diff --git a/lass/3modules/default.nix b/lass/3modules/default.nix
index 959c9d1b4..73692446a 100644
--- a/lass/3modules/default.nix
+++ b/lass/3modules/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ _:
     ./folderPerms.nix
     ./hosts.nix
     ./mysql-backup.nix
+    ./news.nix
     ./umts.nix
     ./usershadow.nix
     ./xresources.nix
diff --git a/lass/3modules/news.nix b/lass/3modules/news.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecf43ab0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lass/3modules/news.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with import <stockholm/lib>;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.lass.news;
+
+  out = {
+    options.lass.news = api;
+    config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable imp;
+  };
+
+  api = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "umts";
+    feeds = mkOption {
+      type = types.listOf (types.submodule { options = {
+        nick = mkOption {
+          type = types.str;
+        };
+        feedurl = mkOption {
+          type = types.str;
+        };
+        interval = mkOption {
+          type = types.int;
+          default = 1000;
+        };
+        channels = mkOption {
+          type = types.listOf types.str;
+        };
+      };});
+    };
+    user = mkOption {
+      type = types.user;
+      default = {
+        name = "news";
+        home = "/var/lib/news";
+      };
+    };
+    ircServer = mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      default = "echelon.r";
+      description = "to which server the bot should connect";
+    };
+  };
+
+  imp = {
+
+    users.users.${cfg.user.name} = {
+      inherit (cfg.user) home name uid;
+      createHome = true;
+    };
+
+    systemd.services = listToAttrs (map (feed:
+      nameValuePair "news-${feed.nick}" {
+        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+        after = [ "network.target" ];
+        serviceConfig = {
+          SyslogIdentifier = "news-${feed.nick}";
+          User = cfg.user.name;
+          PrivateTmp = true;
+          Restart = "always";
+          ExecStart = pkgs.writeDash "news-${feed.nick}" ''
+            ${pkgs.haskellPackages.news}/bin/news '${feed.feedurl}' '${toString feed.interval}' \
+              | ${pkgs.goify}/bin/goify \
+              | while :; do
+                ${pkgs.haskellPackages.kirk}/bin/ircout --nick '${feed.nick}' --host '${cfg.ircServer}' \
+                  \${concatStringsSep " \\" feed.channels}
+                done
+          '';
+        };
+      }
+    ) cfg.feeds);
+
+  };
+
+in out