diff --git a/modules/cluster/default.nix b/modules/cluster/default.nix
index 3ce7c002..387e5a13 100644
--- a/modules/cluster/default.nix
+++ b/modules/cluster/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ in {
     device = "${config.networking.hostName}:/fast";
   };
 
+  # stable uid is useful across glusterfs
+  users.users.microvm.uid = 997;
+
   # Nomad
 
   services.nomad = {
diff --git a/modules/microvm.nix b/modules/microvm.nix
index 570a12e8..da1a8e4f 100644
--- a/modules/microvm.nix
+++ b/modules/microvm.nix
@@ -168,9 +168,6 @@ in
       "mitigations=off"
     ];
 
-    # stable uid is useful across glusterfs
-    users.users.microvm.uid = 997;
-
     microvm = {
       hypervisor = lib.mkDefault "cloud-hypervisor";
       mem = lib.mkDefault 512;