diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 59b331e..2c45f35 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -117,8 +117,10 @@ let
 
   };
 
+  hostPattern = name: "${name}.private";
+
   serverDeployment = name:
-    { host ? "${name}.private", user ? "root" }:
+    { host ? (hostPattern name), user ? "root" }:
     with ops;
     jobs "deploy-${name}" "${user}@${host}" [
       (populateTmpfs (source.keys name))
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ let
     ];
 
   serverPushSecrets = name:
-    { host ? "${name}.private", user ? "root" }:
+    { host ? (hostPattern name), user ? "root" }:
     with ops;
     jobs "push-${name}" "${user}@${host}" [
       (populateTmpfs (source.keys name))
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ let
     ];
 
   desktopDeployment = name:
-    { host ? "${name}.private", target ? "/var/src/", user ? "root"
+    { host ? (hostPattern name), target ? "/var/src/", user ? "root"
     , commandPrefix ? "deploy", enableSwitch ? true }:
     with ops;
     jobs "${commandPrefix}-${name}" "${user}@${host}${target}" ([
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ let
   cleanupNix = name:
     let
       target = {
-        host = "${name}.private";
+        host = hostPattern name;
         user = "root";
         port = "22";
       };