diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 3256d27..1a7966f 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
 { config, pkgs, ... }:
 let
-  # custom package
+  # custom packages
   nodeinfo = (import pkgs/nodeinfo.nix);
+  lightning-charge = import pkgs/lightning-charge.nix { inherit pkgs; };
 in {
   disabledModules = [ "services/security/tor.nix" ];
 
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ in {
       ./modules/nixbitcoin.nix
     ];
 
-  # TODO: does that destroy the channels symlink?
   # turn off binary cache by passing the empty list
   #nix.binaryCaches = [];
 
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ in {
      vim tmux clightning bitcoin
      nodeinfo
      jq
+     lightning-charge.package
   ];
   nixpkgs.config.packageOverrides = pkgs: {
     inherit nodeinfo;
+    inherit lightning-charge;
   };
 
   services.openssh.enable = true;
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@ in {
 #     openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [ "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILacgZRwLsiICNHGHY2TG2APeuxFsrw6Cg13ZTMQpNqA nickler@rick" ];
 #  };
 
-
   # networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
   # networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
   networking.firewall.enable = true;
diff --git a/modules/bitcoind.nix b/modules/bitcoind.nix
index a24a741..ad199e6 100644
--- a/modules/bitcoind.nix
+++ b/modules/bitcoind.nix
@@ -74,10 +74,7 @@ in {
           par=16
           rpcthreads=16
           logips=1
-          assumevalid=0000000000000000000726d186d6298b5054b9a5c49639752294b322a305d240
-          addnode=ecoc5q34tmbq54wl.onion
-          discover=0
-          printtoconsole=1
+
         '';
         description = "Additional configurations to be appended to <filename>bitcoin.conf</filename>.";
       };
diff --git a/pkgs/lightning-charge.nix b/pkgs/lightning-charge.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91d52e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/lightning-charge.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {
+    inherit system;
+  }, system ? builtins.currentSystem, nodejs ? pkgs."nodejs-8_x"}:
+
+
+with pkgs;
+let
+ d1 = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "lightning-charge-sources";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/lightning-charge/-/lightning-charge-0.4.4.tgz";
+      sha256 = "4cd3c918664e99deca3317238856b3c12c314d4ab9f3a61540bee75f9bfed3d7";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = [ nodePackages.node2nix git ];
+
+    unpackPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out
+      tar -xzf $src -C $out
+    '';
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out
+      cd $out/package
+      ${nodePackages.node2nix}/bin/node2nix -8 package.json
+
+      # terrible hack but I'm really exhausted
+      sed -i "17iglobalBuildInputs = [ pkgs.nodePackages_8_x.node-pre-gyp ];" default.nix
+    '';
+  };
+  # import from derivation (IFD)
+  packages = import (d1 + "/package/default.nix") {
+    inherit pkgs system;
+  };
+in
+packages