diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index d4c75d6..faad74d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     ];
 
     # ----- USER SETTINGS ----- #
-    userSettings = rec {
+    users.nmarks = rec {
       #enable if you want to use a tiling wm on macos
       darwinTiling = true;
 
@@ -94,24 +94,56 @@
       spawnEditor = "exec" + term + " -e " + editor;
       timeZone = "America/Los_Angeles";
       sexuality = "bisexual";
+    };
+    users.paper_clover = rec {
+      #enable if you want to use a tiling wm on macos
+      darwinTiling = true;
 
-      darwinHost = "laptop";
-      nixosHost = "desktop";
+      username = "clo"; # username
+      name = "chloe caruso"; # name/identifier
+      email = "account@paperclover.net"; # email (used for certain configurations)
+      dotfilesDir = "~/config"; # absolute path of the local repo
+      theme = "catppuccin-mocha"; #name of theme that stylix will use
+      browser = "firefox"; # Default browser; must select one from ./user/app/browser/
+      term = "ghostty"; # Default terminal command;
+      font = "iosevka"; # Selected font
+      editor = "neovim"; # Default editor;
+      spawnEditor = "exec" + term + " -e " + editor;
+      timeZone = "America/Los_Angeles";
+      sexuality = "lesbian";
     };
 
     mkSystem = import ./lib/mkSystem.nix {
-      inherit overlays nixpkgs inputs userSettings;
+      inherit overlays nixpkgs inputs;
     };
   in {
+    # natalie's desktop computer
     nixosConfigurations.nixos = mkSystem "nixos" {
+      userSettings = users.nmarks;
+      configDir = ./hosts/desktop;
       system = "x86_64-linux";
       extraModules = [
         nixos-cosmic.nixosModules.default
       ];
     };
+    # natalie's laptop
     darwinConfigurations."Natalies-MacBook-Air" = mkSystem "Natalies-MacBook-Air" {
+      userSettings = users.nmarks;
+      configDir = ./hosts/laptop;
+      system = "aarch64-darwin";
+    };
+
+    # chloe's mac studio "sandwich"
+    darwinConfigurations.sandwich = mkSystem "sandwich" {
+      userSettings = users.paper_clover;
+      configDir = ./hosts/laptop;
+      system = "aarch64-darwin";
+    };
+    # chloe's macbook air "paperback"
+    darwinConfigurations.paperback = mkSystem "paperback" {
+      userSettings = users.paper_clover;
+      configDir = ./hosts/laptop;
       system = "aarch64-darwin";
-      darwin = true;
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/lib/mkSystem.nix b/lib/mkSystem.nix
index e3da27f..43fd903 100644
--- a/lib/mkSystem.nix
+++ b/lib/mkSystem.nix
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
   nixpkgs,
   overlays,
   inputs,
-  userSettings,
 }: name: {
+  userSettings,
   system,
-  darwin ? false,
+  configDir, # base host config
   extraModules ? [],
 }: let
+  darwin = nixpkgs.lib.strings.hasSuffix "-darwin" system;
+
   nixindex =
     if darwin
     then inputs.nix-index-database.darwinModules.nix-index
@@ -25,40 +27,36 @@
     then "macos"
     else "nixos";
 
-  systemSettings = rec {
-    inherit darwin;
-    host =
-      if darwin
-      then userSettings.darwinHost
-      else userSettings.nixosHost;
-
-    # The config files for this system.
-
-    hostConfig = ../hosts/${host}/configuration.nix;
-    homeConfig = ../hosts/${host}/home.nix;
-
-    homeDir =
-      if darwin
-      then "/Users/" + userSettings.username + "/"
-      else "/home/" + userSettings.username + "/";
-
     # NixOS vs nix-darwin functions
     systemFunc =
       if darwin
       then inputs.darwin.lib.darwinSystem
       else nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem;
 
+
+    # The config files for this system.
+    hostConfig = configDir + "/configuration.nix";
+    homeConfig = configDir + "/home.nix";
+
     hmModules =
       if darwin
       then inputs.home-manager.darwinModules
       else inputs.home-manager.nixosModules;
+
+  systemSettings = rec {
+    inherit darwin;
+
+    homeDir =
+      if darwin
+      then "/Users/" + userSettings.username + "/"
+      else "/home/" + userSettings.username + "/";
+
   };
 in
-  with systemSettings;
-    systemFunc rec {
+    systemFunc {
       inherit system;
 
-      #gross and ugly hack do NOT like
+      # TODO: gross and ugly hack do NOT like
       specialArgs = {
         inherit (userSettings) darwinTiling;
       };
@@ -70,23 +68,21 @@ in
           # the overlays are available globally.
           {nixpkgs.overlays = overlays;}
 
-          # Enable caching for nix-index so we dont have to rebuild it
-
-          #shared modules
+          # Shared modules
           ../modules/shared
 
-          #system specific modules
+          # System specific modules
           ../modules/${systemModuleDir}
 
-          # Link to config.nix
+          # Link to configuration.nix
           hostConfig
 
-          #Set up nix-index and enable comma for easy one-shot command use
-          #https://github.com/nix-community/comma
+          # Set up nix-index and enable comma for easy one-shot command use
+          # https://github.com/nix-community/comma
           nixindex
           {programs.nix-index-database.comma.enable = true;}
 
-          #style programs
+          # Themes for all programs
           stylix
 
           hmModules.home-manager
@@ -99,7 +95,7 @@ in
               users.${userSettings.username} = homeConfig;
             };
 
-            users.users.${userSettings.username}.home = homeDir;
+            users.users.${userSettings.username}.home = systemSettings.homeDir;
           }
 
           # We expose some extra arguments so that our modules can parameterize
@@ -114,6 +110,6 @@ in
             };
           }
         ]
-        #Add extra modules depending on system
+        # Add extra modules specified from config
         ++ extraModules;
     }