diff --git a/examples/nixos/default.nix b/examples/nixos/default.nix
index c3719f2..ca8abff 100644
--- a/examples/nixos/default.nix
+++ b/examples/nixos/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ in
 
     # --custom profiles
     exporter.nixosProfiles.customProfiles.nix
+    exporter.nixosModules.customModules.boot
     exporter.nixosProfiles.customProfiles.boot
 
     exporter.srvos.default.common.nix
diff --git a/examples/nixos/pops/nixosModules.nix b/examples/nixos/pops/nixosModules.nix
index 6eee7ca..dc3e402 100644
--- a/examples/nixos/pops/nixosModules.nix
+++ b/examples/nixos/pops/nixosModules.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 .addExporters
   [
     (POP.extendPop flops.haumea.pops.exporter (
-      self: super: { exports.customModules = { }; }
+      self: super: {
+        exports.customModules.boot =
+          self.outputsForTarget.dmerge
+            {
+              config.loader = {
+                timeout = 10;
+              };
+            }
+            [ "boot" ];
+      }
     ))
   ]
diff --git a/nixos/nixosModules/boot/default.nix b/nixos/nixosModules/boot/default.nix
index f449f0e..47405fa 100644
--- a/nixos/nixosModules/boot/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/nixosModules/boot/default.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ with lib; {
   # do we need to import the submodules automatically in imports?
   imports = [
     (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
-    (modulesPath + "/virtualisation/google-compute-image.nix")
+    # (modulesPath + "/virtualisation/google-compute-image.nix")
     (loadSubmodule ./systemd-initrd.nix)
     ({ environment.systemPackages = [ nixpkgs.hello ]; })
   ];
+
   config = mkMerge [
     (mkIf cfg.__profiles__.systemd-boot.enable {
       loader = {
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ with lib; {
     })
   ];
 
+  # config.loader.timeout = 1;
+
   options = {
     __profiles__.speedup = mkOption {
       type = types.bool;
diff --git a/nixos/nixosProfiles/presets/boot.nix b/nixos/nixosProfiles/presets/boot.nix
index 137c5d8..a6c82dd 100644
--- a/nixos/nixosProfiles/presets/boot.nix
+++ b/nixos/nixosProfiles/presets/boot.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
-  imports = [ POS.nixosModules.boot ];
+  # imports = [ POS.nixosModules.boot ];
   boot.__profiles__.systemd-boot.enable = true;
+  boot.__profiles__.speedup = true;
 }