diff --git a/system/hosts/alien/default.nix b/system/hosts/alien/default.nix
index 383f075..054d59e 100644
--- a/system/hosts/alien/default.nix
+++ b/system/hosts/alien/default.nix
@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@
 
   # enable ddcutil
   users.users.sckova.extraGroups = [ "i2c" ];
-  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "i2c-dev" ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ config.boot.kernelPackages.ddcci-driver ];
+  boot.kernelModules = [
+    "i2c-dev"
+    "ddcci_backlight"
+  ];
   services.udev.extraRules = ''
     KERNEL=="i2c-[0-9]*", GROUP="i2c", MODE="0660"
   '';
+  hardware.i2c.enable = true;
 
   boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems = [
     "aarch64-linux"