diff --git a/home/emacs/init.el b/home/emacs/init.el
index 0deb395..4c660a6 100644
--- a/home/emacs/init.el
+++ b/home/emacs/init.el
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@
 
 (add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook #'chase/display-startup-time)
 
+;; automatically create missing directories
+;; source: https://emacsredux.com/blog/2022/06/12/auto-create-missing-directories/
+(defun er-auto-create-missing-dirs ()
+  (let ((target-dir (file-name-directory buffer-file-name)))
+    (unless (file-exists-p target-dir)
+      (make-directory target-dir t))))
+
+(add-to-list 'find-file-not-found-functions #'er-auto-create-missing-dirs)
+
 ;; set repos and bootstrap use-package
 ;; (require 'package)
 
@@ -396,7 +405,7 @@
   (setq org-capture-templates
 		'(("i" "Inbox" entry (file "gtd/inbox.org")
 		   "* TODO %?\n")
-		  ("n" "Note" entry (file "~/org/inbox.org")
+		  ("n" "Note" entry (file "gtd/inbox.org")
 		   "* %? :NOTE:\n")))
 
   ;; TODO
@@ -447,7 +456,8 @@
   (use-package org-roam
     :after org
 	:custom
-	(org-roam-directory "~/org/roam")
+	(org-roam-directory
+     (expand-file-name "roam/" org-directory))
 	:bind
 	(("C-c n l" . org-roam-buffer-toggle)
      ("C-c n f" . org-roam-node-find)
diff --git a/hosts/kuromi/configuration.nix b/hosts/kuromi/configuration.nix
index d792a7f..7285cd6 100644
--- a/hosts/kuromi/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/kuromi/configuration.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 # Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
 # your system.  Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
 # and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).
-
-{ config, pkgs, ... }:
-
 {
-  imports =
-    [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
-      ./hardware-configuration.nix
-      ../../nixos/desktop.nix
-    ];
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}: {
+  imports = [
+    # Include the results of the hardware scan.
+    ./hardware-configuration.nix
+    ../../nixos/desktop.nix
+  ];
 
   networking.hostName = "kuromi";
-  
+
   system.stateVersion = "25.05";
 }
diff --git a/hosts/kuromi/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/kuromi/hardware-configuration.nix
index 52ebffc..c462b2f 100644
--- a/hosts/kuromi/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/kuromi/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,35 @@
 # Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
 # and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
 # to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
-{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
-
 {
-  imports =
-    [ (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
-    ];
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  modulesPath,
+  ...
+}: {
+  imports = [
+    (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
+  ];
 
-  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "nvme" "usbhid" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" "sdhci_pci" ];
-  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
-  boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
-  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = ["xhci_pci" "nvme" "usbhid" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" "sdhci_pci"];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [];
+  boot.kernelModules = ["kvm-intel"];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [];
 
-  fileSystems."/" =
-    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/612f8704-c020-4188-85a7-27127e9b9ff2";
-      fsType = "btrfs";
-      options = [ "subvol=@" ];
-    };
+  fileSystems."/" = {
+    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/612f8704-c020-4188-85a7-27127e9b9ff2";
+    fsType = "btrfs";
+    options = ["subvol=@"];
+  };
 
-  fileSystems."/boot" =
-    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/2211-57BE";
-      fsType = "vfat";
-      options = [ "fmask=0077" "dmask=0077" ];
-    };
+  fileSystems."/boot" = {
+    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/2211-57BE";
+    fsType = "vfat";
+    options = ["fmask=0077" "dmask=0077"];
+  };
 
-  swapDevices = [ ];
+  swapDevices = [];
 
   # Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface. In case of scripted networking
   # (the default) this is the recommended approach. When using systemd-networkd it's