diff --git a/boxes/mainsail/default.nix b/boxes/mainsail/default.nix
index d17b946..0a90333 100644
--- a/boxes/mainsail/default.nix
+++ b/boxes/mainsail/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
   };
 
   users.users.usr.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
-    "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIKbhM3wj0oqjR3pUaZgpfX4Xo4dlzvBTbQ48zHyg7Pwx usr"
+    "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIKbhM3wj0oqjR3pUaZgpfX4Xo4dlzvBTbQ48zHyg7Pwx usr" # x230t
+    "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIB2xUbQw9+RCPVw7qCFm4NNCP/MpS2BIArcwMv0KdKOI usr" # mlg
   ];
 
   system.stateVersion = "23.11";
diff --git a/boxes/mlg/default.nix b/boxes/mlg/default.nix
index fd22d23..b057c63 100644
--- a/boxes/mlg/default.nix
+++ b/boxes/mlg/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     libreoffice
     nomacs
     vscodium
+    thunderbird
     minetest
   ];
 
@@ -59,5 +60,7 @@
   services.avahi.nssmdns = true; # enables the mDNS NSS plug-in
   services.avahi.openFirewall = true; # opens the firewall for UDP port 5353
 
+  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
   networking.hostName = "mlg";
+
 }
diff --git a/boxes/mlg/hardware-configuration.nix b/boxes/mlg/hardware-configuration.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99531a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boxes/mlg/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
+# and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
+# testing
+# to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
+{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports =
+    [ (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
+    ];
+
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "thunderbolt" "vmd" "nvme" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+
+  fileSystems."/" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/eada30c2-ffc5-4410-b1cf-fcea6a4040ff";
+      fsType = "ext4";
+    };
+
+  fileSystems."/boot" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/5318-1A44";
+      fsType = "vfat";
+    };
+
+  swapDevices = [ ];
+
+  # Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface. In case of scripted networking
+  # (the default) this is the recommended approach. When using systemd-networkd it's
+  # still possible to use this option, but it's recommended to use it in conjunction
+  # with explicit per-interface declarations with `networking.interfaces.<interface>.useDHCP`.
+  networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  # networking.interfaces.enp58s0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  # networking.interfaces.enp7s0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  # networking.interfaces.wlp0s20f3.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
+  powerManagement.cpuFreqGovernor = lib.mkDefault "powersave";
+  hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
+}
diff --git a/boxes/mlg/home.nix b/boxes/mlg/home.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c118a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boxes/mlg/home.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{ lib, inputs, config, pkgs, home, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports = [
+    ../../home/x11.nix
+    ../../home/chromium
+  ];
+
+  home.stateVersion = "23.11";
+}
diff --git a/builds/utils/sh/disp b/builds/utils/sh/disp
index 32411e0..64ff359 100755
--- a/builds/utils/sh/disp
+++ b/builds/utils/sh/disp
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ case "$(hostname)" in
 		bspc monitor VGA-1 -d 1 3 5 7 9
 		bspc monitor HDMI-1 -d 2 4 6 8 0
 		;;
+	"mlg")
+		# holdover configuration for the time being
+		xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0
+		xrandr --output DP-1 --primary
+		bspc monitor DP-1 -d 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
+		;;
 	"x230t")
 		echo "x230t"
 		case "$1" in
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 430a6ad..ef6132e 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
       },
       "locked": {
         "dir": "pkgs/firefox-addons",
-        "lastModified": 1705709716,
-        "narHash": "sha256-YJdWSN3ra0FsAQT5PXe7uXxMeAXxTR+SY/wVOO1c6Bs=",
+        "lastModified": 1706081037,
+        "narHash": "sha256-R2dkUMLZa6qvRl4mXOG7bLHaGvoOYf5vIXWeyRDqML0=",
         "owner": "rycee",
         "repo": "nur-expressions",
-        "rev": "d7ad3362283fced58410547650be31e37f9d0f41",
+        "rev": "5f23ef51cad74dbf30633366e52eb895c9c633d1",
         "type": "gitlab"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1705641746,
-        "narHash": "sha256-D6c2aH8HQbWc7ZWSV0BUpFpd94ImFyCP8jFIsKQ4Slg=",
+        "lastModified": 1705916986,
+        "narHash": "sha256-iBpfltu6QvN4xMpen6jGGEb6jOqmmVQKUrXdOJ32u8w=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "d2003f2223cbb8cd95134e4a0541beea215c1073",
+        "rev": "d7f206b723e42edb09d9d753020a84b3061a79d8",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 2a1dfcb..220cdcd 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@
           }
         ];
       };
+      mlg = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+        system = "x86_64-linux";
+        specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
+        modules = [
+          ./boxes/mlg
+
+          home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager {
+            home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+            home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+            home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
+            home-manager.users.usr = import ./boxes/mlg/home.nix;
+          }
+        ];
+      };
       virtbox = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
         system = "x86_64-linux";
         specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };