diff --git a/home-manager/modules/dropbox/default.nix b/home-manager/modules/dropbox/default.nix
index c68b32d..2d2ec1e 100644
--- a/home-manager/modules/dropbox/default.nix
+++ b/home-manager/modules/dropbox/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ lib
+{ pkgs
+, lib
 , config
 , ...
 }:
@@ -6,9 +7,30 @@ with lib; let
   cfg = config.eboskma.programs.dropbox;
 in
 {
-  options.eboskma.programs.dropbox = { enable = mkEnableOption "activate dropbox"; };
+  options.eboskma.programs.dropbox = { enable = mkEnableOption "dropbox using the maestral client"; };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    services.dropbox.enable = true;
+    systemd.user.services = {
+      maestral = {
+        Unit = {
+          Description = "Maestral daemon";
+        };
+
+        Service = {
+          Type = "notify";
+          NotifyAccess = "exec";
+          ExecStart = "${pkgs.maestral}/bin/maestral start -f";
+          ExecStop = "${pkgs.maestral}/bin/maestral stop";
+          ExecStopPost = ''${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash -c "if [[ $SERVICE_RESULT != success ]]; then notify-send Maestral 'Daemon failed'; fi"'';
+          WatchdogSec = "30s";
+        };
+
+        Install = {
+          WantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+    home.packages = [ pkgs.maestral-gui pkgs.maestral ];
   };
 }