diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 628f4ee..cf899d2 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs-stable.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11";
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
     home-manager-stable = {
       url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-25.11";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs-stable";
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
   outputs =
     { self
     , nixpkgs-stable
+    , nixpkgs
     , home-manager-stable
     , zen-browser
     , nix-cachyos-kernel
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@
       system = "x86_64-linux";
       mkHost = hostname: pkgsInput: hmInput: pkgsInput.lib.nixosSystem {
         inherit system;
-        specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
+        specialArgs = { inherit inputs; pkgs-unstable = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}; };
         modules = [
           ./hosts/${hostname}.nix
           ./hosts/hardware/${hostname}.nix
diff --git a/services/code-server.nix b/services/code-server.nix
index 21df879..3dea158 100644
--- a/services/code-server.nix
+++ b/services/code-server.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 # password gate). After deploy, install the Claude extension from a terminal:
 #   code-server --install-extension anthropic.claude-code
 # and set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY in ~/.config/code-server/env or via a shell profile.
-{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, lib, pkgs-unstable, ... }:
 {
   config = lib.mkIf (config.networking.hostName == "FredOS-Mediaserver") {
     services.code-server = {
       enable = true;
+      package = pkgs-unstable.code-server;
       host = "127.0.0.1";
       port = 4444;
       auth = "none";