diff --git a/user/bin/default.nix b/user/bin/default.nix
index e411b85..6ca9b82 100644
--- a/user/bin/default.nix
+++ b/user/bin/default.nix
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
     #nsxiv-rifle = [pkgs.nsxiv];
     #screenshot = [pkgs.maim pkgs.xclip];
   };
-  mkln = x: config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.local/nixos/user/bin/${x}";
+  ln = config.u.lib.ln "${config.u.confPath}/user/bin";
 in {
   home.file = builtins.listToAttrs (
     map
     (x: {
       name = ".local/bin/${x}";
-      value = {source = mkln x;};
+      value = {source = ln x;};
     })
     (
       builtins.filter
diff --git a/user/config/default.nix b/user/config/default.nix
index fa16445..7313b85 100644
--- a/user/config/default.nix
+++ b/user/config/default.nix
@@ -4,22 +4,20 @@
   lib,
   ...
 }: let
-  mkln = x: config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.local/nixos/user/config/${x}";
-  tmuxConfig = config.u.tmux.extraConfig + lib.strings.concatMapStrings (x: "\nrun ${x.rtp}") config.u.tmux.plugins;
+  ln = config.u.lib.ln "${config.u.confPath}/user/config";
 in {
-  imports = [./kde];
-
-  u.tmux.plugins = with pkgs.tmuxPlugins; [
-    vim-tmux-navigator
-    sessionist
+  imports = [
+    ./kde
+    ./tmux
   ];
+
   fonts.fontconfig.enable = false;
   gtk.gtk2.configLocation = "${config.xdg.configHome}/gtk-2.0/gtkrc";
   xresources.path = "${config.xdg.configHome}/Xresources";
 
-  xdg.configFile.alacritty.source = mkln "alacritty";
-  xdg.configFile.awesome.source = mkln "awesome";
-  xdg.configFile.bash.source = mkln "bash";
+  xdg.configFile.alacritty.source = ln "alacritty";
+  xdg.configFile.awesome.source = ln "awesome";
+  xdg.configFile.bash.source = ln "bash";
   xdg.configFile.fcitx5.source = ./fcitx5;
   xdg.configFile.fontconfig.source = ./fontconfig;
   xdg.configFile."gdb/gdbinit.py".source = gdb/gdbinit.py;
@@ -35,6 +33,5 @@ in {
   xdg.configFile.qt5ct.source = ./qt5ct;
   xdg.configFile.readline.source = ./readline;
   xdg.configFile."starship.toml".source = ./starship.toml;
-  xdg.configFile.sx.source = mkln "sx";
-  xdg.configFile."tmux/tmux.conf".text = (builtins.readFile tmux/tmux.conf) + tmuxConfig;
+  xdg.configFile.sx.source = ln "sx";
 }
diff --git a/user/config/tmux/default.nix b/user/config/tmux/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d779cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/config/tmux/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  tmuxConfig = config.u.tmux.extraConfig + lib.strings.concatMapStrings (x: "\nrun ${x.rtp}") config.u.tmux.plugins;
+in {
+  u.tmux.plugins = with pkgs.tmuxPlugins; [
+    vim-tmux-navigator
+    sessionist
+  ];
+  xdg.configFile."tmux/tmux.conf".text = (builtins.readFile ./tmux.conf) + tmuxConfig;
+}
diff --git a/user/options.nix b/user/options.nix
index 2e7fdc0..477c007 100644
--- a/user/options.nix
+++ b/user/options.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-{lib, ...}: {
+{config, lib, ...}: {
   options.u = {
+    confPath = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.path;
+      description = "path to nixos config";
+      default = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.local/nixos";
+    };
     tmux = {
       plugins = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.package;
@@ -33,5 +38,14 @@
       });
       description = "list of file manager bookmarks";
     };
+    lib = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.attrs;
+      description = "library";
+    };
+  };
+  config.u.lib = rec {
+    ln = base: x: config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${base}/${x}";
+    lnh = ln "${config.home.homeDirectory}";
+    lnn = ln "${config.u.confPath}";
   };
 }
diff --git a/user/xdg.nix b/user/xdg.nix
index 96b36a5..bec4c71 100644
--- a/user/xdg.nix
+++ b/user/xdg.nix
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@
     config.common.default = "kde";
   };
   home.file = let
-    mkln = x: config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${config.home.homeDirectory}/${x}";
+    ln = config.u.lib.lnh;
   in {
-    ".local/home/.cache".source = mkln ".cache";
-    ".local/home/.config".source = mkln ".config";
-    ".local/home/.local".source = mkln ".local";
-    ".local/home/Desktop".source = mkln "Desktop";
-    ".local/home/Downloads".source = mkln "Downloads";
+    ".local/home/.cache".source = ln ".cache";
+    ".local/home/.config".source = ln ".config";
+    ".local/home/.local".source = ln ".local";
+    ".local/home/Desktop".source = ln "Desktop";
+    ".local/home/Downloads".source = ln "Downloads";
   };
 }