diff --git a/machines/fanny/configuration.nix b/machines/fanny/configuration.nix
index 1d16e76..4521cf7 100644
--- a/machines/fanny/configuration.nix
+++ b/machines/fanny/configuration.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ in
   };
 
   services.malobeo.microvm.enableHostBridge = true;
-  services.malobeo.microvm.deployHosts = [ "overwatch" "infradocs" "nextcloud" "durruti" ];
+  services.malobeo.microvm.deployHosts = [ "overwatch" "infradocs" "durruti" ];
+  services.malobeo.microvm.client.nextcloud.enable = true;
 
   networking = {
     nat = {
diff --git a/machines/modules/malobeo/microvm_client.nix b/machines/modules/malobeo/microvm_client.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89a1807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/machines/modules/malobeo/microvm_client.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{config, lib, pkgs, ...}:
+let
+  cfg = config.services.malobeo.microvm.client;
+in
+{
+  options.services.malobeo.microvm.client = {
+    nextcloud = {
+      enable = lib.mkEnableOption "enable the nextcloud microvm wrapper";
+      datadir = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.string;
+        default = "/data/services/nextcloud/";
+        description = "set a custom datadir";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkMerge [
+    (lib.mkIf cfg.nextcloud.enable { #add check for run-vm?
+      services.malobeo.microvm.deployHosts = ["nextcloud"];
+      microvm.vms.nextcloud.config.microvm.shares = lib.mkAfter [{
+        source = cfg.datadir;
+        mountPoint = "/datadir";
+        tag = "nc-datadir";
+        proto = "virtiofs";
+      }];
+    })
+  ];
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/machines/nextcloud/configuration.nix b/machines/nextcloud/configuration.nix
index a2cacdf..073128f 100644
--- a/machines/nextcloud/configuration.nix
+++ b/machines/nextcloud/configuration.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ with lib;
     hostName = "cloud.malobeo.org";
     config.adminpassFile = config.sops.secrets.nextcloudAdminPass.path;
     #https = true; #disable for testing
-    datadir = "/data/services/nextcloud/";
+    datadir = "/datadir";
     database.createLocally = true;
     config.dbtype = "pgsql";
     configureRedis = true;
diff --git a/outputs.nix b/outputs.nix
index c8dac17..5e26103 100644
--- a/outputs.nix
+++ b/outputs.nix
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ in (utils.lib.eachSystem (builtins.filter filter_system utils.lib.defaultSystems
 
     nixosModules.malobeo = {
       host.imports = [ ./machines/durruti/host_config.nix ];
-      microvm.imports = [ ./machines/modules/malobeo/microvm_host.nix ];
+      microvm.imports = [ ./machines/modules/malobeo/microvm_host.nix ./machines/modules/malobeo/microvm_client.nix];
       vpn.imports = [ ./machines/modules/malobeo/wireguard.nix ];
       initssh.imports = [ ./machines/modules/malobeo/initssh.nix ];
       metrics.imports = [ ./machines/modules/malobeo/metrics.nix ];