diff --git a/home/minecraft/home.nix b/home/minecraft/home.nix
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index 00000000..bb7cce9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/minecraft/home.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{ pkgs
+, lib
+, config
+, ... }: with lib; mkIf config.passthrough.minecraft.enable {
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [ prismlauncher ];
+}
diff --git a/home/minecraft/nixos.nix b/home/minecraft/nixos.nix
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/minecraft/nixos.nix
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+{ pkgs
+, lib
+, config
+, ... }: with lib; let
+  cfg = config.home.minecraft;
+in {
+  options.home.minecraft = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "minecraft game launcher and jvm";
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    users.homeModules = [
+      # this module passes minecraft configuration to home-manager
+      { passthrough.minecraft = cfg; }
+    ];
+
+    users.home.persist.directories = [ ".local/share/PrismLauncher" ];
+  };
+}