diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/monado.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/monado.nix
index 9f9c6c39a0b49..dae6ac4f8bc24 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/monado.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/monado.nix
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 , ...
 }:
 let
-  inherit (lib) mkDefault mkEnableOption mkIf mkOption mkPackageOption types;
-
+  inherit (lib) mkAliasOptionModule mkDefault mkEnableOption mkIf mkOption mkPackageOption types;
   cfg = config.services.monado;
-
 in
 {
   options.services.monado = {
@@ -15,22 +13,20 @@ in
 
     package = mkPackageOption pkgs "monado" { };
 
-    defaultRuntime = mkOption {
-      type = types.bool;
-      description = ''
-        Whether to enable Monado as the default OpenXR runtime on the system.
+    defaultRuntime = mkEnableOption ''
+        WiVRn Monado as the default OpenXR runtime on the system. The config can be found at `/etc/xdg/openxr/1/active_runtime.json`.
 
         Note that applications can bypass this option by setting an active
-        runtime in a writable XDG_CONFIG_DIRS location like `~/.config`.
-      '';
-      default = false;
-      example = true;
-    };
+        runtime in a writable XDG_CONFIG_DIRS location like `~/.config`
+      '' // { default = true; };
 
-    highPriority = mkEnableOption "high priority capability for monado-service"
-      // mkOption { default = true; };
+    highPriority = mkEnableOption "high priority capability for monado-service" // mkOption { default = true; };
   };
 
+  imports = [
+    (mkAliasOptionModule ["services" "monado" "environment"] ["systemd" "user" "services" "monado" "environment"])
+  ];
+
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     security.wrappers."monado-service" = mkIf cfg.highPriority {
       setuid = false;
@@ -41,24 +37,12 @@ in
       source = lib.getExe' cfg.package "monado-service";
     };
 
-    services.udev.packages = with pkgs; [ xr-hardware ];
-
     systemd.user = {
       services.monado = {
         description = "Monado XR runtime service module";
         requires = [ "monado.socket" ];
         conflicts = [ "monado-dev.service" ];
-
         unitConfig.ConditionUser = "!root";
-
-        environment = {
-          # Default options
-          # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/monado/monado/-/blob/4548e1738591d0904f8db4df8ede652ece889a76/src/xrt/targets/service/monado.in.service#L12
-          XRT_COMPOSITOR_LOG = mkDefault "debug";
-          XRT_PRINT_OPTIONS = mkDefault "on";
-          IPC_EXIT_ON_DISCONNECT = mkDefault "off";
-        };
-
         serviceConfig = {
           ExecStart =
             if cfg.highPriority
@@ -66,35 +50,41 @@ in
             else lib.getExe' cfg.package "monado-service";
           Restart = "no";
         };
-
         restartTriggers = [ cfg.package ];
       };
 
       sockets.monado = {
         description = "Monado XR service module connection socket";
         conflicts = [ "monado-dev.service" ];
-
         unitConfig.ConditionUser = "!root";
-
         socketConfig = {
           ListenStream = "%t/monado_comp_ipc";
           RemoveOnStop = true;
-
           # If Monado crashes while starting up, we want to close incoming OpenXR connections
           FlushPending = true;
         };
-
         restartTriggers = [ cfg.package ];
-
         wantedBy = [ "sockets.target" ];
       };
     };
 
-    environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
-    environment.pathsToLink = [ "/share/openxr" ];
+    services = {
+      monado.environment = {
+        # Default options
+        # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/monado/monado/-/blob/4548e1738591d0904f8db4df8ede652ece889a76/src/xrt/targets/service/monado.in.service#L12
+        XRT_COMPOSITOR_LOG = mkDefault "debug";
+        XRT_PRINT_OPTIONS = mkDefault "on";
+        IPC_EXIT_ON_DISCONNECT = mkDefault "off";
+      };
+      udev.packages = with pkgs; [ xr-hardware ];
+    };
 
-    environment.etc."xdg/openxr/1/active_runtime.json" = mkIf cfg.defaultRuntime {
-      source = "${cfg.package}/share/openxr/1/openxr_monado.json";
+    environment = {
+      systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
+      pathsToLink = [ "/share/openxr" ];
+      etc."xdg/openxr/1/active_runtime.json" = mkIf cfg.defaultRuntime {
+        source = "${cfg.package}/share/openxr/1/openxr_monado.json";
+      };
     };
   };