diff --git a/services/default.nix b/services/default.nix
index 4ba0cbf..b6398b2 100644
--- a/services/default.nix
+++ b/services/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
     ./trackmap.nix
     ./forgejo.nix
     ./cerca.nix
-#    ./irc.nix
+    ./irc.nix
   ];
 }
diff --git a/services/irc.nix b/services/irc.nix
index ecdc5ad..5139b86 100644
--- a/services/irc.nix
+++ b/services/irc.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,148 @@
 {
-  users = {
-    groups.irc = {};   
-    users.irc = {
-      name = "irc";
-      group = "irc";
-      isSystemUser = false;
-      isNormalUser = true;
-      home = "/var/irc";
-      createHome = true;
+  services = {
+    ergochat = {
+      enable = true;
+      settings = {
+      oper-classes = {
+        chat-moderator = {
+          title = "Moderator";
+	  capabilities = [
+	    "kill"
+	    "ban"
+	    "nofakelag"
+	    "relaymsg"
+	    "vhosts"
+	    "sajoin"
+	    "samode"
+	    "snomasks"
+	    "roleplay"
+          ];
+        };
+        server-admin = {
+	  title = "Server Admin";
+	  extends = "chat-moderator";
+	  capabilities = [
+	    "rehash"
+	    "accreg"
+	    "chanreg"
+	    "history"
+	    "defcon"
+	    "massmessage"
+	    "metadata"
+	  ];
+	};
+      };
+      opers = {
+	  admin = {
+            class = "server-admin";
+	    hidden = true;
+	    whois-line = "Server admin";
+	    password = "$2a$04$UYqtziFKyT2S/ujHETvOFebxKH8TVeKuRpH8FgFZhcbF4UuogOcz2";
+          };
+	};
+        accounts = {
+        authentication-enabled = true;
+        multiclient = {
+          allowed-by-default = true;
+          always-on = "opt-out";
+          auto-away = "opt-out";
+          enabled = true;
+        };
+        registration = {
+          allow-before-connect = true;
+          bcrypt-cost = 4;
+          email-verification = {
+            enabled = false;
+          };
+          enabled = true;
+          throttling = {
+            duration = "10m";
+            enabled = true;
+            max-attempts = 30;
+          };
+        };
+      };
+      channels = {
+        default-modes = "+ntC";
+        registration = {
+          enabled = true;
+        };
+      };
+      datastore = {
+        autoupgrade = true;
+        path = "/var/lib/ergo/ircd.db";
+      };
+      history = {
+        autoreplay-on-join = 0;
+        autoresize-window = "3d";
+        channel-length = 2048;
+        chathistory-maxmessages = 100;
+        client-length = 256;
+        enabled = true;
+        restrictions = {
+          expire-time = "1w";
+          grace-period = "1h";
+          query-cutoff = "none";
+        };
+        retention = {
+          allow-individual-delete = false;
+          enable-account-indexing = false;
+        };
+        tagmsg-storage = {
+          default = false;
+          whitelist = [
+            "+draft/react"
+            "+react"
+          ];
+        };
+        znc-maxmessages = 2048;
+      };
+      limits = {
+        awaylen = 390;
+        channellen = 64;
+        identlen = 20;
+        kicklen = 390;
+        nicklen = 32;
+        topiclen = 390;
+      };
+      network = {
+        name = "HermitCollective";
+      };
+      server = {
+        casemapping = "permissive";
+        check-ident = false;
+        enforce-utf = true;
+        forward-confirm-hostnames = false;
+        ip-cloaking = {
+          enabled = true;
+	  enabled-for-always-on = true;
+	  netname = "irc";
+	  cidr-len-ipv4 = 32;
+	  cidr-len-ipv6 = 64;
+	  num-bits = 64;
+        };
+        ip-limits = {
+          count = false;
+          throttle = false;
+        };
+        listeners = {
+          ":6667" = { }
+        };
+        lookup-hostnames = false;
+        max-sendq = "1M";
+        name = "irc.hermitcollective.net";
+        relaymsg = {
+          enabled = false;
+        };
+      };
     };
-  };
-  
-  services.nginx.virtualHosts."irc.hermitcollective.net" = {
+    };
+    nginx.virtualHosts."irc.hermitcollective.net" = {
       forceSSL = true;
       enableACME = true;
       locations."/" = {
         proxyPass = "http://localhost:6667";
+#        proxyPass = "http://[::1]:6667/";
         proxyWebsockets = true; # needed if you need to use WebSocket
         extraConfig =
           # required when the target is also TLS server with multiple hosts
@@ -24,6 +151,7 @@
           "proxy_pass_header Authorization;"
           ;
       };
+    };
   };
 }