diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 2c61e48..09ba95c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # the build is fully handled by the reusable github action
       - name: Build Custom Image
-        uses: blue-build/github-action@v1.10
+        uses: blue-build/github-action@v1.8
         with:
           recipe: ${{ matrix.recipe }}
           cosign_private_key: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_SECRET }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8703795..8199d78 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 cosign.key
 cosign.private
 /Containerfile
+/.bluebuild-scripts_*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 351f8a0..315f19f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,43 +1,37 @@
-# randofin-os   [![bluebuild build badge](https://github.com/randogoth/randofin-os/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/randogoth/randofin-os/actions/workflows/build.yml)
+# Deinonyxus   [![bluebuild build badge](https://github.com/randogoth/deinonyxus/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/randogoth/deinonyxus/actions/workflows/build.yml)
 
-See the [BlueBuild docs](https://blue-build.org/how-to/setup/) for quick setup instructions for setting up your own repository based on this template.
+*Deinonyxus* is a personal spin of the UBlue Bluefin DX image with the 🍦[Lix](https://lix.systems/) flavored Nix package manager baked in.
 
-After setup, it is recommended you update this README to describe your custom image.
+## What’s inside
+- Base: `ghcr.io/ublue-os/bluefin-dx:latest` without Cockpit, Docker, Firefox, VS Code
+- System packages added: `syncthing`, `uv`, `vscodium`, `waydroid`;
+- System flatpaks added: Telegram Desktop, Waterfox browser
 
-## Installation
+## Just Recipes
+- `upgrade-nix`: upgrades to the latest version of Lix via the user profile. Replaces `nix upgrade-nix` which does not work with an immutable lowerdir `/nix/store` folder
+- `install-nix-software-center`: installs a graphical app store for Nix packages
 
-> [!WARNING]  
-> [This is an experimental feature](https://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/OstreeNativeContainerStable), try at your own discretion.
-
-To rebase an existing atomic Fedora installation to the latest build:
-
-- First rebase to the unsigned image, to get the proper signing keys and policies installed:
-  ```
-  rpm-ostree rebase ostree-unverified-registry:ghcr.io/randogoth/randofin-os:latest
-  ```
-- Reboot to complete the rebase:
-  ```
-  systemctl reboot
-  ```
-- Then rebase to the signed image, like so:
-  ```
-  rpm-ostree rebase ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/randogoth/randofin-os:latest
-  ```
-- Reboot again to complete the installation
-  ```
-  systemctl reboot
-  ```
-
-The `latest` tag will automatically point to the latest build. That build will still always use the Fedora version specified in `recipe.yml`, so you won't get accidentally updated to the next major version.
-
-## ISO
-
-If build on Fedora Atomic, you can generate an offline ISO with the instructions available [here](https://blue-build.org/learn/universal-blue/#fresh-install-from-an-iso). These ISOs cannot unfortunately be distributed on GitHub for free due to large sizes, so for public projects something else has to be used for hosting.
-
-## Verification
-
-These images are signed with [Sigstore](https://www.sigstore.dev/)'s [cosign](https://github.com/sigstore/cosign). You can verify the signature by downloading the `cosign.pub` file from this repo and running the following command:
+## Install / Rebase
 
 ```bash
-cosign verify --key cosign.pub ghcr.io/randogoth/randofin-os
+# First pull unsigned to get signing policy
+rpm-ostree rebase ostree-unverified-registry:ghcr.io/randogoth/deinonyxus:latest
+systemctl reboot
+
+# Then move to the signed image
+rpm-ostree rebase ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/randogoth/deinonyxus:latest
+systemctl reboot
+```
+
+The `latest` tag always tracks the latest build for the Fedora base set in `recipes/recipe.yml`.
+
+## Building locally
+```bash
+bluebuild build
+```
+
+## Signature verification
+Images are signed with Sigstore/cosign. Verify with the repo's `cosign.pub`:
+```bash
+cosign verify --key cosign.pub ghcr.io/randogoth/deinonyxus
 ```
diff --git a/files/justfiles/nixpkgs.just b/files/justfiles/nixpkgs.just
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ba6977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/justfiles/nixpkgs.just
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+upgrade-nix:
+    echo 'Installing latest Lix package'
+    nix profile install nixpkgs#lix && nix upgrade-nix
+
+install-nix-software-center:
+    echo 'Installing Nix Software Center'
+    nix profile install github:snowfallorg/nix-software-center
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/scripts/example.sh b/files/scripts/example.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cded87..0000000
--- a/files/scripts/example.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Tell this script to exit if there are any errors.
-# You should have this in every custom script, to ensure that your completed
-# builds actually ran successfully without any errors!
-set -oue pipefail
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/scripts/install-lix.sh b/files/scripts/install-lix.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..08d3cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/scripts/install-lix.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# === INSTALL LIX FROM RPM ===
+
+rpm_url="https://nix-community.github.io/nix-installers/lix/x86_64/lix-multi-user-2.91.1.rpm"
+
+install -d /usr/share/nix-store /var/lib/nix-store /nix /etc/nix
+
+# Avoid systemd calls during RPM %post in the image build environment.
+export SYSTEMD_OFFLINE=1
+
+# Install the RPM; allow missing GPG key since we fetch directly by URL.
+dnf install -y --nogpgcheck "$rpm_url"
+
+
+# === ADD MISSING LIX CACHE ACCESS PUBKEY ===
+
+nix_conf=/etc/nix/nix.conf
+lix_cache_url="https://cache.lix.systems/"
+lix_cache_key="cache.lix.systems:aBnZUw8zA7H35Cz2RyKFVs3H4PlGTLawyY5KRbvJR8o="
+
+ensure_list_value() {
+  local key="$1" value="$2" escaped_value
+  escaped_value=$(printf '%s' "$value" | sed 's/[\\&]/\\&/g')
+
+  touch "$nix_conf"
+
+  if grep -Eq "^${key}[[:space:]]*=.*${escaped_value}" "$nix_conf"; then
+    return
+  fi
+
+  if grep -Eq "^${key}[[:space:]]*=" "$nix_conf"; then
+    sed -i "s|^${key}[[:space:]]*= *\\(.*\\)|${key} = \\1 ${escaped_value}|" "$nix_conf"
+  else
+    echo "${key} = ${value}" >>"$nix_conf"
+  fi
+}
+
+ensure_list_value "substituters" "$lix_cache_url"
+ensure_list_value "trusted-public-keys" "$lix_cache_key"
+
+# === SEED STORE FOR FIRST BOOT (copied into /var on boot) ===
+
+if compgen -G "/nix/*" >/dev/null; then
+  rsync -aH --delete /nix/ /usr/share/nix-store/
+  rm -rf /nix/*
+fi
diff --git a/files/system/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.local b/files/system/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.local
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..541fc38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/system/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.local
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/nix(/.*)?                           system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0
+/var/lib/nix-store(/.*)?             system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0
diff --git a/files/system/etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service.d/selinux.conf b/files/system/etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service.d/selinux.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b14e8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/system/etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service.d/selinux.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[Service]
+# Run the daemon unconfined to avoid SELinux denials on the Nix store binaries.
+SELinuxContext=system_u:system_r:unconfined_service_t:s0
+ExecStart=
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/nix-daemon-wrapper.sh --daemon
diff --git a/files/system/usr/bin/mount-nix.sh b/files/system/usr/bin/mount-nix.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b580557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/system/usr/bin/mount-nix.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Bind-mount /var/lib/nix-store to /nix.
+# If /var/lib/nix-store is empty, seed it from the baked store in /usr/share/nix-store.
+
+mkdir -p /usr/share/nix-store /var/lib/nix-store /nix
+
+copy_seed_store() {
+  if command -v rsync >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    rsync -aH --delete /usr/share/nix-store/ /var/lib/nix-store/
+  else
+    cp -a /usr/share/nix-store/. /var/lib/nix-store/
+  fi
+}
+
+sync_missing_store() {
+  # Ensure any baked store paths exist in /var without clobbering user additions.
+  if command -v rsync >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    rsync -aH --ignore-existing /usr/share/nix-store/store/ /var/lib/nix-store/store/
+  fi
+}
+
+ensure_system_profile() {
+  local seed_profile="/usr/share/nix-store/var/nix/profiles/system"
+  local target_profile="/var/lib/nix-store/var/nix/profiles/system"
+
+  mkdir -p /var/lib/nix-store/var/nix/profiles
+
+  if { [ ! -e "$target_profile" ] || [ -L "$target_profile" ] && [ ! -e "$(readlink -f "$target_profile")" ]; } \
+     && { [ -e "$seed_profile" ] || [ -L "$seed_profile" ]; }; then
+    cp -a "$seed_profile" "$target_profile"
+  fi
+}
+
+if ! mountpoint -q /nix; then
+  if [ -z "$(ls -A /var/lib/nix-store 2>/dev/null)" ] && compgen -G "/usr/share/nix-store/*" >/dev/null; then
+    copy_seed_store
+  fi
+
+  ensure_system_profile
+  sync_missing_store
+
+  mount --bind /var/lib/nix-store /nix
+  # Force an executable SELinux context on the bind mount so systemd can exec nix-daemon.
+  # Use a permissive fallback if the label option is rejected.
+  if ! mount -o remount,bind,exec,context=system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0 /nix 2>/dev/null; then
+    mount -o remount,bind,exec /nix
+  fi
+
+  # Ensure daemon paths exist and labels are sane.
+  if command -v systemd-tmpfiles >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    systemd-tmpfiles --create /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/nix-daemon.conf
+  fi
+  if command -v restorecon >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    restorecon -RF /var/lib/nix-store /nix || true
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/files/system/usr/bin/nix-daemon-wrapper.sh b/files/system/usr/bin/nix-daemon-wrapper.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf2cf58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/system/usr/bin/nix-daemon-wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+exec /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/bin/nix-daemon "$@"
diff --git a/files/system/usr/lib/systemd/system/nix-overlay.service b/files/system/usr/lib/systemd/system/nix-overlay.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0b8c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/system/usr/lib/systemd/system/nix-overlay.service
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Bind-mount /var/lib/nix-store to /nix
+DefaultDependencies=no
+After=local-fs.target
+RequiresMountsFor=/var /var/lib/nix-store
+Before=nix-daemon.service nix-daemon.socket
+ConditionPathExists=/usr/bin/mount-nix.sh
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/mount-nix.sh
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sysinit.target
diff --git a/recipes/recipe.yml b/recipes/recipe.yml
index 933a29d..334c70e 100644
--- a/recipes/recipe.yml
+++ b/recipes/recipe.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=https://schema.blue-build.org/recipe-v1.json
 # image will be published to ghcr.io/<user>/<name>
-name: randofin-os
+name: deinonyxus
 # description will be included in the image's metadata
-description: This is my personal spin based on the latest bluefin image.
+description: Bluefin DX with Nix and sprinkles.
 
 # the base image to build on top of (FROM) and the version tag to use
 base-image: ghcr.io/ublue-os/bluefin-dx
@@ -12,15 +12,45 @@ image-version: latest # latest is also supported if you want new updates ASAP
 # module configuration, executed in order
 # you can include multiple instances of the same module
 modules:
+
+  - type: os-release
+    properties:
+      ID: deinonyxus
+      NAME: Deinonyxus
+      PRETTY_NAME: Deinonyxus (Bluefin DX)
+      DEFAULT_HOSTNAME: deinonyxus
+      HOME_URL: https://codeberg.org/randogoth/deinonyxus
+      SUPPORT_URL: https://codeberg.org/randogoth/deinonyxus/issues
+      BUG_REPORT_URL: https://codeberg.org/randogoth/deinonyxus/issues
+
   - type: files
     files:
       - source: system
         destination: / # copies files/system/* (* means everything inside it) into your image's root folder /
 
+  - type: script
+    scripts:
+      - install-lix.sh
+
+  - type: systemd
+    system:
+      enabled:
+        - nix-overlay.service
+        - nix-daemon.service
+        - nix-daemon.socket
+
   - type: dnf
+    repos:
+      files:
+        add:
+          - https://repo.vscodium.dev/vscodium.repo
     install:
       packages:
+        - repo: vscodium
+          packages:
+          - codium
         - syncthing
+        - uv
         - waydroid
     remove:
       packages:
@@ -39,8 +69,10 @@ modules:
         - docker-ce-rootless-extras
         - docker-compose-plugin
         - docker-model-plugin
-        - containerd
-        - moby-engine
+
+  - type: justfiles
+    include:
+      - nixpkgs.just
 
   - type: default-flatpaks
     configurations:
@@ -49,7 +81,6 @@ modules:
         # If no repo information is specified, Flathub will be used by default
         install: # system flatpaks we want all users to have and not remove
           - net.waterfox.waterfox
-          - com.vscodium.codium
           - org.telegram.desktop
         remove: # replace default Firefox with Waterfox
           - org.mozilla.firefox