diff --git a/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/configuration.nix
index 207e37f..8364bea 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/configuration.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     ../../modules/jitsi.nix
     ../../roles
     ../../roles/vm.nix
-    ./network.nix
+    ../../modules/vmNetwork.nix
   ];
 
   services.mathebau-jitsi = {
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
 
   # System configuration here
   networking.hostName = "ghatanothoa";
+  vmNetwork.ipv4 = "192.168.0.25";
   system.stateVersion = "23.11";
 }
diff --git a/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/network.nix b/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/network.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a1f4ae..0000000
--- a/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/network.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# We sohuld put that config somewhere in roles and give it a parameter or something,
-# everyone gets the same nameserver and the same prefixLength and address vs defaultGateway alsways
-# depend on the same thing
-{
-  imports = [];
-  networking = {
-    interfaces.enX0.ipv4.addresses = [
-      {
-        address = "192.168.0.25";
-        prefixLength = 16;
-      }
-    ];
-    defaultGateway = "192.168.0.152";
-    nameservers = ["130.83.2.22" "130.83.56.60" "130.83.22.60" "130.82.22.63"];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/vmNetwork.nix b/nixos/modules/vmNetwork.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4084ea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/vmNetwork.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit
+    (lib)
+    mkOption
+    types
+    last
+    init
+    ;
+  inherit
+    (lib.strings)
+    splitString
+    concatStringsSep
+    toInt
+    ;
+  cfg = config.vmNetwork;
+in {
+  imports = [];
+
+  options.vmNetwork = {
+    ipv4 = mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      description = "the ipv4 adress of this machine";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    networking = {
+      interfaces.enX0.ipv4.addresses = [
+        {
+          address = cfg.ipv4;
+          prefixLength = 16;
+        }
+      ];
+      defaultGateway = let
+        addr = splitString "." cfg.ipv4;
+        addrInit = init addr;
+        addrLastInt = builtins.toString (toInt (last addr) + 127);
+      in
+        concatStringsSep "." (addrInit ++ [addrLastInt]);
+      nameservers = ["130.83.2.22" "130.83.56.60" "130.83.22.60" "130.82.22.63"];
+    };
+  };
+}