diff --git a/nixosModules/clanCore/state.nix b/nixosModules/clanCore/state.nix
index 17757fed7..5e0425092 100644
--- a/nixosModules/clanCore/state.nix
+++ b/nixosModules/clanCore/state.nix
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@
     );
   };
 
-  # defaults
-  config.clan.core.state.HOME.folders = [ "/home" ];
   config.environment.systemPackages = lib.optional (config.clan.core.state != { }) (
     pkgs.runCommand "state-commands" { } ''
       ${builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" (
diff --git a/nixosModules/clanCore/vm.nix b/nixosModules/clanCore/vm.nix
index a015f1591..88cea4524 100644
--- a/nixosModules/clanCore/vm.nix
+++ b/nixosModules/clanCore/vm.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ let
       ./waypipe.nix
     ];
 
+    clan.core.state.HOME.folders = [ "/home" ];
+
     clan.services.waypipe = {
       inherit (config.clan.core.vm.inspect.waypipe) enable command;
     };