diff --git a/nixos/boxes/vpsfree1/default.nix b/nixos/boxes/vpsfree1/default.nix
index e9eb1d16..31606838 100644
--- a/nixos/boxes/vpsfree1/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/boxes/vpsfree1/default.nix
@@ -10,15 +10,9 @@
     ../../tailscale.nix
     ./foundryvtt.nix
     ./cryptpad.nix
+    ./syncthing-relay.nix
   ];
 
-  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 22067 22070 ];
-  services.syncthing.relay = {
-    enable = true;
-    listenAddress = "vpsfree1.cyplo.github.beta.tailscale.net";
-    pools = [ "" ]; # private relay
-    extraOptions = [ "-debug" ];
-  };
   systemd.extraConfig = ''
     DefaultTimeoutStartSec=900s
   '';
diff --git a/nixos/boxes/vpsfree1/syncthing-relay.nix b/nixos/boxes/vpsfree1/syncthing-relay.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9f3228c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/boxes/vpsfree1/syncthing-relay.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{ config, pkgs, inputs, lib, ... }: {
+
+  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 22067 22070 ];
+  services.syncthing.relay = {
+    enable = true;
+    listenAddress = "vpsfree1.cyplo.github.beta.tailscale.net";
+    pools = [ "" ]; # private relay
+  };
+}