diff --git a/extern/default.nix b/extern/default.nix
index 8a4e36f8..5484eb4e 100644
--- a/extern/default.nix
+++ b/extern/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 { inputs }: with inputs;
-let
-  hmModules = { };
-in
 {
   modules = [
     home.nixosModules.home-manager
@@ -19,9 +16,12 @@ in
 
   # passed to all nixos modules
   specialArgs = {
-    inherit hmModules;
-
     overrideModulesPath = "${override}/nixos/modules";
     hardware = nixos-hardware.nixosModules;
   };
+
+  # added to home-manager
+  userModules = [
+  ];
+
 }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index b10f6b69..0e945c5b 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
           let moduleList = import ./modules/module-list.nix;
           in lib.pathsToImportedAttrs moduleList;
 
+        homeModules =
+          let moduleList = import ./users/modules/module-list.nix;
+          in lib.pathsToImportedAttrs moduleList;
+
         overlay = import ./pkgs;
         overlays = lib.pathsToImportedAttrs (lib.pathsIn ./overlays);
 
diff --git a/hosts/default.nix b/hosts/default.nix
index ba6ad91c..1e8dec35 100644
--- a/hosts/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/default.nix
@@ -35,8 +35,12 @@ let
       };
 
     global = { config, ... }: {
-      home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
-      home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+      home-manager = {
+        useGlobalPkgs = true;
+        useUserPackages = true;
+
+        sharedModules = extern.userModules ++ (builtins.attrValues self.homeModules);
+      };
 
       hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware = lib.mkDefault true;
 
diff --git a/users/modules/module-list.nix b/users/modules/module-list.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe51488c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[]