diff --git a/hosts/fw/modules/gitea-vm.nix b/hosts/fw/modules/gitea-vm.nix
index 8615ccf..734f306 100644
--- a/hosts/fw/modules/gitea-vm.nix
+++ b/hosts/fw/modules/gitea-vm.nix
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ in {
         "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDN/2SAFm50kraB1fepAizox/QRXxB7WbqVbH+5OPalDT47VIJGNKOKhixQoqhABHxEoLxdf/C83wxlCVlPV9poLfDgVkA3Lyt5r3tSFQ6QjjOJAgchWamMsxxyGBedhKvhiEzcr/Lxytnoz3kjDG8fqQJwEpdqMmJoMUfyL2Rqp16u+FQ7d5aJtwO8EUqovhMaNO7rggjPpV/uMOg+tBxxmscliN7DLuP4EMTA/FwXVzcFNbOx3K9BdpMRAaSJt4SWcJO2cS2KHA5n/H+PQI7nz5KN3Yr/upJN5fROhi/SHvK39QOx12Pv7FCuWlc+oR68vLaoCKYhnkl3DnCfc7A7"
       ];
 
-      networking.firewall = {
-        enable = true;               # default, but being explicit is fine
-        allowedTCPPorts = [ 8088 ];
-      };
-
       system.stateVersion = "22.05";
     };
   }) (lib.listToAttrs (lib.lists.imap1 (i: v: { name=v; value=i; }) runners));
diff --git a/hosts/fw/modules/home-assistant/electricity.nix b/hosts/fw/modules/home-assistant/electricity.nix
index f086d75..3698843 100644
--- a/hosts/fw/modules/home-assistant/electricity.nix
+++ b/hosts/fw/modules/home-assistant/electricity.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-{ config, pkgs, ... }: 
+{ config, ... }: 
 let
+  unstable = import
+      (builtins.fetchTarball https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/tarball/nixpkgs-unstable)
+      # reuse the current configuration
+      { config = config.nixpkgs.config; };
 in {
-  services.home-assistant.customComponents = with pkgs.home-assistant-custom-components; [
+  services.home-assistant.customComponents = with unstable.home-assistant-custom-components; [
     epex_spot
   ];
 
diff --git a/hosts/fw/modules/vscode-server.nix b/hosts/fw/modules/vscode-server.nix
index c857043..af2c6c9 100644
--- a/hosts/fw/modules/vscode-server.nix
+++ b/hosts/fw/modules/vscode-server.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 let
   hostname = "vscode-server";
+  unstable = import (fetchTarball "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-unstable.tar.gz") {
+    config = config.nixpkgs.config;
+    system = pkgs.system;
+  };
 in {
   microvm.vms.${hostname} = {
     autostart = true;
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ in {
       };
 
       environment.systemPackages = [
-        pkgs.ddev
+        unstable.ddev
       ];
 
       # Docker is required for ddev
@@ -33,4 +37,4 @@ in {
       mac = "02:00:00:00:01:01";
     }];
   };
-}
+}
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