diff --git a/modules/server/containers/apps/etherpad.nix b/modules/server/containers/apps/etherpad.nix
index 24cba5f..b5b1687 100644
--- a/modules/server/containers/apps/etherpad.nix
+++ b/modules/server/containers/apps/etherpad.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 { config, containerCfg, pkgs, lib, builder, name,... }:
 let 
   serverCfg = config.syscfg.server;
-  etherpad_exe = pkgs.etherpad-lite;/*.override {
-    plugins = [ pkgs.nodePackages.ep_proxy_auth ]; # Ensure this is in your nixpkgs
-  };*/
+  etherpad_exe = pkgs.etherpad-lite;
   settings = pkgs.writeTextDir"etc/etherpad/settings.json" (builtins.toJSON {
     title= "\${TITLE:Etherpad}";
     showRecentPads = "\${SHOW_RECENT_PADS:true}";
@@ -83,25 +81,12 @@ let
       User = "1000:1000";
       WorkingDir = "/var/lib/etherpad";
       ExposedPorts = { "${toString containerCfg.port}/tcp" = {}; };
-      Env = [
-        "NODE_ENV=production"
-        "HOME=/opt/etherpad-lite/var"
-        "DB_FILENAME=/opt/etherpad-lite/var/dirty.db"
-      ];
+      Env = [];
 
     };
   };
 in {
-  paths = [{
-    path="${serverCfg.configPath}/etherpad/data";
-    owner = "1000:1000";
-    mode = "0755";
-  }{
-    path="${serverCfg.configPath}/etherpad/APIKEY.txt";
-    owner = "1000:1000";
-    mode = "0755";
-    backup = true;
-  }];
+  paths = [];
 
   containers = {
     server = builder.mkContainer {
@@ -129,10 +114,18 @@ in {
       };
       overrides = {
         volumes = [
-          "${serverCfg.configPath}/etherpad/data:/opt/etherpad-lite/var"
           "${serverCfg.configPath}/etherpad/APIKEY.txt:/opt/etherpad-lite/APIKEY.txt"
         ];
       };
     };
   };
+
+  setup = {
+    trigger = "server";
+    script = pkgs.writeShellScript "setup" ''
+      export $(sops -d ${config.sops.secrets."ETHERPAD".path} | xargs)
+      echo "The API key is $APIKEY" > output.txt
+    '';
+  };
+
 }
diff --git a/modules/server/sops/server.yaml b/modules/server/sops/server.yaml
index 34eef05..50c145f 100644
--- a/modules/server/sops/server.yaml
+++ b/modules/server/sops/server.yaml
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