diff --git a/deploy-host b/deploy-host
index 0c666ff..266d636 100755
--- a/deploy-host
+++ b/deploy-host
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ ssh-keygen -R ${ip}
 ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new root@${ip} nixos-generate-config 
 scp root@${ip}:/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix hosts/${host}/hardware-configuration.nix 
 git add hosts/${host}/hardware-configuration.nix 
-nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#${host} --target-host root@${ip}
+# nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#${host} --target-host root@${ip}
+colmena apply --on ${host}
 sleep 5
 until ping -c1 ${ip}
 do