diff --git a/roles/desktop/services/default.nix b/roles/desktop/services/default.nix
index c6786ec..48f9952 100644
--- a/roles/desktop/services/default.nix
+++ b/roles/desktop/services/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 {
 	imports = [
-
+		./ssh-agent.nix
 	];
 }
diff --git a/roles/desktop/services/ssh-agent.nix b/roles/desktop/services/ssh-agent.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7081761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/desktop/services/ssh-agent.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+	programs.ssh.startAgent = true;
+	/*
+	Home assistant added an option that does this
+	https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/commit/2d9210f25ed18d5d4e11e6b886de4027c0c51a94
+	but since I still need to fix home-manager's envvars not applying I'll stick to the NixOS one
+	*/
+}