diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index ed78e43..2f70da1 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -100,6 +100,27 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "disko": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1736864502,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ItkIZyebGvNH2dK9jVGzJHGPtb6BSWLN8Gmef16NeY0=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "disko",
+        "rev": "0141aabed359f063de7413f80d906e1d98c0c123",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "ref": "latest",
+        "repo": "disko",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "firefox-gnome-theme": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
@@ -880,6 +901,21 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "impermanence": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1737831083,
+        "narHash": "sha256-LJggUHbpyeDvNagTUrdhe/pRVp4pnS6wVKALS782gRI=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "impermanence",
+        "rev": "4b3e914cdf97a5b536a889e939fb2fd2b043a170",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "impermanence",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "ixx": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-utils": [
@@ -1289,10 +1325,12 @@
     },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
+        "disko": "disko",
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "hyprland": "hyprland",
         "hyprland-plugins": "hyprland-plugins",
         "hyprlock": "hyprlock",
+        "impermanence": "impermanence",
         "nixd": "nixd",
         "nixos-hardware": "nixos-hardware",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_4",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index f6f79a8..19e511c 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,47 +1,48 @@
 {
   description = "flake forward setup with two hosts on different architectures";
 
-  outputs = {
-    self,
-    nixpkgs,
-    home-manager,
-    ...
-  } @ inputs: let
-    # args will later be used in outputs to inherit the flake and its inputs for use in modules.
-    args = {inherit self inputs;};
-    # mkSystem lets us repeat the same config for multiple systems, called later in outputs.
-    mkSystem = hostname:
-      nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+  outputs =
+    {
+      self,
+      nixpkgs,
+      home-manager,
+      ...
+    }@inputs:
+    let
+      # args will later be used in outputs to inherit the flake and its inputs for use in modules.
+      args = { inherit self inputs; };
+      # mkSystem lets us repeat the same config for multiple systems, called later in outputs.
+      mkSystem =
+        hostname:
+        nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+          specialArgs = args;
+          modules = [
+            ./systems/${hostname}.nix
+
+            home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
+            {
+              home-manager = {
+                useGlobalPkgs = true; # inherit the nixpkgs and its config
+                useUserPackages = true;
+                extraSpecialArgs = args;
+                users.rafiq.imports = [
+                  ./users/rafiq.nix
+                ];
+              };
+            }
+          ];
+        };
+    in
+    {
+      # System Configurations
+      nixosConfigurations.nemesis = mkSystem "nemesis";
+      nixosConfigurations.mellinoe = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
         specialArgs = args;
         modules = [
-          ./systems/${hostname}.nix
-
-          home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
-          {
-            home-manager = {
-              useGlobalPkgs = true; # inherit the nixpkgs and its config
-              useUserPackages = true;
-              extraSpecialArgs = args;
-              users.rafiq.imports = [
-                ./users/rafiq.nix
-              ];
-            };
-          }
+          ./systems/mellinoe.nix
         ];
       };
-  in {
-    # System Configurations
-    nixosConfigurations = builtins.listToAttrs [
-      {
-        name = "nemesis";
-        value = mkSystem "nemesis";
-      }
-      {
-        name = "orpheus";
-        value = mkSystem "orpheus";
-      }
-    ];
-  };
+    };
 
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
@@ -62,5 +63,8 @@
       inputs.hyprland.follows = "hyprland";
     };
     hyprlock.url = "github:hyprwm/hyprlock";
+    disko.url = "github:nix-community/disko/latest";
+    disko.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    impermanence.url = "github:nix-community/impermanence";
   };
 }
diff --git a/systems/hw-mellinoe.nix b/systems/hw-mellinoe.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c20b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systems/hw-mellinoe.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
+# and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
+# to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  modulesPath,
+  ...
+}:
+
+{
+  imports = [
+    (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
+  ];
+
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [
+    "xhci_pci"
+    "nvme"
+    "usb_storage"
+    "usbhid"
+    "sd_mod"
+    "rtsx_pci_sdmmc"
+  ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+
+  # Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface. In case of scripted networking
+  # (the default) this is the recommended approach. When using systemd-networkd it's
+  # still possible to use this option, but it's recommended to use it in conjunction
+  # with explicit per-interface declarations with `networking.interfaces.<interface>.useDHCP`.
+  networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  # networking.interfaces.eth0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  # networking.interfaces.wlp1s0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
+  hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
+}
diff --git a/systems/mellinoe.nix b/systems/mellinoe.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a36fa71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systems/mellinoe.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./hw-mellinoe.nix
+    ./modules/common.nix
+    ./modules/desktop.nix
+    ./modules/bootloaders/systemd-boot.nix
+    ./modules/hardware/bluetooth.nix
+  ];
+  networking.hostName = "mellinoe";
+  system.stateVersion = "24.11";
+}
diff --git a/systems/modules/ephemeral-root.nix b/systems/modules/ephemeral-root.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d8c055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systems/modules/ephemeral-root.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+{ inputs, lib, ... }:
+{
+  imports = [
+    inputs.disko.nixosModules.disko
+    inputs.impermanence.nixosModules.impermanence
+  ];
+  # Disk Partitioning
+  disko.devices.disk.main = {
+    device = "/dev/disk/by-id/nvme-eui.01000000000000008ce38e04019a68ab";
+    type = "disk";
+    content.type = "gpt";
+    content.partitions = {
+      boot = {
+        name = "boot";
+        type = "EF02";
+        size = "1M";
+        priority = 1;
+      };
+      esp = {
+        name = "ESP";
+        type = "EF00";
+        size = "500M";
+        content = {
+          type = "filesystem";
+          format = "vfat";
+          mountpoint = "/boot";
+          mountOptions = [ "umask=0077" ];
+        };
+      };
+      swap = {
+        size = "4G";
+        content = {
+          type = "swap";
+          resumeDevice = true;
+        };
+      };
+      root = {
+        name = "root";
+        size = "100%";
+        content = {
+          type = "lvm_pv";
+          vg = "root_vg";
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  # Logical Volume Set up
+  disko.devices.lvm_vg.root_vg = {
+    type = "lvm_vg";
+    lvs.root = {
+      size = "100%FREE";
+      content = {
+        type = "btrfs";
+        extraArgs = [ "-f" ];
+        subvolumes = {
+          "/root".mountpoint = "/";
+          "/persist".mountpoint = "/persist";
+          "/persist".mountOptions = [
+            "subvol=persist"
+            "noatime"
+          ];
+          "/nix".mountpoint = "/nix";
+          "/nix".mountOptions = [
+            "subvol=nix"
+            "noatime"
+          ];
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  # Back up old roots and delete older ones
+  boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = lib.mkAfter ''
+    		mkdir /btrfs_tmp
+    		mount /dev/root_vg/root /btrfs_tmp
+    		if [[ -e /btrfs_tmp/root ]]; then
+    			mkdir -p /btrfs_tmp/old_roots
+    			timestamp=$(date --date="@$(stat -c %Y /btrfs_tmp/root)" "+%Y-%M-%D_%H:%M:%S")
+    			mv /btrfs_tmp/root "/btrfs_tmp/old_roots/$timestamp"
+    		fi
+
+    		delete_subvolume_recursively() {
+    			IFS=$'\n'
+    			for i in $(btrfs subvolume list -o "$1" | cut -f 9- -d ' '); do
+    				delete_subvolume_recursively "/btrfs_tmp/$i"
+    			done
+    			btrfs subvolume delete "$1"
+    		}
+
+    		for i in $(find /btrfs_tmp/old_roots/ -maxdepth 1 -mtime +30); do
+    			delete_subvolume_recursively "$i"
+    		done
+
+    		btrfs subvolume create /btrfs_tmp/root
+    		umount /btrfs_tmp
+    	'';
+
+  # Directories to persist between boots
+  fileSystems."/persist".neededForBoot = true;
+  environment.persistence."/persist" = {
+    hideMounts = true;
+  };
+}