diff --git a/nixos/ares/configuration.nix b/nixos/ares/configuration.nix
index 0e06386..b16150e 100644
--- a/nixos/ares/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/ares/configuration.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # your system. Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page, on
 # https://search.nixos.org/options and in the NixOS manual (`nixos-help`).
 
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
 
 {
   imports =
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
 
+  networking.hostName = "ares";
   # networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
   # Pick only one of the below networking options.
   # networking.wireless.enable = true;  # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
@@ -49,7 +50,8 @@
   # Enable the X11 windowing system.
   # services.xserver.enable = true;
 
-
+  # Configure console keymap
+  console.keyMap = "no";
   
 
   # Configure keymap in X11
@@ -83,8 +85,20 @@
     ];
   };
 
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    btop
+    vim
+    tailscale
+    python3
+  ];
+  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+
+  nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
   # programs.firefox.enable = true;
 
+  services.tailscale.enable = true;
+  # Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
+  services.openssh.settings.PermitRootLogin = "no";
   # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
   # $ nix search wget
   # environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
diff --git a/nixos/ares/flake.lock b/nixos/ares/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15639ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/ares/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1747209494,
+        "narHash": "sha256-fLise+ys+bpyjuUUkbwqo5W/UyIELvRz9lPBPoB0fbM=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "5d736263df906c5da72ab0f372427814de2f52f8",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-24.11",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}