diff --git a/configs/services/paperless.nix b/configs/services/paperless.nix
index 81a4e35..eb9f1d6 100644
--- a/configs/services/paperless.nix
+++ b/configs/services/paperless.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
-{ lib, pkgs, config, ... }:
-let
-  dbname = "paperless";
-  dbuser = "paperless";
-  dbpass = "paperless";
-in
-{
+{ lib, pkgs, config, ... }: {
 
   services.paperless = {
     enable = true;
     consumptionDirIsPublic = true;
     address = "192.168.178.51";
-    user = dbuser;
+    user = "paperless";
+    database.createLocally = true;
     settings = {
       PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_IGNORE_PATTERN = [
         ".DS_STORE/*"
@@ -25,24 +20,9 @@ in
         optimize = 1;
         pdfa_image_compression = "lossless";
       };
-      PAPERLESS_DBENGINE = "postgres";
-      PAPERLESS_DBHOST = "/run/postgresql";
-      PAPERLESS_DUSER = dbuser;
-      PAPERLESS_DBNAME = dbname;
-      PAPERLESS_DBPASS = dbpass;
     };
   };
 
-  # enable a PostgreSQL DB 
-  services.postgresql = {
-    enable = true;
-    ensureDatabases = [ dbname ];
-    ensureUsers = [{
-      name = dbuser;
-      ensureDBOwnership = true;
-    }];
-  };
-
   # Paperless-ngx also requires a redis cache
   services.redis.enable = true;
 
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 5f6f499..700d0e9 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
   "nodes": {
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1741724370,
-        "narHash": "sha256-WsD+8uodhl58jzKKcPH4jH9dLTLFWZpVmGq4W1XDVF4=",
+        "lastModified": 1741851582,
+        "narHash": "sha256-cPfs8qMccim2RBgtKGF+x9IBCduRvd/N5F4nYpU0TVE=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "95600680c021743fd87b3e2fe13be7c290e1cac4",
+        "rev": "6607cf789e541e7873d40d3a8f7815ea92204f32",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "NixOS",
-        "ref": "nixos-24.11",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
         "type": "github"
       }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a9847e0..30c7af2 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   inputs = {
-    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-24.11";
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
   };
   outputs = { nixpkgs, ... }: {
     colmena = {