diff --git a/modules/cli.nix b/modules/cli.nix
index ee40186..ee5bb1d 100644
--- a/modules/cli.nix
+++ b/modules/cli.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 { config, pkgs, ... }: {
 
-  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ htop ripgrep jq silver-searcher ];
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    htop
+    ripgrep
+    jq
+    unzip
+    silver-searcher
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/modules/system/xdg.nix b/modules/system/xdg.nix
index 7ba65f0..1e13e34 100644
--- a/modules/system/xdg.nix
+++ b/modules/system/xdg.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # This was cribed from Hlisser's dotfiles see here
 # https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles/blob/8fe1fbb6e7fc0d2f95fe75cdb9df7eb0595a0047/modules/xdg.nix
-#
-{ config, pkgs, ... }: {
 
+{ config, pkgs, ... }: {
   home-manager.users.james = {
     home.packages = with pkgs; [ xdg-utils xdg-launch ];
     xdg.enable = true;
diff --git a/modules/system/zfs.nix b/modules/system/zfs.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a0aeeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/system/zfs.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }: {
+  boot = {
+    supportedFilesystems = [ "zfs" ];
+    zfs = {
+      forceImportRoot = false;
+      forceImportAll = false;
+    };
+    # this was required for the initial setup of the zpool.
+    # see https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html#boot.zfs.forceimportroot
+    # kernelParams = ["zfs_force=1"];
+  };
+
+  services.zfs = {
+    autoScrub.enable = true;
+    # enable default auto-snapshots
+    autoSnapshot = {
+      enable = true;
+      flags = "-k -p --utc";
+    };
+  };
+
+}