diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/bonsai.nix b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/bonsai.nix
index b62270e6..597f1137 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/bonsai.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/bonsai.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
-{ sxmoPath, sxmoEnvSetup, pkgs }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.sane.gui.sxmo.bonsaid;
+in
 {
-  description = "programmable input dispatcher";
-  path = sxmoPath;
-  script = ''
-    ${sxmoEnvSetup}
-    ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/rm -f $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/bonsai
-    exec ${pkgs.bonsai}/bin/bonsaid -t $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sxmo/bonsai_tree.json
-  '';
-  serviceConfig.Type = "simple";
-  serviceConfig.Restart = "always";
-  serviceConfig.RestartSec = "5s";
+  options = with lib; {
+    sane.gui.sxmo.bonsaid.package = mkOption {
+      type = types.package;
+      default = pkgs.bonsai;
+    };
+  };
+  config = {
+    sane.user.services.bonsaid = {
+      description = "programmable input dispatcher";
+      script = ''
+        ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/rm -f $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/bonsai
+        exec ${cfg.package}/bin/bonsaid -t $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sxmo/bonsai_tree.json
+      '';
+      serviceConfig.Type = "simple";
+      serviceConfig.Restart = "always";
+      serviceConfig.RestartSec = "5s";
+    };
+  };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
index 62ad0f09..d38decc0 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ in
     };
   };
 
+  imports = [
+    ./bonsai.nix
+  ];
+
   config = lib.mkMerge [
     {
       sane.programs.sxmoApps = {
@@ -535,9 +539,8 @@ in
           sxmo_wob = sxmoService "wob";
           sxmo-x11-status = sxmoService "status_xsetroot";
 
-          bonsaid = import ./bonsai.nix {
-            inherit sxmoPath sxmoEnvSetup pkgs;
-          };
+          bonsaid.path = sxmoPath;
+          bonsaid.script = lib.mkBefore sxmoEnvSetup;
         };
       }