diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index d0120e2..213232f 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ sudo mkfs.ext4 $disk*1 || exit 1 # /dev/sda 1 or /dev/nvme0n1 p1 => *1 instead o
 echo "> formatted."
 sudo mount $disk*1 /mnt || exit 1
 echo "> mounted."
+echo "> generating config"
+sudo nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
 cd /mnt/etc/nixos
+echo -n "hostname: "
+sudo sed -i -E "s/^}\$/  boot.loader.grub.device = \"\/dev\/$disk\";\n  networking.hostName = \"$(head -n1)\";\n}/" hardware-configuration.nix
 echo "> installing git"
 nix-env -i git > /dev/null || exit 1
 echo "> downloading tudbut/nix-setup"