diff --git a/krebs/1systems/hotdog/config.nix b/krebs/1systems/hotdog/config.nix
index 9849937d5..70307a96b 100644
--- a/krebs/1systems/hotdog/config.nix
+++ b/krebs/1systems/hotdog/config.nix
@@ -26,4 +26,8 @@
 
   boot.isContainer = true;
   networking.useDHCP = false;
+  krebs.sync-containers3.inContainer = {
+    enable = true;
+    pubkey = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIM20tYHHvwIgrJZzR35ATzH9AlTrM1enNKEQJ7IP6lBh";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/krebs/2configs/hotdog-host.nix b/krebs/2configs/hotdog-host.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95d70376b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/krebs/2configs/hotdog-host.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  krebs.sync-containers3.containers.hotdog = {
+    sshKey = "${toString <secrets>}/hotdog.sync.key";
+  };
+  containers.hotdog.bindMounts."/var/lib" = {
+    hostPath = "/var/lib/sync-containers3/hotdog/state";
+    isReadOnly = false;
+  };
+}