diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 6312c75..38cc3d0 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
   users.users.rafiq = {
     isNormalUser = true;
     description = "Mohammad Rafiq";
-    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
+    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "podman" ];
   };
 
   ##############################
@@ -131,6 +131,16 @@
     # portalPackage = inputs.hyprland.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland;
   };
 
+  virtualisation = {
+    # Enable common container config files in /etc/containers
+    containers.enable = true;
+    podman = {
+      enable = true;
+      dockerCompat = true;
+      defaultNetwork.settings.dns_enabled = true; # for compose containers to see each other
+    };
+  };
+
   # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
   # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
   # on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave