diff --git a/hosts/fw/modules/pyload.nix b/hosts/fw/modules/pyload.nix
index 616e9e5..96c48c1 100644
--- a/hosts/fw/modules/pyload.nix
+++ b/hosts/fw/modules/pyload.nix
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ in
 
       environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
         unrar    # Required for RAR archive extraction
+        p7zip    # Required for 7z and other archive formats
         filebot  # Automated media file organization
       ];
 
@@ -234,9 +235,16 @@ in
         };
       };
 
-      # Disable SSL certificate verification
+      # Configure pyload service
       systemd.services.pyload = {
+        # Add extraction tools to service PATH
+        path = with pkgs; [
+          unrar    # For RAR extraction
+          p7zip    # For 7z extraction
+        ];
+
         environment = {
+          # Disable SSL certificate verification
           PYLOAD__GENERAL__SSL_VERIFY = "0";
 
           # Enable ExtractArchive plugin
@@ -248,7 +256,7 @@ in
           PYLOAD__EXTRACTARCHIVE__FULLPATH = "1";
         };
 
-        # Bind-mount DNS configuration files and system tools into the chroot
+        # Bind-mount DNS configuration files into the chroot
         serviceConfig = {
           BindReadOnlyPaths = [
             "/etc/resolv.conf"
@@ -256,8 +264,6 @@ in
             "/etc/hosts"
             "/etc/ssl"
             "/etc/static/ssl"
-            # Make all system packages (including unrar and filebot) accessible
-            "/run/current-system/sw/bin"
           ];
         };
       };
diff --git a/utils/overlays/packages.nix b/utils/overlays/packages.nix
index 811ae3b..56e0abf 100644
--- a/utils/overlays/packages.nix
+++ b/utils/overlays/packages.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ self: super: {
   };
   python3Packages = self.python3.pkgs;
 
-  pyload-ng = self.callPackage ../pkgs/pyload-ng-updated.nix { pyload-ng = super.pyload-ng; };
+  pyload-ng = self.callPackage ../pkgs/pyload-ng { pyload-ng = super.pyload-ng; };
 
   # vscode-insiders = (super.callPackage ../pkgs/vscode-insiders.nix { });
 }
diff --git a/utils/pkgs/pyload-ng-updated.nix b/utils/pkgs/pyload-ng/default.nix
similarity index 90%
rename from utils/pkgs/pyload-ng-updated.nix
rename to utils/pkgs/pyload-ng/default.nix
index 195eebf..01003bf 100644
--- a/utils/pkgs/pyload-ng-updated.nix
+++ b/utils/pkgs/pyload-ng/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ pyload-ng.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
     hash = "sha256-g1eEeNnr3Axtr+0BJzMcNQomTEX4EsUG1Jxt+huPyoc=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./patches/declarative-env-config.patch
+  ];
+
   # Add new dependencies required in newer versions
   propagatedBuildInputs = (oldAttrs.propagatedBuildInputs or []) ++ (with python3Packages; [
     mini-racer
diff --git a/utils/pkgs/pyload-ng/patches/declarative-env-config.patch b/utils/pkgs/pyload-ng/patches/declarative-env-config.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..589a041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/pkgs/pyload-ng/patches/declarative-env-config.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+diff --git a/src/pyload/core/__init__.py b/src/pyload/core/__init__.py
+index 4324fc700..5d915a85e 100644
+--- a/src/pyload/core/__init__.py
++++ b/src/pyload/core/__init__.py
+@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ class Core:
+         else:
+             self._debug = max(0, int(debug))
+ 
++        # Process core config environment variables (NixOS declarative config)
++        for env, value in os.environ.items():
++            if not env.startswith("PYLOAD__"):
++                continue
++            parts = env.removeprefix("PYLOAD__").lower().split("__", 1)
++            if len(parts) == 2 and parts[0] in self.config.config:
++                self.config.set(parts[0], parts[1], value)
++
+         # If no argument set, read storage dir from config file,
+         # otherwise save setting to config dir
+         if storagedir is None:
+@@ -227,6 +235,18 @@ class Core:
+         self.thm = self.thread_manager = ThreadManager(self)
+         self.cpm = self.captcha_manager = CaptchaManager(self)
+         self.adm = self.addon_manager = AddonManager(self)
++
++        # Process plugin config environment variables after plugins are loaded (NixOS declarative config)
++        # Build case-insensitive lookup map for plugin names
++        plugin_name_map = {name.lower(): name for name in self.config.plugin.keys()}
++
++        for env, value in os.environ.items():
++            if not env.startswith("PYLOAD__"):
++                continue
++            parts = env.removeprefix("PYLOAD__").lower().split("__", 1)
++            if len(parts) == 2 and parts[0] in plugin_name_map:
++                actual_plugin_name = plugin_name_map[parts[0]]
++                self.config.set_plugin(actual_plugin_name, parts[1], value)
+ 
+     def _setup_permissions(self):
+         self.log.debug("Setup permissions...")