diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo.nix b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1acbe475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# this work derives from noneucat's sxmo service/packages, found via NUR
+# - <repo:nix-community/nur-combined:repos/noneucat/modules/pinephone/sxmo.nix>
+{ lib, config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+let
+  cfg = config.sane.gui.phosh;
+in
+{
+  options = {
+    sane.gui.sxmo.enable = mkOption {
+      default = false;
+      type = types.bool;
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkMerge [
+    {
+      sane.programs.sxmoApps = {
+        package = null;
+        suggestedPrograms = [
+          "guiApps"
+        ];
+      };
+    }
+
+    (mkIf config.sane.gui.sxmo.enable {
+      sane.programs.sxmoApps.enableFor.user.colin = true;
+
+      # TODO: probably need to enable pipewire
+
+      networking.useDHCP = false;
+      networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
+      networking.wireless.enable = lib.mkForce false;
+
+      hardware.bluetooth.enable = true;
+      services.blueman.enable = true;
+
+      services.xserver.windowManager.session = [{
+        name = "sxmo";
+        desktopNames = [ "sxmo" ];
+        start = ''
+          ${pkgs.sxmo-utils}/bin/sxmo_xinit.sh &
+          waitPID=$!
+        '';
+      }];
+    })
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/0001-group-differs-from-user.patch b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/0001-group-differs-from-user.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89d004541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/0001-group-differs-from-user.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/configs/profile.d/sxmo_init.sh b/configs/profile.d/sxmo_init.sh
+index 55baab3..2d33ea1 100644
+--- a/configs/profile.d/sxmo_init.sh
++++ b/configs/profile.d/sxmo_init.sh
+@@ -158,13 +158,15 @@ _sxmo_grab_session() {
+ }
+ 
+ _sxmo_prepare_dirs() {
++	uid=$(id -u)
++	gid=$(id -g)
+ 	mkdir -p "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
+ 	chmod 700 "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
+-	chown "$USER:$USER" "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
++	chown "$uid:$gid" "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
+ 
+ 	mkdir -p "$XDG_CACHE_HOME/sxmo/"
+ 	chmod 700 "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"
+-	chown "$USER:$USER" "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"
++	chown "$uid:$gid" "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"
+ }
+ 
+ _sxmo_grab_session
+
diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/0002-ensure-log-dir.patch b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/0002-ensure-log-dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd18d137e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/0002-ensure-log-dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/configs/profile.d/sxmo_init.sh b/configs/profile.d/sxmo_init.sh
+index 2d33ea1..76c4c94 100644
+--- a/configs/profile.d/sxmo_init.sh
++++ b/configs/profile.d/sxmo_init.sh
+@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ _sxmo_prepare_dirs() {
+ 	mkdir -p "$XDG_CACHE_HOME/sxmo/"
+ 	chmod 700 "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"
+ 	chown "$uid:$gid" "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"
++
++	mkdir -p "$XDG_STATE_HOME"
++	chmod 700 "$XDG_STATE_HOME"
++	chown "$uid:$gid" "$XDG_STATE_HOME"
+ }
+ 
+ _sxmo_grab_session
diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
index e08c73f6b..c7775a3cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
@@ -6,16 +6,22 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sxmo-utils";
-  version = "1.13.0";
+  version = "1.14.1";
 
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "https://git.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-utils";
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-HNkajPC/spozxRlaP0iMWvOAfriRjl2wo1wdcbVCrkU=";
+    hash = "sha256-UcJid1fi3Mgu32dCqlI9RQYnu5d07MMwW3eEYuYVBw4=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./0001-group-differs-from-user.patch
+    ./0002-ensure-log-dir.patch
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i 's@/usr/lib/udev/rules\.d@/etc/udev/rules.d@' Makefile
+    sed -i "s@/etc/profile\.d/sxmo_init.sh@$out/etc/profile.d/sxmo_init.sh@" scripts/core/*.sh
   '';
 
   installFlags = [
@@ -24,7 +30,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "PREFIX="
   ];
 
-  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { };
+  passthru = {
+    providedSessions = [ "sxmo" "swmo" ];
+    updateScript = gitUpdater { };
+  };
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-utils";