diff --git a/common/tooling/nix.nix b/common/tooling/nix.nix
index 5964d4b..d48776d 100644
--- a/common/tooling/nix.nix
+++ b/common/tooling/nix.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
       "pipe-operator"
     ];
     warn-dirty = false;
-    allowed-users = [ "@wheel" ];
+    allowed-users = [ "@wheel" "grimmauld" ];
   };
 
   programs.nh = {
diff --git a/hardening/systemd/default.nix b/hardening/systemd/default.nix
index c6400cc..04f716f 100644
--- a/hardening/systemd/default.nix
+++ b/hardening/systemd/default.nix
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ in
     ./wpa_supplicant.nix
     ./auditd.nix
     ./acpid.nix
-    ./cups.nix
+    # ./cups.nix
     ./bluetooth.nix
     ./tty.nix
     ./ask-password.nix
+    ./nix-daemon.nix
 
     ./global
   ];
diff --git a/hardening/systemd/nix-daemon.nix b/hardening/systemd/nix-daemon.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a576e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hardening/systemd/nix-daemon.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  config.systemd.services = lib.mkIf (config.specialisation != { }) {
+    nix-daemon.serviceConfig = {
+      MemoryDenyWriteExecute = true;
+      NoNewPrivileges = true;
+      SystemCallArchitectures = "native";
+      RestrictSUIDSGID = true; # good, somehow???
+
+      RestrictAddressFamilies = "AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6"; # needed to download sources and caches
+      RestrictNamespaces = "user net uts mnt ipc pid"; # namespaces needed for sandboxing
+      SystemCallFilter = "@system-service @cpu-emulation @mount @privileged";
+
+      LockPersonality = true;
+      ProtectControlGroups = true;
+      ProtectKernelModules = true; # todo: does kvm need a modprobe here?
+      PrivateMounts = true;
+      ProtectProc = "invisible";
+      ProtectClock = true;
+
+      # file system
+      PrivateTmp = true;
+      ProtectSystem = "strict";
+      ReadWritePaths = "/nix";
+
+      # Scheduling: only do as much as resources are available
+      LimitNICE = 1;
+      Nice = 19;
+      RestrictRealtime = true;
+
+      # devices
+      DevicePolicy = "closed"; # allow pseudo-devices like /dev/null, but no real devices
+      DeviceAllow = "/dev/kvm"; # kvm is needed for VM tests
+
+      CapabilityBoundingSet = [
+        "CAP_FOWNER CAP_CHOWN CAP_SETUID CAP_SETGID CAP_SYS_ADMIN CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE"
+     ];
+
+      # ProtectKernelLogs=true; # BAD
+      # ProtectKernelTunables = true; # BAD
+      # PrivateUsers=true; BAD
+      # ProtectHome = "read-only"; # BAD
+      # ProtectHostname = true; # BAD!
+      # PrivateNetwork = true; # BAD!
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/specific/grimm-nixos-ssd/hardware-configuration.nix b/specific/grimm-nixos-ssd/hardware-configuration.nix
index e264163..a4a57bb 100644
--- a/specific/grimm-nixos-ssd/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/specific/grimm-nixos-ssd/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ in
     "mac80211"
     "bluetooth"
     "cfg80211"
-  ]; # "kvm-intel"
+    "kvm-intel"
+  ];
   boot.extraModprobeConfig = "options iwlwifi disable_11ax=Y";
   boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems = [ "aarch64-linux" ];