diff --git a/nixos/ringtail/configuration.nix b/nixos/ringtail/configuration.nix
index afeda8b..470b843 100644
--- a/nixos/ringtail/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/ringtail/configuration.nix
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@
       grim # screenshots
       slurp # region selection
     ];
-    extraConfig = ''
-      set $term wezterm
-      bindsym $mod+Return exec $term
-    '';
   };
   security.polkit.enable = true;
   security.sudo.wheelNeedsPassword = false;
@@ -126,6 +122,21 @@
     ripgrep
   ];
 
+  # Home Manager (minimal — chezmoi owns dotfiles, this is ringtail-specific)
+  home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+  home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+  home-manager.users.eblume = {
+    home.stateVersion = "25.11";
+
+    wayland.windowManager.sway = {
+      enable = true;
+      config = {
+        terminal = "wezterm";
+        modifier = "Mod4";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
   # Enable nix flakes
   nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/ringtail/flake.nix b/nixos/ringtail/flake.nix
index 8bfac2f..70a1d73 100644
--- a/nixos/ringtail/flake.nix
+++ b/nixos/ringtail/flake.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  description = "NixOS configuration for ringtail (gaming/compute workstation)";
+  description = "NixOS configuration for ringtail (service host & gaming PC)";
 
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11";
@@ -7,13 +7,18 @@
       url = "github:nix-community/disko";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
+    home-manager = {
+      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-25.11";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
   };
 
-  outputs = { nixpkgs, disko, ... }: {
+  outputs = { nixpkgs, disko, home-manager, ... }: {
     nixosConfigurations.ringtail = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
       system = "x86_64-linux";
       modules = [
         disko.nixosModules.disko
+        home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
         ./disk-config.nix
         ./hardware-configuration.nix
         ./configuration.nix