diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec6ca16..9f6b4cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -91,3 +91,7 @@ Temporary Items
 *.tar.gz
 *.tar.gz.enc
 *.tar.gz.age
+
+# OS images & QEMU drives
+*.iso
+*.qcow2
diff --git a/thonkpad/nixhost/grun.sh b/thonkpad/nixhost/grun.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7e8bd69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thonkpad/nixhost/grun.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Graphical runner for desktop
+
+ISO=nixos
+DRIVENAME=nixhost
+MEM_GB=1
+
+qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm \
+    -m $(expr 1024 \* $MEM_GB) -drive file=./$DRIVENAME.qcow2,format=qcow2 
+
diff --git a/thonkpad/nixhost/run.sh b/thonkpad/nixhost/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7e321a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thonkpad/nixhost/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ISO=nixos
+DRIVENAME=nixhost
+MEM_GB=1
+SSH_PORT=2022
+
+qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -nographic -vga none \
+	-net user,hostfwd=tcp::2022-:22 -net nic \
+    -m $(expr 1024 \* $MEM_GB) -drive file=./$DRIVENAME.qcow2,format=qcow2 
+
diff --git a/thonkpad/nixhost/setup.sh b/thonkpad/nixhost/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ae04191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thonkpad/nixhost/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ISO=nixos
+DRIVENAME=nixhost
+DRIVE_GB=50
+MEM_GB=1
+
+if [ -f $ISO.iso ]; then
+    echo "Found $ISO.iso"
+else
+    wget -O $ISO.iso https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-23.05/latest-nixos-minimal-x86_64-linux.iso
+fi
+
+if [ -f $DRIVENAME.qcow2 ]; then
+    echo "Found $DRIVENAME.qcow2."
+else
+    qemu-img create -f qcow2 $DRIVENAME.qcow2 ${DRIVE_GB}G
+fi
+
+# try headless-esque flags:
+# -display curses
+# -nographic
+
+qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -display curses -nographic -cdrom $ISO.iso \
+    -m $(expr 1024 \* $MEM_GB) -drive file=./$DRIVENAME.qcow2,format=qcow2
+