diff --git a/SwarselSystems.org b/SwarselSystems.org
index 418d017..790b79c 100644
--- a/SwarselSystems.org
+++ b/SwarselSystems.org
@@ -10362,27 +10362,35 @@ This sets the VirtualBox configuration. Guest should not be enabled if not direl
   {
     options.swarselmodules.optional.virtualbox = lib.mkEnableOption "optional VBox settings";
     config = lib.mkIf config.swarselmodules.optional.virtualbox {
-      specialisation = {
-        VBox.configuration = {
-          virtualisation.virtualbox = {
-            host = {
-              enable = true;
-              enableExtensionPack = true;
-            };
-            # leaving this here for future notice. setting guest.enable = true will make 'restarting sysinit-reactivation.target' take till timeout on nixos-rebuild switch
-            guest = {
-              enable = false;
-            };
-          };
-          # run an older kernel to provide compatibility with windows vm
-          boot = {
-            kernelPackages = lib.mkForce pkgs.stable24_05.linuxPackages;
-            # kernelParams = [
-            #   "amd_iommu=on"
-            # ];
-          };
+      # specialisation = {
+      #   VBox.configuration = {
+      virtualisation.virtualbox = {
+        host = {
+          enable = true;
+          enableKvm = true;
+          addNetworkInterface = lib.mkIf config.virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enableKvm false;
+          package = pkgs.stable.virtualbox;
+          enableExtensionPack = true;
+        };
+        # leaving this here for future notice. setting guest.enable = true will make 'restarting sysinit-reactivation.target' take till timeout on nixos-rebuild switch
+        guest = {
+          enable = false;
         };
       };
+      # run an older kernel to provide compatibility with windows vm
+      # boot = {
+      #   kernelPackages = lib.mkForce pkgs.stable24_05.linuxPackages;
+      #   # kernelParams = [
+      #   #   "amd_iommu=on"
+      #   # ];
+      # };
+
+
+      # fixes the issue of running together with QEMU
+      # NOTE: once you start a QEMU VM (use kvm) VirtualBox will fail to start VMs
+      # boot.kernelParams = [ "kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0" ];
+      #   };
+      # };
     };
 
   }
diff --git a/modules/nixos/optional/virtualbox.nix b/modules/nixos/optional/virtualbox.nix
index ee5a4b7..dc5aa61 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/optional/virtualbox.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/optional/virtualbox.nix
@@ -2,27 +2,35 @@
 {
   options.swarselmodules.optional.virtualbox = lib.mkEnableOption "optional VBox settings";
   config = lib.mkIf config.swarselmodules.optional.virtualbox {
-    specialisation = {
-      VBox.configuration = {
-        virtualisation.virtualbox = {
-          host = {
-            enable = true;
-            enableExtensionPack = true;
-          };
-          # leaving this here for future notice. setting guest.enable = true will make 'restarting sysinit-reactivation.target' take till timeout on nixos-rebuild switch
-          guest = {
-            enable = false;
-          };
-        };
-        # run an older kernel to provide compatibility with windows vm
-        boot = {
-          kernelPackages = lib.mkForce pkgs.stable24_05.linuxPackages;
-          # kernelParams = [
-          #   "amd_iommu=on"
-          # ];
-        };
+    # specialisation = {
+    #   VBox.configuration = {
+    virtualisation.virtualbox = {
+      host = {
+        enable = true;
+        enableKvm = true;
+        addNetworkInterface = lib.mkIf config.virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enableKvm false;
+        package = pkgs.stable.virtualbox;
+        enableExtensionPack = true;
+      };
+      # leaving this here for future notice. setting guest.enable = true will make 'restarting sysinit-reactivation.target' take till timeout on nixos-rebuild switch
+      guest = {
+        enable = false;
       };
     };
+    # run an older kernel to provide compatibility with windows vm
+    # boot = {
+    #   kernelPackages = lib.mkForce pkgs.stable24_05.linuxPackages;
+    #   # kernelParams = [
+    #   #   "amd_iommu=on"
+    #   # ];
+    # };
+
+
+    # fixes the issue of running together with QEMU
+    # NOTE: once you start a QEMU VM (use kvm) VirtualBox will fail to start VMs
+    # boot.kernelParams = [ "kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0" ];
+    #   };
+    # };
   };
 
 }