diff --git a/nixos/components/gui/kmonad.nix b/nixos/components/gui/kmonad.nix
index 89ad530..816f063 100644
--- a/nixos/components/gui/kmonad.nix
+++ b/nixos/components/gui/kmonad.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 
   config = lib.mkIf (config.components.gui.kmonad.enable) {
 
+    # only needed if you have an UHK
+    hardware.keyboard.uhk.enable = true;
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.uhk-agent ];
+    users.users.mainUser.extraGroups = [ "input" ];
+
     services.xserver = {
       layout = "us";
       xkbOptions = "compose:ralt";
@@ -57,6 +62,7 @@
         {
           nativ = keyboard "/dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-0-event-kbd";
           dasKeyboard = keyboard "/dev/input/by-id/usb-Metadot_-_Das_Keyboard_Das_Keyboard-event-kbd";
+          uhk = keyboard "/dev/input/by-id/usb-Ultimate_Gadget_Laboratories_UHK_60_v2-if01-event-kbd";
         };
     };
   };
diff --git a/nixos/components/mainUser.nix b/nixos/components/mainUser.nix
index 6b26a31..32926a3 100644
--- a/nixos/components/mainUser.nix
+++ b/nixos/components/mainUser.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ in
         uid = cfg.uid;
         home = "/home/${cfg.userName}";
         initialPassword = cfg.userName;
-        extraGroups = [ "wheel" "networkmanager" "transmission" "wireshark" "audio" "pipewire" ]
+        extraGroups = [ "wheel" "networkmanager" "transmission" "wireshark" "audio" "pipewire" "input" ]
           ++ dockerGroup ++ vboxGroup ++ cfg.extraGroups;
         openssh.authorizedKeys.keyFiles = cfg.authorizedKeyFiles;
         group = config.users.groups.mainUser.name;