diff --git a/nixos/boxes/tower/default.nix b/nixos/boxes/tower/default.nix
index 98f686c..c192b88 100644
--- a/nixos/boxes/tower/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/boxes/tower/default.nix
@@ -31,17 +31,14 @@
           initrd = {
             availableKernelModules = [ "nvme" "xhci_pci" "usb_storage" "usbhid" "thunderbolt" ];
             luks = {
-              reusePassphrases = true;
               devices = {
                 persist = {
                   device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/27840c6f-445c-4b95-8c39-e69d07219f33";
                   allowDiscards = true;
-                  preLVM = false;
                 };
                 home = {
                   device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/c16c5038-7883-42c3-960a-a085a99364eb";
                   allowDiscards = true;
-                  preLVM = false;
                 };
               };
             };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/common.nix b/nixos/modules/common.nix
index f12d56c..44ff590 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/common.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/common.nix
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ in
             "net.ipv6.route.max_size" = mkDefault 16384;
           };
         };
+
         loader = {
           efi = {
             efiSysMountPoint = mkDefault "/boot";
@@ -111,6 +112,14 @@ in
             memtest86.enable = mkDefault true;
           };
         };
+
+        initrd = {
+          systemd = {
+            enable = mkDefault true;
+            emergencyAccess = mkDefault true;
+          };
+          services.lvm.enable = mkDefault true;
+        };
       };
 
       environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; mkMerge [
diff --git a/nixos/modules/containers.nix b/nixos/modules/containers.nix
index 4701609..23ca463 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/containers.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/containers.nix
@@ -208,7 +208,13 @@ in
 
             mkdir -p -m 0755 "$root"/sbin "$root"/etc
             touch "$root"/etc/os-release
-            ln -sf "${containerSystem}"/init "$root"/sbin/init
+
+            if [ -e "${containerSystem}"/prepare-root ]; then
+              initSource="${containerSystem}"/prepare-root
+            else
+              initSource="${containerSystem}"/init
+            fi
+            ln -sf "$initSource" "$root"/sbin/init
           '';
           postStop =
           ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tmproot.nix b/nixos/modules/tmproot.nix
index 347c6a3..7d71b59 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tmproot.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tmproot.nix
@@ -224,8 +224,9 @@ in
 
         # Catch non-existent source directories that are needed for boot (see `pathsNeededForBoot` in
         # nixos/lib/util.nix). We do this by monkey-patching the `waitDevice` function that would otherwise hang.
-        boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands =
-          ''
+        # Seems like systemd initrd doesn't care because it uses the systemd.mount units
+        # ("If this mount is a bind mount and the specified path does not exist yet it is created as directory.")
+        boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = mkIf (!config.boot.initrd.systemd.enable) ''
             ensurePersistSource() {
               [ -e "/mnt-root$1" ] && return
               echo "Persistent source directory $1 does not exist, creating..."