diff --git a/modules/gameservers/valheim/default.nix b/modules/gameservers/valheim/default.nix
index 4242406..23862bf 100644
--- a/modules/gameservers/valheim/default.nix
+++ b/modules/gameservers/valheim/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ in {
     # set port options
     port = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.int;
-      default = 7704;
+      default = 2456;
       description = "set port for ${service} (default: ${toString cfg.port}";
     };
     url = lib.mkOption {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ in {
     };
     data_dir = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.str;
-      default = "/var/lib/${service}";
+      default = "/var/lib/gameservers/${service}";
       description = "set data directory for ${service}";
     };
     ids = lib.mkOption {
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ in {
       default = cfg.port;
       description = "set uid and pid of ${service} user (matches port by default)";
     };
+    motd_gs = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
+      default = ["podman-valheim"];
+    };
     backup = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.bool;
       default = false;
       description = "enable backups for ${service}";
     };
-    motd_gs = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
-      default = ["craftoria"];
-    };
     backup_repo = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.path;
       default = "/var/backup/gameservers/valheim";
@@ -81,17 +81,24 @@ in {
     };
 
     virtualisation.oci-containers.containers = {
-      hass = {
-        image = "homeassistant/home-assistant:stable";
+      ${service} = {
+        image = "ghcr.io/community-valheim-tools/valheim-server";
         autoStart = true;
         extraOptions = [
-          "--pull=newer"
-          "--network=host"
+          "--cap-add=sys_nice"
+          "--stop-timeout=120"
+        ];
+        ports = [
+          "2456-2457:2456-2457/udp"
         ];
         volumes = [
-          "${cfg.data_dir}:/config"
+          "${cfg.data_dir}/config:/config"
+          "${cfg.data_dir}/data:/opt/valheim"
         ];
         environment = {
+          SERVER_NAME = "recpro";
+          SERVER_PASS = "recoil727pro";
+          WORLD_NAME = "";
           TZ = homelab.tz;
           PUID = toString config.users.users.${service}.uid;
           PGID = toString config.users.groups.${service}.gid;
@@ -105,35 +112,14 @@ in {
     };
 
     # open firewall
-    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [cfg.port 8123 21063 21064];
-    networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [5353];
-
-    # add to caddy for reverse proxy
-    services.caddy.virtualHosts."${cfg.url}" = {
-      serverAliases = ["${service}.${homelab.public_domain}"];
-      extraConfig = ''
-        tls internal
-        reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:${toString cfg.port} {
-        }
-      '';
-    };
+    # networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [cfg.port];
+    networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [2456 2457];
 
     # backups valhiem with borg!
     services.borgbackup.jobs.${service} = {
       archiveBaseName = service;
       repo = cfg.backup_repo;
-      paths = lib.flatten (
-        lib.attrValues (
-          lib.mapAttrs (_: srv:
-            [srv.data_dir]
-            ++ (
-              if builtins.hasAttr "db_dump" srv
-              then [srv.db_dump]
-              else []
-            ))
-          servers
-        )
-      );
+      paths = cfg.data_dir;
       compression = "auto,zstd";
       #preHook = "systemctl start mysql-backup.service";
       postHook = ''