diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 3f7c38fe..19b2e17b 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 *.jpg filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *.webp filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *.efi filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+flake/branch.nix merge=ours
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 64b08db5..b39a1992 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     nixosConfigurations = import ./flake/nixos.nix { inherit inputs localLib; };
     overlays.default = final: prev:
       { localPackages = (import ./packages { inherit localLib; pkgs = final; topInputs = inputs; }); };
-    config = { archive = false; branch = "production"; };
+    config.branch = import ./flake/branch.nix;
     devShells.x86_64-linux = import ./flake/dev.nix { inherit inputs; };
     src = import ./flake/src.nix { inherit inputs; };
   };
diff --git a/flake/branch.nix b/flake/branch.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5fa4672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake/branch.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"next"
diff --git a/modules/system/nix.nix b/modules/system/nix.nix
index 4353a92a..834e5109 100644
--- a/modules/system/nix.nix
+++ b/modules/system/nix.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ inputs:
       ++ (with inputs.config.nixos.system.nixpkgs; if march == null then [] else [ "gccarch-exact-${march}" ]);
     }
     # includeBuildDependencies
-    { system.includeBuildDependencies = inputs.topInputs.self.config.archive; }
+    { system.includeBuildDependencies = inputs.topInputs.self.config.branch == "archive"; }
     # substituters
     {
       nix.settings.substituters = inputs.lib.mkMerge