diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af117d0..44bb3e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@ After install is complete, you can then rsync the nixos dir to the user account
 nix-shell -p rsync
 mount -o compress=zstd /dev/mapper/crypted /mnt/hdd
 rsync -av /root/nixos/ /mnt/hdd/home/grmrgecko/nixos/
+umount /mnt/hdd
 ```
diff --git a/modules/nixos/mnt-merged.nix b/modules/nixos/mnt-merged.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3155c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/nixos/mnt-merged.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, settings, ... }:
+
+{
+  services.rpcbind.enable = true; # needed for NFS
+  systemd.mounts = [{
+    type = "nfs";
+    mountConfig = {
+      Options = "noatime";
+    };
+    what = "10.0.0.5:/mnt/merged";
+    where = "/mnt/merged";
+  }];
+
+  systemd.automounts = [{
+    wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+    automountConfig = {
+      TimeoutIdleSec = "600";
+    };
+    where = "/mnt/merged";
+  }];
+}
diff --git a/profiles/desktop.nix b/profiles/desktop.nix
index c657005..354a5da 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop.nix
+++ b/profiles/desktop.nix
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
     ../modules/nixos/management.nix
     ../modules/nixos/desktop.nix
     ../modules/nixos/docker.nix
+    ../modules/nixos/mnt-merged.nix
   ];
 }