diff --git a/lib/build-clan/default.nix b/lib/build-clan/default.nix
index ed7057e57..ca9ae4572 100644
--- a/lib/build-clan/default.nix
+++ b/lib/build-clan/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   directory, # The directory containing the machines subdirectory # allows to include machine-specific modules i.e. machines.${name} = { ... }
   # A map from arch to pkgs, if specified this nixpkgs will be only imported once for each system.
   # This improves performance, but all nipxkgs.* options will be ignored.
-  # deadnix: skip
   inventory ? { },
   ## Sepcial inputs (not passed to the module system as config)
   specialArgs ? { }, # Extra arguments to pass to nixosSystem i.e. useful to make self available # A set containing clan meta: name :: string, icon :: string, description :: string
@@ -28,9 +27,14 @@ let
       ;
     self = directory;
   };
-  rest = builtins.removeAttrs attrs [ "specialArgs" ];
+  meta = attrs.meta or { };
+  rest = builtins.removeAttrs attrs [
+    "meta"
+    "specialArgs"
+  ];
 in
 eval {
+  inventory.meta = lib.mapAttrs (_: lib.mkDefault) meta;
   imports = [
     rest
     # implementation
diff --git a/lib/build-clan/interface.nix b/lib/build-clan/interface.nix
index 2e11b531e..275aa1664 100644
--- a/lib/build-clan/interface.nix
+++ b/lib/build-clan/interface.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, self, ... }:
+{ lib, ... }:
 let
   types = lib.types;
 in
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ in
     # Required options
     directory = lib.mkOption {
       type = types.path;
-      default = self;
       description = "The directory containing the clan subdirectory";
     };
 
@@ -27,18 +26,22 @@ in
     };
 
     # Meta
-    meta = lib.mkOption {
-      type = types.nullOr (
-        types.submodule {
-          options = {
-            name = lib.mkOption {
-              type = types.nullOr types.str;
-              description = "Needs to be (globally) unique, as this determines the folder name where the flake gets downloaded to.";
-            };
-          };
-        }
-      );
-      default = null;
+    meta = {
+      name = lib.mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = null;
+        description = "Needs to be (globally) unique, as this determines the folder name where the flake gets downloaded to.";
+      };
+      icon = lib.mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.path;
+        default = null;
+        description = "A path to an icon to be used for the clan in the GUI";
+      };
+      description = lib.mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = null;
+        description = "A short description of the clan";
+      };
     };
 
     pkgsForSystem = lib.mkOption {
diff --git a/lib/build-clan/module.nix b/lib/build-clan/module.nix
index 390625248..a523e5542 100644
--- a/lib/build-clan/module.nix
+++ b/lib/build-clan/module.nix
@@ -201,8 +201,6 @@ in
   imports = [
     # Merge the inventory file
     { inventory = inventoryLoaded; }
-    # Merge the meta attributes from the buildClan function
-    { inventory.meta = if config.meta != null then config.meta else { }; }
   ];
 
   inherit nixosConfigurations;
diff --git a/lib/build-clan/tests.nix b/lib/build-clan/tests.nix
index eb0250051..b231cdfdf 100644
--- a/lib/build-clan/tests.nix
+++ b/lib/build-clan/tests.nix
@@ -15,13 +15,10 @@ in
 {
   test_only_required =
     let
-      config = evalClan {
-        meta.name = "test";
-        imports = [ ./module.nix ];
-      };
+      config = evalClan { directory = ./.; };
     in
     {
-      expr = config.inventory ? meta;
+      expr = config.pkgsForSystem null == null;
       expected = true;
     };
 
@@ -96,9 +93,10 @@ in
     in
     {
       expr = result.clanInternals.meta;
-      expectedError = {
-        type = "ThrownError";
-        msg = "";
+      expected = {
+        description = "description";
+        icon = "icon";
+        name = "superclan";
       };
     };