diff --git a/modules/base.nix b/modules/base.nix
index ce9f69e2..f2f21bb0 100644
--- a/modules/base.nix
+++ b/modules/base.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-{
-  config,
-  lib,
-  username,
-  ...
-}: {
+{username, ...}: {
+  users.users.${username} = {
+    openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
+      "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIDiipi59EnVbi6bK1bGrcbfEM263wgdNfbrt6VBC1rHx ryan@ai-idols"
+      "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAII7PTkP3ixXTZlrJNSHnXgkmHNT+QslFi9wNYXOpVwGB ryan@harmonica"
+    ];
+  };
+
   nix.settings = {
     # enable flakes globally
     experimental-features = ["nix-command" "flakes"];
diff --git a/modules/nixos/base/user-group.nix b/modules/nixos/base/user-group.nix
index 76f76375..dc79edc8 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/base/user-group.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/base/user-group.nix
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@
       "adbusers"
       "libvirtd"
     ];
-    openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
-      "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIDiipi59EnVbi6bK1bGrcbfEM263wgdNfbrt6VBC1rHx ryan@ai-idols"
-      "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAII7PTkP3ixXTZlrJNSHnXgkmHNT+QslFi9wNYXOpVwGB ryan@harmonica"
-    ];
+
   };
   users.users.root = {
     initialHashedPassword = "$7$CU..../....X6uvZYnFD.i1CqqFFNl4./$4vgqzIPyw5XBr0aCDFbY/UIRRJr7h5SMGoQ/ZvX3FP2";