diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index b0b4b63..430a6a3 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   rad-dev = rec {
     systems = import ./systems.nix { inherit lib; };
     microvm = import ./microvms.nix { inherit lib; };
+
     # any(), but checks if any value in the list is true
     #
     # args:
diff --git a/modules/opt/k3s-agent.nix b/modules/opt/k3s-agent.nix
index c915eb0..2b635df 100644
--- a/modules/opt/k3s-agent.nix
+++ b/modules/opt/k3s-agent.nix
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-{ ... }: { }
+{ ... }:
+{
+  imports = [ ./k3s-common.nix ];
+  services.k3s.role = "agent";
+}
diff --git a/modules/opt/k3s-common.nix b/modules/opt/k3s-common.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cb17d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/opt/k3s-common.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+
+{
+  services.k3s = {
+    enable = true;
+    extraFlags = "--cluster-cidr 192.168.69.0/24";
+    # tokenFile = #TODO: set this up after building the first node lol
+    # serverAddr =
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/opt/k3s-server.nix b/modules/opt/k3s-server.nix
index c915eb0..3278c1b 100644
--- a/modules/opt/k3s-server.nix
+++ b/modules/opt/k3s-server.nix
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-{ ... }: { }
+{ ... }:
+{
+  imports = [ ./k3s-common.nix ];
+
+  services.k3s.role = "server";
+}
diff --git a/systems/palatine-hill/microvms.nix b/systems/palatine-hill/microvms.nix
index fdcb139..256a598 100644
--- a/systems/palatine-hill/microvms.nix
+++ b/systems/palatine-hill/microvms.nix
@@ -6,22 +6,22 @@
   ...
 }:
 let
-  inherit (lib.rad-dev.microvm) genFromList;
+  inherit (lib.rad-dev.microvm) genK3SFromList;
 in
 
 {
   # rad-dev.microvm-host.enable = true;
-  rad-dev.microvm-host.vms = (
-    genFromList (src + "/modules/opt/k3s-server.nix") (src + "/modules/opt/k3s-agent.nix") [
-      {
-        host = "ph-server-1";
-        ipv4 = "192.168.69.10";
-        server = true;
-      }
-      {
-        host = "ph-agent-1";
-        ipv4 = "192.168.69.30";
-      }
-    ]
-  );
+  rad-dev.microvm-host.vms =
+    genK3SFromList (src + "/modules/opt/k3s-server.nix") (src + "/modules/opt/k3s-agent.nix")
+      [
+        {
+          host = "ph-server-1";
+          ipv4 = "192.168.69.10";
+          server = true;
+        }
+        {
+          host = "ph-agent-1";
+          ipv4 = "192.168.69.30";
+        }
+      ];
 }