diff --git a/nixos/boot.nix b/nixos/boot.nix
index 8dcc125c..c7af2aa9 100644
--- a/nixos/boot.nix
+++ b/nixos/boot.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
   boot = {
     kernel.sysctl = {
-      "vm.swappiness" = 1;
       "max_user_watches" = 524288;
       "kernel.dmesg_restrict" = true;
       "kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled" = true;
diff --git a/nixos/boxes/foureighty/configuration.nix b/nixos/boxes/foureighty/configuration.nix
index 750eabfa..14acb9f1 100644
--- a/nixos/boxes/foureighty/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/boxes/foureighty/configuration.nix
@@ -24,13 +24,17 @@
   time.timeZone = "Europe/London";
 
   hardware.trackpoint.enable = true;
+  zramSwap = {
+    enable = true;
+    algorithm = "zstd";
+  };
   services.hardware.bolt.enable = true;
   services.fprintd = {
     enable = true;
   };
 
   imports = [
-    /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix
+    ./hardware-configuration.nix
     ../../boot.nix
     ../../common.nix
     ../../gfx-nvidia-optimus.nix
diff --git a/nixos/boxes/foureighty/hardware-configuration.nix b/nixos/boxes/foureighty/hardware-configuration.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d3dba46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/boxes/foureighty/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports = [ ];
+
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "nvme" "usbhid" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "dm-snapshot" ];
+  boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+
+  boot.kernel.sysctl = {
+    "vm.swappiness" = 50;
+  };
+
+  fileSystems."/" = { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/7ae9348d-604e-4196-a27b-24a7495438c3"; fsType = "ext4"; };
+
+  fileSystems."/boot" = { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/C4DD-2374"; fsType = "vfat"; };
+
+  swapDevices = [ ];
+
+  nix.maxJobs = lib.mkDefault 8;
+}