diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19ed1549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+
+.smb_credentials
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hosts/msi-rtx4090/cifs-mount.nix b/hosts/msi-rtx4090/cifs-mount.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9078648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/msi-rtx4090/cifs-mount.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  # mount a smb/cifs share
+  fileSystems."/home/ryan/SMB-Downloads" = {
+      device = "//192.168.5.194/Downloads";
+      fsType = "cifs";
+      options = ["vers=3.0,uid=1000,gid=100,dir_mode=0755,file_mode=0755,mfsymlinks,credentials=/etc/nixos/.smb_credentials,nofail"];
+  };
+}
+
+
diff --git a/hosts/msi-rtx4090/default.nix b/hosts/msi-rtx4090/default.nix
index 1955c2a6..69fbcd87 100644
--- a/hosts/msi-rtx4090/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/msi-rtx4090/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 {
   imports =
     [
+      ./cifs-mount.nix
       ../../modules/system.nix
       ../../modules/hyprland.nix
       ../../modules/fcitx5
diff --git a/modules/system.nix b/modules/system.nix
index ecd5359d..78761b70 100644
--- a/modules/system.nix
+++ b/modules/system.nix
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
     p7zip
     xz
     zstd
+    cifs-utils  # for mounting windows shares
 
     (python3.withPackages(ps: with ps; [
       ipython