diff --git a/vms/home-assistant/default.nix b/vms/home-assistant/default.nix
index ef3ad3b..17ad40c 100644
--- a/vms/home-assistant/default.nix
+++ b/vms/home-assistant/default.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,39 @@
 {
   services.home-assistant = {
     enable = true;
-    configDir = "/var/lib/microvms/home-assistant";
+    configDir = "/var/lib/hass";
+
     # disables config generation, i don't wanna configure home assistant
     # through nix at the moment
     config = null;
+
+    extraComponents = [
+      "esphome"
+      "met"
+      "radio_browser"
+    ];
+
+    extraPackages = python3Packages: with python3Packages; [
+      getmac
+    ];
+  };
+
+  systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+    # configures the config directory to be mounted
+    # correclty with the right permissions
+    "z /var/lib/hass 0755 hass hass -"
+    "z /var/lib/hass/lost+found 0755 hass hass -"
+  ];
+
+  networking = {
+    nftables.enable = true;
+
+    firewall = {
+      enable = true;
+      allowedTCPPorts = [
+        8123
+      ];
+    };
   };
 
   users.users.nixos = {