diff --git a/nixos/machines/chungus/configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/chungus/configuration.nix
index e772989..541ecb3 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/chungus/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/chungus/configuration.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     #./tdarr.nix
 
     ./rbackup.nix
-    ./sync-transmission.nix
+    ./sync-torrent.nix
 
   ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/machines/chungus/sync-transmission.nix b/nixos/machines/chungus/sync-torrent.nix
similarity index 88%
rename from nixos/machines/chungus/sync-transmission.nix
rename to nixos/machines/chungus/sync-torrent.nix
index 4f86bec..8177214 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/chungus/sync-transmission.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/chungus/sync-torrent.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ let
 in
 {
 
-  containers.torrent = {
+  containers.sync-torrent = {
 
     # mount host folders
     bindMounts = {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ in
         isReadOnly = false;
       };
       lib = {
-        hostPath = "/srv/transmission";
+        hostPath = "/srv/sync-torrent";
         mountPoint = "/var/lib/transmission";
         isReadOnly = false;
       };
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ in
         enable = true;
         settings = {
           download-dir = "/media";
-          incomplete-dir = "/var/lib/transmission/incomplete";
+          incomplete-dir = "/var/lib/transmission/incomplete"; # todo put this somewhere with frequent snapshots but low keep.
           incomplete-dir-enabled = true;
           message-level = 1;
           umask = 2;
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ in
 
   # host nginx setup
   # ----------------
-  # curl -H "Host: transmission.robi.private" https://robi.private/  < will work
-  # curl -H "Host: transmission.robi.private" https://144.76.13.147/ < wont work
+  # curl -H "Host: sync.chungus.private" https://robi.private/  < will work
+  # curl -H "Host: sync.chungus.private" https://144.76.13.147/ < wont work
   services.nginx = {
     enable = true;
     recommendedProxySettings = true;
diff --git a/nixos/machines/robi/configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/robi/configuration.nix
index 649de41..a74cb05 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/robi/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/robi/configuration.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 
 
     ./sync-opentracker.nix
+    ./sync-torrent.nix
   ];
 
 
diff --git a/nixos/machines/robi/sync-torrent.nix b/nixos/machines/robi/sync-torrent.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f131b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/machines/robi/sync-torrent.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+{ lib, pkgs, config, ... }:
+let
+  uiPort = 9099;
+in
+{
+
+  containers.sync-torrent = {
+
+    # mount host folders
+    bindMounts = {
+      media = {
+        hostPath = "/media/new";
+        mountPoint = "/media"; # must be here otherwise transmission can't see the folder
+        isReadOnly = false;
+      };
+      lib = {
+        hostPath = "/srv/sync-torrent";
+        mountPoint = "/var/lib/transmission";
+        isReadOnly = false;
+      };
+    };
+
+    autoStart = true;
+
+    config = { config, pkgs, lib, ... }: {
+
+      system.stateVersion = "22.11";
+      services.journald.extraConfig = "SystemMaxUse=1G";
+
+      services.transmission = {
+        enable = true;
+        settings = {
+          download-dir = "/media";
+          incomplete-dir = "/var/lib/transmission/incomplete"; # todo put this somewhere with frequent snapshots but low keep.
+          incomplete-dir-enabled = true;
+          message-level = 1;
+          umask = 2;
+          rpc-whitelist-enabled = false;
+          rpc-host-whitelist-enabled = false;
+          rpc-port = uiPort;
+          rpc-enable = true;
+          rpc-bind-address = "0.0.0.0";
+
+          # "normal" speed limits
+          speed-limit-down-enabled = false;
+          speed-limit-down = 800;
+          speed-limit-up-enabled = true;
+          speed-limit-up = 3000;
+          upload-slots-per-torrent = 8;
+          # Queuing
+          # When true, Transmission will only download
+          # download-queue-size non-stalled torrents at once.
+          download-queue-enabled = true;
+          download-queue-size = 3;
+
+          # When true, torrents that have not shared data for
+          # queue-stalled-minutes are treated as 'stalled'
+          # and are not counted against the queue-download-size
+          # and seed-queue-size limits.
+          queue-stalled-enabled = true;
+          queue-stalled-minutes = 60;
+
+          # When true. Transmission will only seed seed-queue-size
+          # non-stalled torrents at once.
+          seed-queue-enabled = false;
+          seed-queue-size = 10;
+
+          # Enable UPnP or NAT-PMP.
+          peer-port = 51413;
+          port-forwarding-enabled = false;
+          # Start torrents as soon as they are added
+
+          start-added-torrents = true;
+
+        };
+      };
+
+    };
+  };
+
+  # open ports for logging
+  #networking.firewall.interfaces."ve-torrent".allowedTCPPorts =
+  #  [ 5044 12304 12305 ];
+  #networking.firewall.interfaces."ve-torrent".allowedUDPPorts =
+  #  [ 5044 12304 12305 ];
+
+  # host nginx setup
+  # ----------------
+  # curl -H "Host: sync.robi.private" https://robi.private/  < will work
+  # curl -H "Host: sync.robi.private" https://144.76.13.147/ < wont work
+  services.nginx = {
+    enable = true;
+    recommendedProxySettings = true;
+    virtualHosts = {
+      "sync.${config.networking.hostName}.private" = {
+        extraConfig = ''
+          allow ${config.tinc.private.subnet};
+          deny all;
+        '';
+        locations."/" = {
+          proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:${toString uiPort}";
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+}