diff --git a/hosts/default.nix b/hosts/default.nix
index 69592f6..1bd768a 100644
--- a/hosts/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ in
       };
     };
 
+    environment.sessionVariables = {
+      SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE = "/persist/secrets/age.txt";
+    };
+
     programs = {
       appimage.binfmt = true;
       direnv = {
@@ -96,6 +100,8 @@ in
       settings.KbdInteractiveAuthentication = false;
     };
 
+    sops.age.keyFile = "/persist/secrets/age.txt";
+
     environment.etc.hosts.mode = "0644";
     nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
   };