diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9fb6f8..a350e0d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The built VMs are full-fat NixOS systems (a bit over 2GB for a VM with firefox).
 - PCI passthrough
 - System tray integration (VM tray applets appear in host system tray, with VM color border)
 - Dynamic memory control through vmsilo-balloond, when host memory is low it will reclaim memory from VMs
-- Auto shutdown idle VMs
+- Auto shutdown idle VMs (optional, can be enabled in VM settings)
 
 
 ## Comparison to Qubes
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ For mpv, make sure you use `--vo=wlshm`. Other backends probably won't work.
 
 ## Configuration Options
 
+There are a lot of configuration options but you don't really need to touch most of them. Check the examples for what a basic configuration looks like.
+
 ### `programs.vmsilo`
 
 | Option | Type | Default | Description |
@@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ client1.network.netvmSubnet = "10.200.5.2/31";  # client gets .2, router gets .3
 
 ### Network Interface Configuration (`network.interfaces.<name>`)
 
-The `network.interfaces` option is an attrset where keys become guest-visible interface names (e.g., `wan`, `internal`).
+For advanced or non-standard network configuration, you can manually configure interfaces. The `network.interfaces` option is an attrset where keys become guest-visible interface names (e.g., `wan`, `internal`).
 
 | Option | Type | Default | Description |
 |--------|------|---------|-------------|
diff --git a/example/configuration.nix b/example/configuration.nix
index 53a80c3..fe2fee7 100644
--- a/example/configuration.nix
+++ b/example/configuration.nix
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@
     {
       enable = true;
       user = "david";
-      hostNetworking.nat.enable = true;
-      hostNetworking.nat.interface = "en+";
 
       nixosVms = {
         untrusted = {
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@
           };
           guestConfig = [
             vmsilo.nixosModules.optionalGuestSettings
-            { documentation.nixos.enable = true; }
           ];
           guestPrograms = commonGuestPrograms;
         };
@@ -129,16 +126,6 @@
             netvm = "host";
             nameservers = [ "8.8.8.8" ];
           };
-          guestPrograms = with pkgs; [
-            tcpdump
-            iperf
-            conntrack-tools
-            nftables
-            iptables
-            ethtool
-            bpftools
-            net-tools
-          ];
           guestConfig = [
             vmsilo.nixosModules.optionalGuestSettings
           ];
diff --git a/example/flake.nix b/example/flake.nix
index 68f46e9..5ff7173 100644
--- a/example/flake.nix
+++ b/example/flake.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     {
       nixosConfigurations.default = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
         system = "x86_64-linux";
+        specialArgs = { inherit vmsilo; };
         modules = [
           vmsilo.nixosModules.default
           ./configuration.nix