diff --git a/modules/profiles/base.nix b/modules/profiles/base.nix
index 2f971c6..e40adbd 100644
--- a/modules/profiles/base.nix
+++ b/modules/profiles/base.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@
 }:
 
 with lib;
+let
+  nom-system = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+    name = "nom-system";
+    runtimeInputs = with pkgs; [ nix-output-monitor ];
+    text = ''
+      nom build --no-link "/home/moritz/.dotfiles#nixosConfigurations.$(hostname).config.system.build.toplevel"
+    '';
+  };
+  nom-system-command = command: "${nom-system}/bin/nom-system && ${command}";
+in
 {
   users.users.moritz = {
     isNormalUser = true;
@@ -39,8 +49,8 @@ with lib;
         rm = "rm -i";
         mv = "mv -i";
 
-        nixos-switch = "sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/.dotfiles";
-        nixos-boot = "sudo nixos-rebuild boot --flake ~/.dotfiles";
+        nixos-switch = nom-system-command "sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/.dotfiles";
+        nixos-boot = nom-system-command "sudo nixos-rebuild boot --flake ~/.dotfiles";
         nixos-update = "pushd ~/.dotfiles && nix flake update && popd";
 
         latexwatch = ''find -type f -name "*.tex" | entr -c latexmk -pdf -silent'';
@@ -77,6 +87,7 @@ with lib;
     nixpkgs-fmt
     statix
     manix
+    nix-output-monitor
 
     # other
     bat