diff --git a/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix b/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
index a1d71fb0d1..bdbd76ec11 100644
--- a/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
+++ b/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ in {
     };
     security.polkit.enable = true;
     users.users.lukegb.extraGroups = lib.mkAfter [ "libvirtd" ];
+
+    services.journald.extraConfig = ''
+      Storage=volatile
+    '';
   
     system.stateVersion = "21.05";
   };