diff --git a/modules/universal/env/home-manager/nb.nix b/modules/universal/env/home-manager/nb.nix
index c989d10f..84b9378c 100644
--- a/modules/universal/env/home-manager/nb.nix
+++ b/modules/universal/env/home-manager/nb.nix
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 # it offers a primitive web-server
 # and it offers some CLI query tools
 
-{ lib, ... }:
+{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
 {
+  sane.home-manager.extraPackages = [ pkgs.nb ];
+
   home-manager.users.colin = { config, ... }: {
     # nb markdown/personal knowledge manager
     home.file.".nb/knowledge".source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "/home/colin/dev/knowledge";
diff --git a/modules/universal/env/home-packages.nix b/modules/universal/env/home-packages.nix
index 1236fb2f..69c6f0ea 100644
--- a/modules/universal/env/home-packages.nix
+++ b/modules/universal/env/home-packages.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ let
     lm_sensors  # for sensors-detect
     lshw
     ffmpeg
-    nb
     networkmanager
     nixpkgs-review
     # nixos-generators