diff --git a/hosts/skipper/persistence/persistence.nix b/hosts/skipper/persistence/persistence.nix
index eedf5c5..dbadb6a 100644
--- a/hosts/skipper/persistence/persistence.nix
+++ b/hosts/skipper/persistence/persistence.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,35 @@
-_: {
-  environment.persistence."/persist/system" = {
-    hideMounts = true;
-    directories = [
-      "/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections"
-      "/etc/systemd/nspawn"
-      "/root/.local/share/nix"
-      "/var/cache/fwupd"
-      "/var/lib/bluetooth"
-      "/var/lib/btrfs"
-      "/var/lib/fwupd"
-      "/var/lib/iwd"
-      "/var/lib/libvirt"
-      "/var/lib/machines"
-      "/var/lib/NetworkManager"
-      "/var/lib/nixos"
-      "/var/lib/portables"
-      "/var/lib/systemd"
-      "/var/log"
-    ];
-    files = [
-      "/etc/machine-id"
-    ];
+_:
+let
+  persistant-path = "/persist/system";
+in
+{
+  environment = {
+    etc = {
+      "machine-id" = {
+        enable = true;
+        source = "${persistant-path}/machine-id";
+        mode = "symlink";
+      };
+    };
+    persistence."${persistant-path}" = {
+      hideMounts = true;
+      directories = [
+        "/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections"
+        "/etc/systemd/nspawn"
+        "/root/.local/share/nix"
+        "/var/cache/fwupd"
+        "/var/lib/bluetooth"
+        "/var/lib/btrfs"
+        "/var/lib/fwupd"
+        "/var/lib/iwd"
+        "/var/lib/libvirt"
+        "/var/lib/machines"
+        "/var/lib/NetworkManager"
+        "/var/lib/nixos"
+        "/var/lib/portables"
+        "/var/lib/systemd"
+        "/var/log"
+      ];
+    };
   };
 }