diff --git a/common/desktop.nix b/common/desktop.nix
index 3a6f969..549d445 100644
--- a/common/desktop.nix
+++ b/common/desktop.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     ./restic/default.nix
     ../home-manager/desktop/services/keeweb.nix
     ../home-manager/desktop/services/telegram-desktop.nix
-    ../home-manager/desktop/services/signal-desktop.nix
     ./droidcam
   ];
 
diff --git a/home-manager/desktop.nix b/home-manager/desktop.nix
index 19f87e8..2dbfff2 100644
--- a/home-manager/desktop.nix
+++ b/home-manager/desktop.nix
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
     ./obsidian.nix
     ./work-desktop.nix
     ./software/pycharm
+    ./software/signal
   ];
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
     appimage-run
     keeweb
-    unstable.signal-desktop
     unstable.tdesktop
     unstable.vscode
     unstable.youtube-dl
diff --git a/home-manager/desktop/services/signal-desktop.nix b/home-manager/software/signal/default.nix
similarity index 52%
rename from home-manager/desktop/services/signal-desktop.nix
rename to home-manager/software/signal/default.nix
index 6da1191..d7cee48 100644
--- a/home-manager/desktop/services/signal-desktop.nix
+++ b/home-manager/software/signal/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-# needs to be imported into the main nix config
-{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+{ pkgs, ... }:
 {
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    unstable.signal-desktop
+  ];
+
   systemd.user.services.signal-desktop = {
-    description = "Signal Desktop";
-    partOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
-    wantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
-    serviceConfig = {
+    Unit = {
+      description = "Signal Desktop";
+      partOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+    };
+    Service = {
       Type = "simple";
       ExecStart = "${pkgs.unstable.signal-desktop}/bin/signal-desktop";
       ExecReload = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID";