diff --git a/hosts/vno1-op5p/configuration.nix b/hosts/vno1-op5p/configuration.nix
index f0aa0d7..c6e0cac 100644
--- a/hosts/vno1-op5p/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/vno1-op5p/configuration.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 in {
   imports = [
     ../../modules
+    ../../modules/profiles/sdcard
     ../../shared/platform/orangepi5plus.nix
   ];
 
diff --git a/hosts/vno3-rp3b/configuration.nix b/hosts/vno3-rp3b/configuration.nix
index d3b3e42..63c0031 100644
--- a/hosts/vno3-rp3b/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/vno3-rp3b/configuration.nix
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
   myData,
   ...
 }: {
-  # previously:
-  # imports = [(modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")];
-  # as of 23.05 that is:
+  imports = [
+    ../../modules/profiles/sdcard
+  ];
 
   boot = {
     initrd = {
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@
     };
   };
 
-  services.journald.extraConfig = "Storage=volatile";
-
   environment.etc = {
     "datapool-passphrase.txt".source = config.age.secrets.datapool-passphrase.path;
   };
diff --git a/modules/profiles/sdcard/default.nix b/modules/profiles/sdcard/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dbf00f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/profiles/sdcard/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+_: {
+  services.journald.extraConfig = "Storage=volatile";
+}