diff --git a/deployment/data-model-test.nix b/deployment/data-model-test.nix
index e8035139..29933c96 100644
--- a/deployment/data-model-test.nix
+++ b/deployment/data-model-test.nix
@@ -126,34 +126,32 @@ in
                     };
                 };
               environments.single-nixos-vm =
-                { config, ... }:
+                { ... }:
                 {
                   _class = "fediversity-environment";
                   resources.shell.login-shell.username = "operator";
                   implementation =
                     _requests:
-                    { ... }:
-                    # { providers, ... }:
+                    { providers, ... }:
                     {
-                      # _class = "nixops4Deployment";
-                      # providers = {
-                      #   inherit (inputs.nixops4.modules.nixops4Provider) local;
-                      # };
+                      _class = "nixops4Deployment";
+                      providers = {
+                        inherit (inputs.nixops4.modules.nixops4Provider) local;
+                      };
                       resources.the-machine = {
                         _class = "nixops4Resource";
-                        # type = providers.local.exec;
+                        type = providers.local.exec;
                         imports = [
-                          inputs.nixops4-nixos.modules.nixops4Resource.nixos
+                          # inputs.nixops4-nixos.modules.nixops4Resource.nixos
                         ];
-                        nixos.module =
-                          { ... }:
-                          {
-                            _class = "nixos";
-                            users.users = config.resources.shell.login-shell.apply (
-                              # lib.filterAttrs (_name: value: value ? login-shell) requests
-                              lib.filterAttrs (_name: value: value ? login-shell) { }
-                            );
-                          };
+                        # nixos.module =
+                        #   { ... }:
+                        #   {
+                        #     _class = "nixos";
+                        #     users.users = config.resources.shell.login-shell.apply (
+                        #       lib.filterAttrs (_name: value: value ? login-shell) requests
+                        #     );
+                        #   };
                       };
                     };
                 };
diff --git a/deployment/deployment.nix b/deployment/deployment.nix
index a36ecda1..6419ce04 100644
--- a/deployment/deployment.nix
+++ b/deployment/deployment.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 {
-  lib,
-  # inputs,
+  inputs,
   ...
 }:
-# let
-#   nixops4 = inputs.nixops4.outPath;
-# in
+let
+  nixops4 = inputs.nixops4.outPath;
+in
 
-# inputs.nixops4.modules.nixops4Deployment.default
+inputs.nixops4.modules.nixops4Deployment.default
 
 # import inputs.nixops4.modules.nixops4Deployment.default
 
@@ -23,12 +22,13 @@
 #     "${nixops4}/nix/deployment/providers.nix"
 #     "${nixops4}/nix/deployment/resources.nix"
 #   ];
-# };
+# }
 
 # "${nixops4}/nix/deployment/resources.nix"
 
-{
-  options.resources = lib.mkOption {
-    type = lib.types.attrs;
-  };
-}
+# # goes thru cuz it doesn't actually check much
+# {
+#   options.resources = lib.mkOption {
+#     type = lib.types.attrs;
+#   };
+# }