diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a25cd8c..ad8aa53 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,16 @@
     # map applies this function to every item in an array
     create_nixosConfigurations = map (
       # converts it into {name_of_machiene = {system = '..'; modules = '..'}}
-      config: {${config.name} = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem (nixpkgs.lib.attrsets.filterAttrs (n: v: n != "name") config); }
+      config: {
+        # need to extract teh name of the machiene
+        ${config.name} = (
+          # nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem is a fucntion that is used to turn a attribute set into the config for a machiene
+          nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem (
+            # dont want to pass the field named 'name' into teh set
+            nixpkgs.lib.attrsets.filterAttrs (n: v: n != "name") config
+          )
+        );
+      }
     );
 
     # this merges together an array of atributes