diff --git a/Justfile b/Justfile
index 8c57eee..b24aa79 100644
--- a/Justfile
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ fmt:
     nix fmt
 
 deploy host:
-    colmena apply --on {{host}}
+    colmena apply --on {{host}} --experimental-flake-eval
 
 [confirm]
 cold-deploy host:
-    colmena apply --on {{host}} --reboot
+    colmena apply --on {{host}} --reboot --experimental-flake-eval
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 0d576b6..e5c1b9a 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@
           }) (builtins.attrNames machines)
         );
 
+        colmenaHive = inputs.colmena.lib.makeHive self.outputs.colmena;
+
         colmena =
           {
             meta = {