diff --git a/applications/dns.nix b/applications/dns.nix
index deec46d..9bb7d48 100644
--- a/applications/dns.nix
+++ b/applications/dns.nix
@@ -316,28 +316,11 @@ in {
       };
     };
 
-    # mirrorred in ../config/dns.nix
     records = lib.mkOption {
       description = "Records, sorted based on therir type";
-      type = with lib.types;
-        listOf (submodule {
-          options = {
-            record = lib.mkOption {
-              type = str;
-            };
-            r_type = lib.mkOption {
-              type = enum ["A" "CNAME" "TXT" "PTR" "SRV" "MX"];
-            };
-            value = lib.mkOption {
-              type = str;
-            };
-            server = lib.mkOption {
-              description = "Core record for a server";
-              type = bool;
-              default = false;
-            };
-          };
-        });
+      type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.submodule (import ./dns/options-records.nix {
+        inherit lib;
+      }));
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/applications/dns/options-records.nix b/applications/dns/options-records.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1795099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/dns/options-records.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+Define the options for dns records here.
+They are imported into anything that needs to use them
+*/
+{lib, ...}:
+with lib; {
+  options = {
+    record = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+    };
+    r_type = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.enum ["A" "CNAME" "TXT" "PTR" "SRV" "MX"];
+    };
+    value = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+    };
+    server = lib.mkOption {
+      description = "Core record for a server";
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = false;
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/config/dns.nix b/config/dns.nix
index ef07285..931a176 100644
--- a/config/dns.nix
+++ b/config/dns.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,12 @@
 {lib, ...}: {
   imports = [
-    # Paths to other modules.
-    # Compose this module out of smaller ones.
   ];
 
-  # this needs to mirror ../applications/dns.nix
   options.skynet.records = lib.mkOption {
     description = "Records, sorted based on therir type";
-    type = with lib.types;
-      listOf (submodule {
-        options = {
-          record = lib.mkOption {
-            type = str;
-          };
-          r_type = lib.mkOption {
-            type = enum ["A" "CNAME" "TXT" "PTR" "SRV" "MX"];
-          };
-          value = lib.mkOption {
-            type = str;
-          };
-          server = lib.mkOption {
-            description = "Core record for a server";
-            type = bool;
-            default = false;
-          };
-        };
-      });
+    type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.submodule (import ../applications/dns/options-records.nix {
+      inherit lib;
+    }));
   };
 
   config = {