",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nix-index-database": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -532,9 +603,7 @@
     },
     "nixos-wsl": {
       "inputs": {
-        "flake-compat": [
-          "flake-compat"
-        ],
+        "flake-compat": [],
         "nixpkgs": [
           "nixpkgs"
         ]
@@ -570,6 +639,21 @@
       }
     },
     "nixpkgs-lib": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1737248590,
+        "narHash": "sha256-6SWtDeYJS3bS7QyJrGKyd6FpROEN0JCMgakSX8yPbyA=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs.lib",
+        "rev": "977f49fd8cf854416f82987696784717acd6e817",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs.lib",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs-lib_2": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1736643958,
         "narHash": "sha256-tmpqTSWVRJVhpvfSN9KXBvKEXplrwKnSZNAoNPf/S/s=",
@@ -584,6 +668,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixpkgs-stable": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1735563628,
+        "narHash": "sha256-OnSAY7XDSx7CtDoqNh8jwVwh4xNL/2HaJxGjryLWzX8=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "b134951a4c9f3c995fd7be05f3243f8ecd65d798",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-24.05",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs-wayland": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-compat": [],
@@ -633,20 +733,20 @@
       "inputs": {
         "NixVirt": "NixVirt",
         "f1multiviewer": "f1multiviewer",
-        "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
         "hyprland": "hyprland",
         "hyprland-contrib": "hyprland-contrib",
         "hyprman": "hyprman",
         "jj": "jj",
         "lib-aggregate": "lib-aggregate",
+        "lix-attic": "lix-attic",
         "lix-module": "lix-module",
         "my-nixpkgs": "my-nixpkgs",
         "nim2nix": "nim2nix",
         "nix-index-database": "nix-index-database",
         "nixos-wsl": "nixos-wsl",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
-        "nixpkgs-lib": "nixpkgs-lib",
+        "nixpkgs-lib": "nixpkgs-lib_2",
         "nixpkgs-wayland": "nixpkgs-wayland",
         "pixi": "pixi",
         "sops-nix": "sops-nix",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index e9a9db0..6deefbf 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     #   inputs.lix.follows = "lix";
     # };
     #
-    # lix is failing to build only on GHA?
     # keep for when lix breaks :/
     lix-module = {
       url = "https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/nixos-module/archive/2.92.0.tar.gz";
@@ -44,15 +43,13 @@
     nixos-wsl = {
       url = "github:nix-community/NixOS-WSL";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
-      inputs.flake-compat.follows = "flake-compat";
     };
 
     hyprland = {
       url = "git+https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/?submodules=1";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
-      # inputs.systems.follows = "systems";
-      inputs.pre-commit-hooks.follows = "";
     };
+
     hyprland-contrib = {
       url = "github:hyprwm/contrib";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
@@ -60,11 +57,7 @@
 
     nixpkgs-wayland = {
       url = "github:nix-community/nixpkgs-wayland";
-      # breaks their cache...
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
-      inputs.lib-aggregate.follows = "lib-aggregate";
-      inputs.nix-eval-jobs.follows = "";
-      inputs.flake-compat.follows = "";
     };
 
     f1multiviewer = {
@@ -104,7 +97,6 @@
     jj = {
       url = "github:martinvonz/jj/v0.25.0";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
-      inputs.flake-utils.follows = "flake-utils";
     };
 
     NixVirt = {
@@ -113,21 +105,14 @@
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
 
-    # included to reduce flake.lock size
-    flake-utils = {
-      url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    lix-attic = {
+      url = "git+https://git.lix.systems/nrabulinski/attic.git";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+      inputs.lix-module.follows = "lix-module";
+      # make lix-module source of truth
+      inputs.lix.follows = "lix-module/lix";
     };
 
-    flake-compat = {
-      url = "github:edolstra/flake-compat";
-    };
-    lib-aggregate = {
-      url = "github:nix-community/lib-aggregate";
-      inputs.flake-utils.follows = "flake-utils";
-      inputs.nixpkgs-lib.follows = "nixpkgs-lib";
-    };
-
-    nixpkgs-lib.url = "github:nix-community/nixpkgs.lib";
     # roc = {
     #   url = "github:roc-lang/roc";
     #   inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
@@ -138,6 +123,24 @@
     # zls.url = "github:zigtools/zls";
     # zls.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     # zls.inputs.zig-overlay.follows = "zig-overlay";
+
+    # further flake.lock minimization shenanigans
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    jj.inputs.flake-utils.follows = "flake-utils";
+    lib-aggregate.inputs.flake-utils.follows = "flake-utils";
+
+    lib-aggregate.url = "github:nix-community/lib-aggregate";
+    nixpkgs-wayland.inputs.lib-aggregate.follows = "lib-aggregate";
+
+    nixpkgs-lib.url = "github:nix-community/nixpkgs.lib";
+
+    # nil inputs
+    hyprland.inputs.pre-commit-hooks.follows = "";
+
+    nixpkgs-wayland.inputs.flake-compat.follows = "";
+    nixos-wsl.inputs.flake-compat.follows = "";
+
+    nixpkgs-wayland.inputs.nix-eval-jobs.follows = "";
   };
 
   nixConfig = {
diff --git a/hosts/othalan/default.nix b/hosts/othalan/default.nix
index 24f6e67..eacc57a 100644
--- a/hosts/othalan/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/othalan/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
-  enabled,
   config,
+  enabled,
+  flake,
   ...
 }:
 {
@@ -26,4 +27,9 @@
       group = config.users.users.daylin.group;
     };
   };
+
+  environment.systemPackages =[
+    (flake.pkgs "lix-attic").attic-client
+  ];
+
 }
diff --git a/hosts/othalan/settings/pkgs b/hosts/othalan/settings/pkgs
index 98a66ed..56ac61f 100644
--- a/hosts/othalan/settings/pkgs
+++ b/hosts/othalan/settings/pkgs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 flake:utils
 ghostty
 sops
-attic-client
 distrobox
 firefox
 zk
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 522a4c1..7027101 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 inputs@{
   nixpkgs,
   treefmt-nix,
+  lix-attic,
   self,
   ...
 }:
@@ -59,6 +60,12 @@ let
       }
     ));
 
+  lixAtticPackages = pkgs:
+  { attic-client = lix-attic.packages.${pkgs.system}.attic-client;
+  attic-server = lix-attic.packages.${pkgs.system}.attic-server;
+};
+
+
   oizysFlake = {
     templates = {
       dev = {
@@ -83,6 +90,7 @@ let
         "tsm"
       ])
       // (import ../pkgs { inherit pkgs; })
+      // (lixAtticPackages pkgs)
     );
 
     devShells = forAllSystems (pkgs: {