diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e16a312a..7011ff26 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ mount /dev/disk/by-label/nixos /mnt
 mkdir -p /mnt/boot
 mount /dev/disk/by-label/boot /mnt/boot
 nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
+```
+
+```bash
 nixos-install
 ```
 
diff --git a/nixos/bootstrap-livecd.sh b/nixos/bootstrap-livecd.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 027ad9d0..00000000
--- a/nixos/bootstrap-livecd.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# needs to be launched from nixos livecd
-if [[ `hostname` != "nixos" ]]; then
-    echo "this script can only be ran from NixOS livecd"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Done. Please reboot now"
-
diff --git a/nixos/boxes/bootstrap/1.nix b/nixos/boxes/bootstrap/1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4bc55deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/boxes/bootstrap/1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  networking.hostName = "fixme";
+
+  imports = [
+    ./hardware-configuration.nix
+    ../../boot.nix
+    ../../common.nix
+    ../../gfx-intel.nix
+    ../../zerotier.nix
+    ../../i3
+    ../../distributed-builds.nix
+    ../../gui
+    ../../git
+    ../../backups.nix
+  ];
+
+  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest_hardened;
+  time.timeZone = "Europe/London";
+
+  fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
+}
diff --git a/nixos/boxes/bootstrap/2.nix b/nixos/boxes/bootstrap/2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..987d4d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/boxes/bootstrap/2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  networking.hostName = "fixme";
+
+  imports = [
+    <home-manager/nixos>
+    ./hardware-configuration.nix
+    ../../boot.nix
+    ../../common.nix
+    ../../gfx-intel.nix
+    ../../zerotier.nix
+    ../../i3
+    ../../distributed-builds.nix
+    ../../gui
+    ../../git
+    ../../backups.nix
+  ];
+
+  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest_hardened;
+  time.timeZone = "Europe/London";
+
+  fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
+  home-manager.users.cyryl = {...}: {
+    imports = [
+      ../../home-manager
+    ];
+    home.stateVersion = config.system.stateVersion;
+
+    nixpkgs.overlays = config.nixpkgs.overlays;
+    nixpkgs.config = config.nixpkgs.config;
+  };
+
+}