diff --git a/modules/home/roles/default.nix b/modules/home/roles/default.nix
index 7ef1f8c..77479ea 100644
--- a/modules/home/roles/default.nix
+++ b/modules/home/roles/default.nix
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ in
           { allowUnfree = true; android_sdk.accept_license = true; }
         '';
       };
-      serverRole = recursiveUpdate baseRole { };
+      serverRole = recursiveUpdate baseRole {
+        # TODO: add user for containers
+        virtualisation.quadlet.enable = mkDefault true;
+      };
       desktopRole = recursiveUpdate baseRole {
         ataraxia.defaults.fonts.enable = mkDefault true;
         ataraxia.defaults.sound.enable = mkDefault true;
diff --git a/modules/nixos/roles/default.nix b/modules/nixos/roles/default.nix
index c9530f7..a10666b 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/roles/default.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/roles/default.nix
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ in
         ataraxia.profiles.minimal = mkDefault true;
         ataraxia.virtualisation.podman = mkDefault true;
         ataraxia.virtualisation.libvirt = mkDefault true;
+        virtualisation.quadlet.enable = mkDefault true;
 
         boot.supportedFilesystems = [ "nfs" ];