diff --git a/modules/nixos/compositors/default.nix b/modules/nixos/compositors/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d4f109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/nixos/compositors/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ pkgs, lib, config, ... }:
+{
+  options.chimera.compositors = {
+    hyprland.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Enable if at least 1 user on the system uses hyprland";
+    niri.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Enable if at least 1 user on the system uses niri";
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    fonts.enableDefaultPackages = lib.mkDefault true;
+    hardware.opengl.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+
+    programs.hyprland.enable = config.chimera.compositors.hyprland.enable;
+
+    xdg.portal.enable = lib.mkIf config.chimera.compositors.niri.enable true;
+    xdg.portal.config.common.default = "*"; # HACK: fixme @minion3665, try removing this and check the warning
+
+    xdg.portal.extraPortals = lib.mkIf (
+      config.chimera.compositors.hyprland.enable
+      || config.chimera.compositors.niri.enable
+    ) [ pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk ];
+
+    programs.dconf.enable = true; # FIXME: should be set to true if gtk is being used
+
+    security.polkit.enable = true;
+
+    chimera.xdg-open.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/nixos/hyprland/default.nix b/modules/nixos/hyprland/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 80a7733..0000000
--- a/modules/nixos/hyprland/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
-{
-  programs.hyprland.enable = true;
-  xdg.portal.extraPortals = [ pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk ];
-  chimera.xdg-open.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
-}
diff --git a/modules/nixos/users/default.nix b/modules/nixos/users/default.nix
index 4f8b70d..6556aeb 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/users/default.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/users/default.nix
@@ -37,5 +37,8 @@
     ];
   };
 
+   # TODO: can we determine these from what home-manager says our users are using?
+  security.pam.services.swaylock = { };
   security.pam.services.waylock = { };
+  security.pam.services.gtklock = { };
 }