diff --git a/deployment/data-model-test.nix b/deployment/data-model-test.nix
index 24d5cd6c..e18174b1 100644
--- a/deployment/data-model-test.nix
+++ b/deployment/data-model-test.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 let
+  sources = import ../npins;
   inherit (import ../default.nix { }) pkgs inputs;
   inherit (pkgs) lib;
   inherit (lib) mkOption types;
@@ -69,7 +70,11 @@ in
                       };
                     };
                     config = {
-                      resource-type = types.raw; # TODO: splice out the user type from NixOS
+                      resource-type = types.deferredModuleWith {
+                        staticModules = import "${sources.nixpkgs}/nixos/modules/module-list.nix" ++ [
+                          { _class = "nixos"; }
+                        ];
+                      };
                       apply =
                         requests:
                         let