diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 4d354fe7..fccc0ebf 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -22,59 +22,67 @@
 
   }; # end inputs
   outputs = { self, nixpkgs, nix-darwin, home-manager, nix-homebrew, ... }: {
-    nixosConfigurations.rainbow-planet = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
-      system = "x86_64-linux";
-      modules = [
-        ./modules/nixos/configuration.nix
-        home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
-        {
-          home-manager = {
-            useGlobalPkgs = true;
-            useUserPackages = true;
-            users."gene".imports = [
-              ./modules/home-manager
-              ./modules/nixos/dconf.nix
-            ];
-          };
-        }
-      ];
+    nixosConfigurations = let
+      user = "gene";
+    in {
+      rainbow-planet = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+        system = "x86_64-linux";
+        modules = [
+          ./modules/nixos/configuration.nix
+          home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
+          {
+            home-manager = {
+              useGlobalPkgs = true;
+              useUserPackages = true;
+              users.${user}.imports = [
+                ./modules/home-manager
+                ./modules/nixos/dconf.nix
+              ];
+            };
+          }
+        ];
+      }; # end rainbow-planet
     }; # end nixosConfigurations
 
     # This is only set to work with x86 macOS right now... that will need to be updated
-    darwinConfigurations.Blue-Rock = nix-darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
-      system = "x86_64-darwin";
-      pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+    darwinConfigurations = let
+      user = "gene.liverman";
+    in {
+      Blue-Rock = nix-darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
         system = "x86_64-darwin";
-        config.allowUnfree = true;
-      };
-      modules = [
-        nix-homebrew.darwinModules.nix-homebrew
-        {
-          nix-homebrew = {
-            # Install Homebrew under the default prefix
-            enable = true;
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          system = "x86_64-darwin";
+          config.allowUnfree = true;
+        };
+        modules = [
+          nix-homebrew.darwinModules.nix-homebrew
+          {
+            nix-homebrew = {
+              # Install Homebrew under the default prefix
+              enable = true;
 
-            # User owning the Homebrew prefix
-            user = "gene.liverman";
+              # User owning the Homebrew prefix
+              user = "${user}";
 
-            # Automatically migrate existing Homebrew installations
-            autoMigrate = true;
-          };
-        }
+              # Automatically migrate existing Homebrew installations
+              autoMigrate = true;
+            };
+          }
 
-        ./modules/darwin
+          ./modules/darwin
 
-        home-manager.darwinModules.home-manager
-        {
-          home-manager = {
-            useGlobalPkgs = true;
-            useUserPackages = true;
-            users."gene.liverman".imports = [
-              ./modules/home-manager
-            ];
-          };
-        }
-      ]; # end modules
-    }; # end of darwinConfigurations.Blue-Rock
+          home-manager.darwinModules.home-manager
+          {
+            home-manager = {
+              useGlobalPkgs = true;
+              useUserPackages = true;
+              users.${user}.imports = [
+                ./modules/home-manager
+              ];
+            };
+          }
+        ]; # end modules
+      }; # end Blue-Rock
+    }; # end darwinConfigurations
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/darwin/default.nix b/modules/darwin/default.nix
index 7e7f24be..fc6a1e59 100644
--- a/modules/darwin/default.nix
+++ b/modules/darwin/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }: {
+{ pkgs, ... }: let
+  user = "gene.liverman";
+in {
   system.stateVersion = 4;
 
   environment = {
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@
         "flakes"
         "nix-command"
       ];
+      trusted-users = [ "@admin" "${user}" ];
     };
     extraOptions = ''
       # Generated by https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer, version 0.11.0.
@@ -121,8 +124,8 @@
 
   services.nix-daemon.enable = true;
 
-  users.users."gene.liverman" = {
-    home = "/Users/gene.liverman";
+  users.users.${user} = {
+    home = "/Users/${user}";
     shell = pkgs.zsh;
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/nixos/configuration.nix b/modules/nixos/configuration.nix
index aca022ca..b6a491ef 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/configuration.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/configuration.nix
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 # your system.  Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
 # and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).
 
-{ config, pkgs, ... }:
-
-{
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:let
+  user = "gene";
+  hostname = "rainbow-planet";
+in {
   imports =
     [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
       ./hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
   boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
 
-  networking.hostName = "rainbow-planet"; # Define your hostname.
+  networking.hostName = "${hostname}"; # Define your hostname.
   # networking.wireless.enable = true;  # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
 
   # Configure network proxy if necessary
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
   # services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;
 
   # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
-  users.users.gene = {
+  users.users.${user} = {
     isNormalUser = true;
     description = "Gene Liverman";
     extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "dialout" ];
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@
     enable = true;
     # Certain features, including CLI integration and system authentication support,
     # require enabling PolKit integration on some desktop environments (e.g. Plasma).
-    polkitPolicyOwners = [ "gene" ];
+    polkitPolicyOwners = [ "${user}" ];
   };
   # List services that you want to enable:
 
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@
   # (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
   system.stateVersion = "23.05"; # Did you read the comment?
 
-  nix.settings.allowed-users = [ "gene" ];
+  nix.settings.allowed-users = [ "${user}" ];
   nix.settings.experimental-features = [
     "flakes"
     "nix-command"