diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index b303716..3f4bc45 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -48,29 +48,7 @@ in {
   forSystems = systems: nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs systems;
   forAllSystems = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs commonSystems;
 
-  shellModules.logs = ''
-    RED='\033[0;31m'
-    GREEN='\033[0;32m'
-    YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
-    BLUE='\033[0;34m'
-    PURPLE='\033[0;35m'
-    MAGENTA="$PURPLE"
-    CYAN='\033[0;36m'
-    WHITE='\033[1;37m'
-    NC='\033[0m' # No Color
-
-    LOG_PATH="/var/log/hectic/activation.log"
-
-    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$LOG_PATH")"
-
-    log_info()    { text=$1; shift; printf "%b ''${text}%b\n" "$BLUE"   "$@" "$NC" | tee -a "$LOG_PATH" >&2; }
-    log_success() { text=$1; shift; printf "%b ''${text}%b\n" "$GREEN"  "$@" "$NC" | tee -a "$LOG_PATH" >&2; }
-    log_warning() { text=$1; shift; printf "%b ''${text}%b\n" "$YELLOW" "$@" "$NC" | tee -a "$LOG_PATH" >&2; }
-    log_error()   { text=$1; shift; printf "%b ''${text}%b\n" "$RED"    "$@" "$NC" | tee -a "$LOG_PATH" >&2; }
-    log_step()    { text=$1; shift; printf "%b ''${text}%b\n" "$PURPLE" "$@" "$NC" | tee -a "$LOG_PATH" >&2; }
-
-    log_header() { printf "\n%b=== %s ===%b\n" "$WHITE" "$@" "$NC" | tee -a "$LOG_PATH" >&2; }
-  '';
+  shellModules.logs = builtins.readFile ./shell/logs.sh;
 
   sharedShellAliases = {
     jc = ''journalctl'';
diff --git a/lib/shell/logs.sh b/lib/shell/logs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d63a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/shell/logs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+PURPLE='\033[0;35m'
+MAGENTA="$PURPLE"
+CYAN='\033[0;36m'
+WHITE='\033[1;37m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+LOG_PATH="/var/log/hectic/activation.log"
+
+if ! mkdir -p "$(dirname "$LOG_PATH")" 2>/dev/null; then
+  LOG_PATH="/dev/null"
+fi
+
+log_info()    { text=$1; shift; printf "%b ''${text}%b\n" "$BLUE"   "$@" "$NC" | tee -a "$LOG_PATH" >&2; }
+log_success() { text=$1; shift; printf "%b ''${text}%b\n" "$GREEN"  "$@" "$NC" | tee -a "$LOG_PATH" >&2; }
+log_warning() { text=$1; shift; printf "%b ''${text}%b\n" "$YELLOW" "$@" "$NC" | tee -a "$LOG_PATH" >&2; }
+log_error()   { text=$1; shift; printf "%b ''${text}%b\n" "$RED"    "$@" "$NC" | tee -a "$LOG_PATH" >&2; }
+log_step()    { text=$1; shift; printf "%b ''${text}%b\n" "$PURPLE" "$@" "$NC" | tee -a "$LOG_PATH" >&2; }
+
+log_header() { printf "\n%b=== %s ===%b\n" "$WHITE" "$@" "$NC" | tee -a "$LOG_PATH" >&2; }