diff --git a/graphical/boot.nix b/graphical/boot.nix
index 61b38de..146f2a1 100644
--- a/graphical/boot.nix
+++ b/graphical/boot.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,53 @@
 {
   config,
   scope,
+  machineName,
+  mainUser,
   ...
 }:
 scope "boot" {
   tmp.useTmpfs = true;
   initrd.systemd.enable = true;
+
+  loader.limine = {
+    enable = true;
+    style =
+      let
+        pal = config.rice.palette.shortHex;
+      in
+      {
+        wallpapers = [ config.rice.bg.src ];
+        interface = {
+          brandingColor = 1;
+          branding = "hello ${mainUser}. welcome to ${machineName}";
+        };
+        graphicalTerminal =
+          let
+            getPal = p: builtins.attrValues p |> builtins.concatStringsSep ";";
+          in
+          {
+            palette = getPal pal.normal;
+            brightPalette = getPal pal.bright;
+            marginGradient = 0;
+            margin = 256;
+            foreground = pal.util.fg;
+            background = "20" + pal.util.bg;
+            brightForeground = pal.bright.yellow;
+            brightBackground = pal.util.bg;
+          };
+        backdrop = pal.util.bg;
+      };
+    maxGenerations = 5;
+  };
+  plymouth = {
+    enable = true;
+    # theme needs fixing
+    # inherit (config.rice.plymouth) theme themePackages font;
+  };
+
+  loader.limine.extraEntries = ''
+    /Windows
+      protocol: efi
+      path: boot():/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
+  '';
 }
diff --git a/hosts/adrift/boot.nix b/hosts/adrift/boot.nix
index 6ea7b57..2e3210d 100644
--- a/hosts/adrift/boot.nix
+++ b/hosts/adrift/boot.nix
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ scope "boot" {
     "iwlwifi"
     "kvm-intel"
   ];
-  loader.systemd-boot = {
-    enable = true;
-    consoleMode = "max";
-    configurationLimit = 5;
-  };
+  # loader.systemd-boot = {
+  #   enable = true;
+  #   consoleMode = "max";
+  #   configurationLimit = 5;
+  # };
   loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
 }
diff --git a/hosts/quiver/boot.nix b/hosts/quiver/boot.nix
index 475ca5f..9280201 100644
--- a/hosts/quiver/boot.nix
+++ b/hosts/quiver/boot.nix
@@ -1,36 +1,9 @@
-{ scope, pkgs, config, ...}:
+{
+  scope,
+  ...
+}:
 scope "boot" {
-  loader.limine = {
-    enable = true;
-    style =
-      let
-        pal = config.rice.palette.shortHex;
-      in
-      {
-        wallpapers = [ config.rice.bg.src ];
-        interface = {
-          brandingColor = 1;
-          branding = "welcome to quiver";
-        };
-        graphicalTerminal =
-          let
-            getPal = p: builtins.attrValues p |> builtins.concatStringsSep ";";
-          in
-          {
-            palette = getPal pal.normal;
-            brightPalette = getPal pal.bright;
-            marginGradient = 0;
-            margin = 256;
-            foreground = pal.util.fg;
-            background = "20" + pal.util.bg;
-            brightForeground = pal.bright.yellow;
-            brightBackground = pal.util.bg;
-          };
-        backdrop = pal.util.bg;
-      };
-    maxGenerations = 5;
-  };
-	
+
   initrd.availableKernelModules = [
     "xhci_pci"
     "ahci"
@@ -58,15 +31,5 @@ scope "boot" {
     btrfs = true;
   };
   loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
-  plymouth = {
-    enable = true;
-    # theme needs fixing
-    # inherit (config.rice.plymouth) theme themePackages font;
-  };
 
-  loader.limine.extraEntries = ''
-    /Windows
-      protocol: efi
-      path: boot():/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
-  '';
 }
diff --git a/lib/create.nix b/lib/create.nix
index 84007e2..5860c21 100644
--- a/lib/create.nix
+++ b/lib/create.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ in
           };
           scope = import ./scope.nix { inherit lib; };
           mainUser = info.username;
+          machineName = name;
           getPkgs = builtins.attrValues;
           getFlakePkg = p: p.packages.${info.system}.default;
           getFlakePkg' = p: n: p.packages.${info.system}.${n};