diff --git a/hosts/nb-epicenter/configuration.nix b/hosts/nb-epicenter/configuration.nix
index e5cafea..fe5a67a 100644
--- a/hosts/nb-epicenter/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/nb-epicenter/configuration.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
   # allow hibernation
   security.protectKernelImage = false;
 
+  nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages = [
+    "openssl-1.1.1u"
+  ];
+
   sops.defaultSopsFile = ./secrets.yaml;
   sops.age.keyFile = "/var/lib/sops-nix/key.txt";
   sops.age.generateKey = true;