diff --git a/components/gui/default.nix b/components/gui/default.nix
index 40b8af5..ad386e3 100644
--- a/components/gui/default.nix
+++ b/components/gui/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ with lib;
     ./cups.nix
     ./home-manager
     ./kmonad.nix
-    #./noti.nix # todo: make this different (use password store and such)
+    ./noti.nix # todo: make this different (use password store and such)
     ./pass.nix
     ./steam.nix
     ./suspend.nix
diff --git a/components/gui/noti.nix b/components/gui/noti.nix
index 2a298c9..84fd02f 100644
--- a/components/gui/noti.nix
+++ b/components/gui/noti.nix
@@ -16,29 +16,41 @@ with lib;
   # todo : put this in `/homes`
   config = mkIf (config.components.gui.noti.enable) {
 
-    sops.secrets.pushover_user_key = { };
-    sops.secrets.pushover_api_key = { };
-    sops.templates."noti.yaml".owner = config.users.users.mainUser.name;
-    sops.templates."noti.yaml".group = config.users.users.mainUser.group;
-    sops.templates."noti.yaml".content = ''
-      pushover:
-        userKey: ${config.sops.placeholder.pushover_user_key}
-        apiToken: ${config.sops.placeholder.pushover_api_key}
-    '';
+    clan.core.facts.services.noti = {
+      secret."noti.yaml" = { };
+      generator = {
+        prompt = "noti.yaml";
+        path = with pkgs; [ coreutils ];
+        script = ''
+          echo "$prompt_value" > "$secrets"/noti.yaml
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+
+    systemd.tmpfiles.settings.noti = {
+      # don't like to use a non tmpfs here, but does not work another way
+      "${config.users.users.mainUser.home}/.config/noti/noti.yaml"."C+" = {
+        user = config.users.users.mainUser.name;
+        group = config.users.users.mainUser.group;
+        mode = "400";
+        argument = config.clan.core.facts.services.noti.secret."noti.yaml".path;
+      };
+    };
+
+    #    sops.secrets.pushover_user_key = { };
+    #    sops.secrets.pushover_api_key = { };
+    #    sops.templates."noti.yaml".owner = config.users.users.mainUser.name;
+    #    sops.templates."noti.yaml".group = config.users.users.mainUser.group;
+    #    sops.templates."noti.yaml".content = ''
+    #      pushover:
+    #        userKey: ${config.sops.placeholder.pushover_user_key}
+    #        apiToken: ${config.sops.placeholder.pushover_api_key}
+    #    '';
 
     home-manager.users.mainUser = {
-      home.packages = [
-        (pkgs.writers.writeBashBin "noti" ''
-          ${pkgs.noti}/bin/noti --file ${config.sops.templates."noti.yaml".path} "$@"
-        '')
-        (pkgs.writers.writeBashBin "noti-pushover" ''
-          ${pkgs.noti}/bin/noti --pushover --file ${config.sops.templates."noti.yaml".path} "$@"
-        '')
-      ];
-
-      ## not working :(
-      #programs.noti.enable = true;
-      #xdg.configFile."noti/noti.yaml".source = toString config.sops.templates."noti.yaml".path;
+      programs.noti.enable = true;
+      #      xdg.configFile."noti/noti.yaml".target = "/run/facts/mainUser.noti.yaml";
     };
+
   };
 }
diff --git a/homes/palo/i3.nix b/homes/palo/i3.nix
index fe0b23a..b804039 100644
--- a/homes/palo/i3.nix
+++ b/homes/palo/i3.nix
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ in
             {
               block = "tea_timer";
               format = " $icon {$minutes:$seconds |}";
-              done_cmd = "${pkgs.noti}/bin/noti -t 'Timer Finished'";
+              done_cmd = "${pkgs.noti}/bin/noti -o -t 'Timer Finished' || ${pkgs.noti}/bin/noti -t 'Timer Finished'";
             }
           ];
         };