diff --git a/hosts/common/system/configs/impermanence/default.nix b/hosts/common/system/configs/impermanence/default.nix
index f24f7d0..c870d34 100644
--- a/hosts/common/system/configs/impermanence/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/system/configs/impermanence/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@
       };
     };
 
-  fileSystems."/persist".neededForBoot = true;
+  fileSystems = {
+    "/persist".neededForBoot = true;
+    "/cache".neededForBoot = true;
+  };
 
   environment.persistence."/persist" = {
     hideMounts = true;
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/android/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/android/default.nix
index 82a40f5..9ae35ec 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/android/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/android/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 }:
 { config, pkgs, ... }:
 let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
   hmConfig = config.home-manager.users.${username};
 in
 {
@@ -20,11 +19,10 @@ in
 
   users.users.${username}.extraGroups = [ "adbusers" ];
 
-  home-manager.users.${username}.home = {
-    sessionVariables.ANDROID_USER_HOME = "${hmConfig.xdg.dataHome}/android";
-    persistence."/persist${userConfig.home}".files = [
-      "${hmConfig.xdg.dataHome}/android/adbkey"
-      "${hmConfig.xdg.dataHome}/android/adbkey.pub"
-    ];
-  };
+  environment.persistence."/persist".users.${username}.files = [
+    "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeDataHome}/android/adbkey"
+    "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeDataHome}/android/adbkey.pub"
+  ];
+
+  home-manager.users.${username}.home.sessionVariables.ANDROID_USER_HOME = "${hmConfig.xdg.dataHome}/android";
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/docker/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/docker/default.nix
index 6787a1b..429fa1e 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/docker/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/docker/default.nix
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
     };
   };
 
-  # This is not set though home-manager because we need to hide the mount
-  # otherwise docker complains with the following error:
-  # dockerd-rootless: failed to start daemon: error initializing graphdriver: prerequisites for driver not satisfied (wrong filesystem?): btrfs
   environment.persistence."/persist".users.${username}.directories = [ ".local/share/docker" ];
 
   home-manager.users.${username}.home.packages = with pkgs; [ docker-compose ];
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/impermanence/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/impermanence/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ce9fbaa..0000000
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/impermanence/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{
-  username ? throw "username argument is required",
-}:
-{
-  config,
-  inputs,
-  lib,
-  ...
-}:
-let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
-in
-{
-  programs.fuse.userAllowOther = true;
-
-  systemd.tmpfiles.rules = ([
-    "d /persist/home 0755 root root -"
-    "d /cache/home 0755 root root -"
-    "d /persist${userConfig.home} 0700 ${username} users -"
-    "d /cache${userConfig.home} 0700 ${username} users -"
-  ]);
-
-  home-manager.users.${username} = {
-    imports = [ inputs.impermanence.nixosModules.home-manager.impermanence ];
-
-    home.persistence = {
-      "/persist${userConfig.home}".allowOther = true;
-      "/cache${userConfig.home}".allowOther = true;
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/sops/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/sops/default.nix
index d7fb029..e07ad7c 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/sops/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/sops/default.nix
@@ -12,14 +12,12 @@ let
   sopsKeyPath = ".config/sops-nix/key.txt";
 in
 {
+  environment.persistence."/persist".users.${username}.files = [ sopsKeyPath ];
+
   home-manager.users.${username} = {
     imports = [ inputs.sops-nix.homeManagerModules.sops ];
 
     sops.age.keyFile = "${userConfig.home}/${sopsKeyPath}";
-
-    home = {
-      persistence."/persist${userConfig.home}".files = [ sopsKeyPath ];
-      sessionVariables.SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE = "${userConfig.home}/${sopsKeyPath}";
-    };
+    home.sessionVariables.SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE = "${userConfig.home}/${sopsKeyPath}";
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/syncthing/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/syncthing/default.nix
index 3144a00..3fb7166 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/syncthing/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/syncthing/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
 {
   username ? throw "username argument is required",
 }:
-{
-  config,
-  inputs,
-  lib,
-  pkgs,
-  ...
-}:
-let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
-  hmConfig = config.home-manager.users.${username};
-in
+{ config, ... }:
 {
   networking.firewall = {
     allowedTCPPorts = [ 22000 ];
@@ -50,25 +40,6 @@ in
       };
     };
 
-    systemd.user.services.syncthing.Unit.After =
-      let
-        inherit (pkgs.callPackage "${inputs.impermanence}/lib.nix" { }) mkServiceName parentsOf;
-        removeHomePrefix =
-          path: lib.strings.removePrefix "~/" (lib.strings.removePrefix "${userConfig.home}/" path);
-        syncthingFolders = builtins.map (folder: removeHomePrefix folder.path) (
-          builtins.attrValues hmConfig.services.syncthing.settings.folders
-        );
-      in
-      lib.lists.flatten (
-        builtins.map (
-          persistence:
-          builtins.map (folder: "${mkServiceName persistence.persistentStoragePath folder}.service") (
-            builtins.filter (folder: builtins.elem folder persistence.directories) (
-              lib.lists.unique (lib.lists.flatten (builtins.map parentsOf syncthingFolders))
-            )
-          )
-        ) (builtins.attrValues hmConfig.home.persistence)
-      )
-      ++ [ "sops-nix.service" ];
+    systemd.user.services.syncthing.Unit.After = [ "sops-nix.service" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/xdg/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/xdg/default.nix
index f21ea11..9ab79e5 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/xdg/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/xdg/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
 {
   username ? throw "username argument is required",
 }:
-{
-  config,
-  lib,
-  pkgs,
-  ...
-}:
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
 let
   userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
   hmConfig = config.home-manager.users.${username};
 in
 {
+  environment.persistence."/persist".users.${username}.directories = with hmConfig.xdg.userDirs; [
+    relativeDesktop
+    relativeDocuments
+    relativeDownload
+    relativeMusic
+    relativePictures
+    relativeTemplates
+    relativeVideos
+    "VMs"
+    "git"
+  ];
+
   home-manager.users.${username} = {
     imports = [ ./options.nix ];
 
@@ -33,19 +40,6 @@ in
       };
     };
 
-    home = {
-      packages = with pkgs; [ xdg-utils ];
-      persistence."/persist${userConfig.home}".directories = with hmConfig.xdg.userDirs; [
-        relativeDesktop
-        relativeDocuments
-        relativeDownload
-        relativeMusic
-        relativePictures
-        relativeTemplates
-        relativeVideos
-        "VMs"
-        "git"
-      ];
-    };
+    home.packages = with pkgs; [ xdg-utils ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/zsh/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/zsh/default.nix
index 8fc96f6..0d3e699 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/zsh/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/zsh/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 }:
 { config, ... }:
 let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
   hmConfig = config.home-manager.users.${username};
 in
 {
-  environment.sessionVariables.ZDOTDIR = "$HOME/.config/zsh";
+  environment = {
+    sessionVariables.ZDOTDIR = "$HOME/.config/zsh";
+    persistence."/persist".users.${username}.directories = [ "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeDataHome}/zsh" ];
+  };
 
   home-manager.users.${username} = {
     programs.zsh = {
@@ -23,9 +25,6 @@ in
       syntaxHighlighting.enable = true;
     };
 
-    home = {
-      file.".zshenv".enable = false;
-      persistence."/persist${userConfig.home}".directories = [ "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeDataHome}/zsh" ];
-    };
+    home.file.".zshenv".enable = false;
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/chromium/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/chromium/default.nix
index 293158d..e7e476d 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/chromium/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/chromium/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 {
   username ? throw "username argument is required",
 }:
-{
-  config,
-  lib,
-  pkgs,
-  ...
-}:
-let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
-in
+{ ... }:
 {
   programs.chromium = {
     enable = true;
@@ -26,6 +18,11 @@ in
     };
   };
 
+  environment.persistence = {
+    "/persist".users.${username}.directories = [ ".config/chromium" ];
+    "/cache".users.${username}.directories = [ ".cache/chromium" ];
+  };
+
   home-manager.users.${username} = {
     programs.chromium = {
       enable = true;
@@ -42,10 +39,5 @@ in
         "fpnmgdkabkmnadcjpehmlllkndpkmiak" # Wayback Machine
       ];
     };
-
-    home.persistence = {
-      "/persist${userConfig.home}".directories = [ ".config/chromium" ];
-      "/cache${userConfig.home}".directories = [ ".cache/chromium" ];
-    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/cliphist/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/cliphist/default.nix
index ad04973..02ba7ee 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/cliphist/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/cliphist/default.nix
@@ -8,20 +8,18 @@
   ...
 }:
 let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
   hmConfig = config.home-manager.users.${username};
 in
 {
+  environment.persistence."/cache".users.${username}.directories = [
+    "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeCacheHome}/cliphist"
+  ];
+
   home-manager.users.${username} = {
-    home = {
-      packages = with pkgs; [
-        wl-clipboard
-        cliphist
-      ];
-      persistence."/cache${userConfig.home}".directories = [
-        "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeCacheHome}/cliphist"
-      ];
-    };
+    home.packages = with pkgs; [
+      wl-clipboard
+      cliphist
+    ];
 
     systemd.user.services = {
       cliphist = {
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/firefox/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/firefox/default.nix
index f55988a..247d2c7 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/firefox/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/firefox/default.nix
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
   pkgs,
   ...
 }:
-let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
-in
 {
+  environment.persistence = {
+    "/persist".users.${username}.directories = [ ".mozilla" ];
+    "/cache".users.${username}.directories = [ ".cache/mozilla" ];
+  };
+
   home-manager.users.${username} = {
     programs.firefox = {
       enable = true;
@@ -99,10 +101,5 @@ in
     home.sessionVariables.DEFAULT_BROWSER = lib.meta.getExe pkgs.firefox;
 
     wayland.windowManager.hyprland.settings.bind = [ "$mod, b, exec, ${lib.meta.getExe pkgs.firefox}" ];
-
-    home.persistence = {
-      "/persist${userConfig.home}".directories = [ ".mozilla" ];
-      "/cache${userConfig.home}".directories = [ ".cache/mozilla" ];
-    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/kitty/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/kitty/default.nix
index abb684b..a40c230 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/kitty/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/kitty/default.nix
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
   ...
 }:
 let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
   hmConfig = config.home-manager.users.${username};
 in
 {
+  environment.persistence."/cache".users.${username}.directories = [
+    "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeCacheHome}/kitty"
+  ];
+
   home-manager.users.${username} = {
     programs.kitty = {
       enable = true;
@@ -41,9 +44,5 @@ in
         )
       } &";
     };
-
-    home.persistence."/cache${userConfig.home}".directories = [
-      "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeCacheHome}/kitty"
-    ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/obsidian/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/obsidian/default.nix
index bb3fb97..7591e5c 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/obsidian/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/obsidian/default.nix
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
   ...
 }:
 let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
   hmConfig = config.home-manager.users.${username};
 in
 {
+  environment.persistence."/cache".users.${username}.directories = [
+    "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeConfigHome}/obsidian"
+  ];
+
   home-manager.users.${username} = {
     imports = [ ./options.nix ];
 
@@ -712,7 +715,5 @@ in
     sops.secrets."google/geocoding" = { };
 
     wayland.windowManager.hyprland.settings.bind = [ "$mod, o, exec, ${pkgs.obsidian}/bin/obsidian" ];
-
-    home.persistence."/cache${userConfig.home}".directories = [ ".config/obsidian" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/qalculate/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/qalculate/default.nix
index c245a99..1da6086 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/qalculate/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/qalculate/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
   ...
 }:
 let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
   hmConfig = config.home-manager.users.${username};
 in
 {
@@ -20,13 +19,12 @@ in
     })
   ];
 
+  environment.persistence."/cache".users.${username}.files = [
+    "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeConfigHome}/qalculate/qalculate-gtk.history"
+  ];
+
   home-manager.users.${username} = {
-    home = {
-      packages = with pkgs; [ qalculate-gtk ];
-      persistence."/cache${userConfig.home}".files = [
-        "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeConfigHome}/qalculate/qalculate-gtk.history"
-      ];
-    };
+    home.packages = with pkgs; [ qalculate-gtk ];
 
     xdg.configFile."qalculate/qalculate-gtk.cfg".source =
       (pkgs.formats.ini { }).generate "qalculate-gtk.cfg"
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/rofi/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/rofi/default.nix
index 869520f..3f9c1ee 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/rofi/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/rofi/default.nix
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
   ...
 }:
 let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
   hmConfig = config.home-manager.users.${username};
 in
 {
+  environment.persistence."/cache".users.${username}.directories = [
+    "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeCacheHome}/rofi"
+  ];
+
   home-manager.users.${username} = {
     programs.rofi = {
       enable = true;
@@ -19,10 +22,6 @@ in
       font = builtins.head hmConfig.theme.font.monospace.names;
     };
 
-    home.persistence."/cache${userConfig.home}".directories = [
-      "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeCacheHome}/rofi"
-    ];
-
     wayland.windowManager.hyprland.settings.bind = [
       "$mod, r, exec, ${lib.meta.getExe pkgs.rofi-wayland} -cache-dir ${hmConfig.xdg.cacheHome}/rofi -show drun"
     ];
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/default.nix
index 125392e..f9efee5 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/spicetify/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
   ...
 }:
 let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
   hmConfig = config.home-manager.users.${username};
 in
 {
@@ -17,6 +16,11 @@ in
     allowedUDPPorts = [ 5353 ];
   };
 
+  environment.persistence = {
+    "/persist".users.${username}.directories = [ "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeConfigHome}/spotify" ];
+    "/cache".users.${username}.directories = [ "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeCacheHome}/spotify" ];
+  };
+
   home-manager.users.${username} = {
     imports = [ inputs.spicetify-nix.homeManagerModules.default ];
 
@@ -57,10 +61,5 @@ in
       };
 
     theme.templates."${hmConfig.xdg.configHome}/spotify/colors.css".source = ./colors.css;
-
-    home.persistence = {
-      "/persist${userConfig.home}".directories = [ "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeConfigHome}/spotify" ];
-      "/cache${userConfig.home}".directories = [ "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeCacheHome}/spotify" ];
-    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/swww/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/swww/default.nix
index bbf2d58..cda4c74 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/swww/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/swww/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
   ...
 }:
 let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
   hmConfig = config.home-manager.users.${username};
   themeSwww = lib.meta.getExe (
     pkgs.writeShellApplication {
@@ -22,11 +21,12 @@ let
   );
 in
 {
+  environment.persistence."/cache".users.${username}.directories = [
+    "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeCacheHome}/swww"
+  ];
+
   home-manager.users.${username} = {
-    home = {
-      packages = with pkgs; [ swww ];
-      persistence."/cache${userConfig.home}".directories = [ "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeCacheHome}/swww" ];
-    };
+    home.packages = with pkgs; [ swww ];
 
     systemd.user.services.swww = {
       Unit = {
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/theme/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/theme/default.nix
index 2627bc2..0eb8fbf 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/theme/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/theme/default.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@
   ...
 }:
 let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
   hmConfig = config.home-manager.users.${username};
   themeBin = lib.meta.getExe hmConfig.theme.pkg;
 in
 {
+  environment.persistence."/persist".users.${username}.directories = [
+    "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeConfigHome}/theme"
+  ];
+
   home-manager.users.${username} = {
     imports = [ ./options.nix ];
 
@@ -23,9 +26,5 @@ in
       "Ctrl_Alt, r, exec, ${themeBin}"
       "Ctrl_Alt, t, exec, ${themeBin} toggle"
     ];
-
-    home.persistence."/persist${userConfig.home}".directories = [
-      "${hmConfig.xdg.relativeConfigHome}/theme"
-    ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/default.nix
index 80df15d..f77608e 100644
--- a/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/gui/vscode/default.nix
@@ -3,16 +3,32 @@
 }:
 {
   config,
-  inputs,
   lib,
   pkgs,
   ...
 }:
 let
-  userConfig = config.users.users.${username};
   hmConfig = config.home-manager.users.${username};
 in
 {
+  environment.persistence = {
+    "/persist".users.${username}.directories = [ ".config/Code" ];
+    # Bastard: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/3884
+    "/cache".users.${username}.directories = [
+      ".config/Code/Cache"
+      ".config/Code/CachedConfigurations"
+      ".config/Code/CachedData"
+      ".config/Code/CachedExtensionVSIXs"
+      ".config/Code/CachedExtensions"
+      ".config/Code/CachedProfilesData"
+      ".config/Code/Code Cache"
+      ".config/Code/DawnCache"
+      ".config/Code/GPUCache"
+      ".config/Code/Service Worker/CacheStorage"
+      ".config/Code/Service Worker/ScriptCache"
+    ];
+  };
+
   home-manager.users.${username} = {
     programs.vscode = {
       enable = true;
@@ -81,23 +97,5 @@ in
     };
 
     imports = [ ./langs/nix.nix ];
-
-    home.persistence = {
-      "/persist${userConfig.home}".directories = [ ".config/Code" ];
-      # Bastard: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/3884
-      "/cache${userConfig.home}".directories = [
-        ".config/Code/Cache"
-        ".config/Code/CachedConfigurations"
-        ".config/Code/CachedData"
-        ".config/Code/CachedExtensionVSIXs"
-        ".config/Code/CachedExtensions"
-        ".config/Code/CachedProfilesData"
-        ".config/Code/Code Cache"
-        ".config/Code/DawnCache"
-        ".config/Code/GPUCache"
-        ".config/Code/Service Worker/CacheStorage"
-        ".config/Code/Service Worker/ScriptCache"
-      ];
-    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/eirene/nick.nix b/hosts/eirene/nick.nix
index 4f6d28c..e0ea5cc 100644
--- a/hosts/eirene/nick.nix
+++ b/hosts/eirene/nick.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ in
     (import ../common/user/configs/console/gpg-agent { inherit username; })
     (import ../common/user/configs/console/home-manager { inherit username; })
     (import ../common/user/configs/console/imagemagick { inherit username; })
-    (import ../common/user/configs/console/impermanence { inherit username; })
     (import ../common/user/configs/console/neovim { inherit username; })
     (import ../common/user/configs/console/nixpkgs { inherit username; })
     (import ../common/user/configs/console/pipewire { inherit username; })