diff --git a/nixosConfigurations/muede-lpt2/containers.nix b/nixosConfigurations/muede-lpt2/containers.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7033b52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixosConfigurations/muede-lpt2/containers.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{ self, ... }:
+{
+  config = {
+    boot.enableContainers = true;
+    virtualisation.containers.enable = true;
+
+    containers.damocles = {
+      autoStart = false;
+      privateNetwork = false;
+      path = self.nixosConfigurations.damocles.config.system.build.toplevel;
+      bindMounts."/etc/nix/distributed-build-key" = {
+        hostPath = "/etc/nix/distributed-build-key";
+        isReadOnly = true;
+      };
+      bindMounts."/persist/damocles-ssh" = {
+        hostPath = "/persist/damocles-ssh";
+        isReadOnly = true;
+      };
+      bindMounts."/persist/damocles-lab" = {
+        hostPath = "/persist/damocles-lab";
+        isReadOnly = false;
+      };
+    };
+
+    containers.damocles-lab = {
+      autoStart = false;
+      privateNetwork = false;
+      path = self.nixosConfigurations.damocles-lab.config.system.build.toplevel;
+      bindMounts."/etc/nix/distributed-build-key" = {
+        hostPath = "/etc/nix/distributed-build-key";
+        isReadOnly = true;
+      };
+      bindMounts."/workspace" = {
+        hostPath = "/persist/damocles-lab";
+        isReadOnly = false;
+      };
+      bindMounts."/persist/damocles-ssh" = {
+        hostPath = "/persist/damocles-ssh";
+        isReadOnly = true;
+      };
+    };
+
+    # Global DefaultTimeoutStopSec is 10s (modern-desktop.nix), which kills systemd-nspawn
+    # before it finishes halting, leaving cgroups busy and breaking restarts.
+    systemd.services."container@damocles".serviceConfig = {
+      TimeoutStopSec = "60s";
+      # After a SIGKILL of nspawn, the kernel needs a moment to reap its cgroups.
+      # Without this, the immediate restart attempt fails with "Device or resource busy".
+      RestartSec = "5s";
+    };
+
+    systemd.services."container@damocles-lab".serviceConfig = {
+      TimeoutStopSec = "60s";
+      RestartSec = "5s";
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixosConfigurations/muede-lpt2/default.nix b/nixosConfigurations/muede-lpt2/default.nix
index f52d735..be7927c 100644
--- a/nixosConfigurations/muede-lpt2/default.nix
+++ b/nixosConfigurations/muede-lpt2/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { self, ... }:
 {
   imports = [
+    ./containers.nix
     ./hardware.nix
   ];
 
@@ -64,58 +65,5 @@
     ];
 
     boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems = [ "aarch64-linux" ];
-
-    containers.damocles = {
-      autoStart = false;
-      privateNetwork = false;
-      path = self.nixosConfigurations.damocles.config.system.build.toplevel;
-      bindMounts."/etc/nix/distributed-build-key" = {
-        hostPath = "/etc/nix/distributed-build-key";
-        isReadOnly = true;
-      };
-      bindMounts."/persist/damocles-ssh" = {
-        hostPath = "/persist/damocles-ssh";
-        isReadOnly = true;
-      };
-      bindMounts."/persist/damocles-lab" = {
-        hostPath = "/persist/damocles-lab";
-        isReadOnly = false;
-      };
-    };
-
-    containers.damocles-lab = {
-      autoStart = false;
-      privateNetwork = false;
-      path = self.nixosConfigurations.damocles-lab.config.system.build.toplevel;
-      bindMounts."/etc/nix/distributed-build-key" = {
-        hostPath = "/etc/nix/distributed-build-key";
-        isReadOnly = true;
-      };
-      bindMounts."/workspace" = {
-        hostPath = "/persist/damocles-lab";
-        isReadOnly = false;
-      };
-      bindMounts."/persist/damocles-ssh" = {
-        hostPath = "/persist/damocles-ssh";
-        isReadOnly = true;
-      };
-    };
-
-    # Global DefaultTimeoutStopSec is 10s (modern-desktop.nix), which kills systemd-nspawn
-    # before it finishes halting, leaving cgroups busy and breaking restarts.
-    systemd.services."container@damocles".serviceConfig = {
-      TimeoutStopSec = "60s";
-      # After a SIGKILL of nspawn, the kernel needs a moment to reap its cgroups.
-      # Without this, the immediate restart attempt fails with "Device or resource busy".
-      RestartSec = "5s";
-    };
-
-    systemd.services."container@damocles-lab".serviceConfig = {
-      TimeoutStopSec = "60s";
-      RestartSec = "5s";
-    };
-
-    boot.enableContainers = true;
-    virtualisation.containers.enable = true;
   };
 }