diff --git a/home-manager/home.nix b/home-manager/home.nix
index 1dac3ac..9aad3cd 100755
--- a/home-manager/home.nix
+++ b/home-manager/home.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
-{
-  pkgs,
-  inputs,
-  config,
-  ...
-}:
+{ pkgs, ... }:
 
 {
 
   # import longer service declarations
   imports = [
-    ./alacritty.nix
-    ./firefox.nix
-    ./fish.nix
-    ./git.nix
-    ./nixvim.nix
+    ./programs
   ];
 
   home.username = "roy";
diff --git a/home-manager/alacritty.nix b/home-manager/programs/alacritty.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from home-manager/alacritty.nix
rename to home-manager/programs/alacritty.nix
diff --git a/home-manager/programs/default.nix b/home-manager/programs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69c3217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home-manager/programs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{ ... }: {
+  imports = [
+    ./alacritty.nix
+    ./firefox.nix
+    ./fish.nix
+    ./git.nix
+    ./nixvim.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/home-manager/firefox.nix b/home-manager/programs/firefox.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from home-manager/firefox.nix
rename to home-manager/programs/firefox.nix
diff --git a/home-manager/fish.nix b/home-manager/programs/fish.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from home-manager/fish.nix
rename to home-manager/programs/fish.nix
diff --git a/home-manager/git.nix b/home-manager/programs/git.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from home-manager/git.nix
rename to home-manager/programs/git.nix
diff --git a/home-manager/nixvim.nix b/home-manager/programs/nixvim.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from home-manager/nixvim.nix
rename to home-manager/programs/nixvim.nix