diff --git a/hosts/falkenstein/modules/dns/default.nix b/hosts/falkenstein/modules/dns/default.nix
index 8dffca6..48b2eb8 100644
--- a/hosts/falkenstein/modules/dns/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/falkenstein/modules/dns/default.nix
@@ -1,58 +1,7 @@
-{ pkgs, config, ... }:
-let
-  zonefile = pkgs.writeText "rfive.de.zone.txt" ''
-    $TTL 3600
-    $ORIGIN rfive.de.
-        
-    rfive.de.  86400  IN  SOA ns.rfive.de. hostmaster.rfive.de. 2024030838 10800 3600 604800 3600
-    @ NS ns0.rfive.de.
-    @ NS ns.inwx.de.
-    @ NS ns2.inwx.de.
-    @ NS ns3.inwx.eu.
-
-    ns0 A 23.88.121.184
-    ns0 AAAA 2a01:4f8:c012:49de::1
-
-    @   A    23.88.121.184
-    @   AAAA 2a01:4f8:c012:49de::1
-
-    @   CAA 0 iodef "mailto:ca@rfive.de"
-    @   CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"
-    @   CAA 0 issuewild ";"
-
-    nuc         A     141.30.227.6
-    falkenstein A     23.88.121.184
-    falkenstein AAAA  2a01:4f8:c012:49de::1
-    falkenstein SSHFP 1 1 DE42CA418093CF94EABC124E101AE4D8DE02C69F
-    falkenstein SSHFP 1 2 149100F5C3CA333E20E7B03EB463B0FB23D34FFE1FC65EFAADDDBE51 8EC35990
-    falkenstein SSHFP 4 1 70A38677DEE50C5B67AA11400A6BCD4984355C2A
-    falkenstein SSHFP 4 2 B25AD18A23C885AE965875C4C9EDA4E4EDFD3503334B10F0BFE7527B EB178CB2
-
-    @    MX 1 mail.rfive.de.
-    mail A 23.88.121.184
-    mail AAAA 2a01:4f8:c012:49de::1
-
-    @                 TXT "v=spf1 mx ~all"
-    rspamd._domainkey TXT "v=DKIM1; k=rsa;p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDoirUMubro4nlmY6a8JMwK9QB2agAXiJzexDU/7ba6KCggONfoSTfUHlrM/XeM1GG/9oKpngApxDPP97adJuxc8/EELyo4HjTyYD8GBFZhg0AN7V8IPaJ1o5k6dGDk8ZLh41ZCnlAVWkhVSKs5pYtzkrlJIfUSzyuoe8nuFsVe3QIDAQAB"
-    _dmarc            TXT "v=DMARC1; p=none; adkim=s; fo=1; rua=mailto:dmarc@rfive.de; ruf=mailto:dmarc@rfive.de"
-
-    _discord          TXT "dh=0bcca75b0a56c304f0c23fbdb3f12009411e8c0c"
-
-    cache      CNAME nuc.rfive.de.
-    chat       CNAME nuc.rfive.de.
-    img.trucks CNAME falkenstein.rfive.de.
-    matrix     CNAME nuc.rfive.de.
-    purge      CNAME falkenstein.rfive.de.
-    rspamd     CNAME falkenstein.rfive.de.
-    seafile    CNAME nuc.rfive.de.
-    trucks     CNAME falkenstein.rfive.de.
-    vault      CNAME nuc.rfive.de.
-  '';
-in
+{ pkgs, ... }:
 {
-  services.bind = rec {
+  services.bind = {
     enable = true;
-    directory = "/var/lib/bind";
     zones = {
       "rfive.de" = {
         master = true;
@@ -61,17 +10,57 @@ in
         ];
         extraConfig = ''
           also-notify {185.181.104.96;};
-          dnssec-policy default;
-          inline-signing yes;
         '';
-        file = "${directory}/rfive.de.zone.txt";
+        file = pkgs.writeText "rfive.de_zone.txt" ''
+          $TTL 3600
+          $ORIGIN rfive.de.
+        
+          rfive.de.  86400  IN  SOA ns.rfive.de. hostmaster.rfive.de. 2024030832 10800 3600 604800 3600
+          @  3600   IN  NS  ns.rfive.de.
+          @  3600   IN  NS  ns.inwx.de.
+          @  3600   IN  NS  ns2.inwx.de.
+
+          ns.rfive.de. 3600 IN A 23.88.121.184
+          ns.rfive.de. 3600 IN AAAA 2a01:4f8:c012:49de::1
+
+          @  IN   A     23.88.121.184
+          @  IN   AAAA  2a01:4f8:c012:49de::1
+          @  IN   CAA   0 iodef "mailto:ca@rfive.de"
+          @  IN   CAA   0 issue "letsencrypt.org"
+          @  IN   CAA   0 issuewild ";"
+
+          nuc         IN A 141.30.227.6
+
+          falkenstein IN A 23.88.121.184
+          falkenstein IN AAAA 2a01:4f8:c012:49de::1
+          falkenstein IN SSHFP 1 1 DE42CA418093CF94EABC124E101AE4D8DE02C69F
+          falkenstein IN SSHFP 1 2 149100F5C3CA333E20E7B03EB463B0FB23D34FFE1FC65EFAADDDBE51 8EC35990
+          falkenstein IN SSHFP 4 1 70A38677DEE50C5B67AA11400A6BCD4984355C2A
+          falkenstein IN SSHFP 4 2 B25AD18A23C885AE965875C4C9EDA4E4EDFD3503334B10F0BFE7527B EB178CB2
+
+          @    IN MX 1 mail.rfive.de.
+          mail IN A 23.88.121.184
+          mail IN AAAA 2a01:4f8:c012:49de::1
+
+          @                 IN TXT "v=spf1 mx ~all"
+          rspamd._domainkey IN TXT "v=DKIM1; k=rsa;p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDoirUMubro4nlmY6a8JMwK9QB2agAXiJzexDU/7ba6KCggONfoSTfUHlrM/XeM1GG/9oKpngApxDPP97adJuxc8/EELyo4HjTyYD8GBFZhg0AN7V8IPaJ1o5k6dGDk8ZLh41ZCnlAVWkhVSKs5pYtzkrlJIfUSzyuoe8nuFsVe3QIDAQAB"
+          _dmarc            IN TXT "v=DMARC1; p=none; adkim=s; fo=1; rua=mailto:dmarc@rfive.de; ruf=mailto:dmarc@rfive.de"
+
+          cache      IN CNAME nuc.rfive.de.
+          chat       IN CNAME nuc.rfive.de.
+          img.trucks IN CNAME falkenstein.rfive.de.
+          matrix     IN CNAME nuc.rfive.de.
+          purge      IN CNAME falkenstein.rfive.de.
+          rspamd     IN CNAME falkenstein.rfive.de.
+          seafile    IN CNAME nuc.rfive.de.
+          trucks     IN CNAME falkenstein.rfive.de.
+          vault      IN CNAME nuc.rfive.de.
+
+          _discord IN TXT "dh=0bcca75b0a56c304f0c23fbdb3f12009411e8c0c"
+        '';
       };
     };
   };
-  systemd.services.bind.preStart = ''
-    # copy the file manually to its destination since signing requires a writable directory
-    ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/cp ${zonefile} ${config.services.bind.directory}/rfive.de.zone.txt
-  '';
   networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ 53 ];
   networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 53 ];
 }