diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 0e958dd..54c854e 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ let
       imports = lib.singleton { disko.devices = cfg.disko.devices; };
       options = {
         disko.devices = lib.mkOption {
-          type = diskoLib.devices;
+          type = diskoLib.toplevel;
         };
       };
     };
diff --git a/doc.nix b/doc.nix
index 745686a..d07f8f3 100644
--- a/doc.nix
+++ b/doc.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ let
       {
         options.disko = {
           devices = lib.mkOption {
-            type = diskoLib.devices;
+            type = diskoLib.toplevel;
             default = { };
             description = "The devices to set up";
           };
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 75e35ae..5a1f4a0 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -250,71 +250,39 @@ let
 
        meta :: lib.types.devices -> AttrSet
     */
-    meta = devices: diskoLib.deepMergeMap (dev: dev._meta) (flatten (map attrValues (attrValues devices)));
+    meta = toplevel: toplevel._meta;
 
     /* Takes a disko device specification and returns a string which formats the disks
 
        create :: lib.types.devices -> str
     */
-    create = devices:
-      let
-        sortedDeviceList = diskoLib.sortDevicesByDependencies ((diskoLib.meta devices).deviceDependencies or { }) devices;
-      in
-      ''
-        set -efux
-
-        disko_devices_dir=$(mktemp -d)
-        trap 'rm -rf "$disko_devices_dir"' EXIT
-        mkdir -p "$disko_devices_dir"
-
-        ${concatMapStrings (dev: (attrByPath (dev ++ [ "_create" ]) "" devices)) sortedDeviceList}
-      '';
+    create = toplevel: toplevel._create;
     /* Takes a disko device specification and returns a string which mounts the disks
 
        mount :: lib.types.devices -> str
     */
-    mount = devices:
-      let
-        fsMounts = diskoLib.deepMergeMap (dev: dev._mount.fs or { }) (flatten (map attrValues (attrValues devices)));
-        sortedDeviceList = diskoLib.sortDevicesByDependencies ((diskoLib.meta devices).deviceDependencies or { }) devices;
-      in
-      ''
-        set -efux
-        # first create the necessary devices
-        ${concatMapStrings (dev: ((attrByPath (dev ++ [ "_mount" ]) {} devices)).dev or "") sortedDeviceList}
-
-        # and then mount the filesystems in alphabetical order
-        ${concatStrings (attrValues fsMounts)}
-      '';
+    mount = toplevel: toplevel._mount;
 
     /* takes a disko device specification and returns a string which unmounts, destroys all disks and then runs create and mount
 
        zapCreateMount :: lib.types.devices -> str
     */
-    zapCreateMount = devices: ''
+    zapCreateMount = toplevel:
+    ''
       set -efux
-      umount -Rv "${rootMountPoint}" || :
-
-      # shellcheck disable=SC2043
-      for dev in ${toString (lib.catAttrs "device" (lib.attrValues devices.disk))}; do
-        ${../disk-deactivate}/disk-deactivate "$dev" | bash -x
-      done
-
-      echo 'creating partitions...'
-      ${diskoLib.create devices}
-      echo 'mounting partitions...'
-      ${diskoLib.mount devices}
+      ${toplevel._disko}
     '';
     /* Takes a disko device specification and returns a nixos configuration
 
        config :: lib.types.devices -> nixosConfig
     */
-    config = devices: flatten (map (dev: dev._config) (flatten (map attrValues (attrValues devices))));
+    config = toplevel: toplevel._config;
+
     /* Takes a disko device specification and returns a function to get the needed packages to format/mount the disks
 
        packages :: lib.types.devices -> pkgs -> [ derivation ]
     */
-    packages = devices: pkgs: unique (flatten (map (dev: dev._pkgs pkgs) (flatten (map attrValues (attrValues devices)))));
+    packages = toplevel: toplevel._packages;
 
     optionTypes = rec {
       filename = lib.mkOptionType {
@@ -348,7 +316,9 @@ let
 
     /* topLevel type of the disko config, takes attrsets of disks, mdadms, zpools, nodevs, and lvm vgs.
     */
-    devices = lib.types.submodule {
+    toplevel = lib.types.submodule (cfg: let
+      devices = { inherit (cfg.config) disk mdadm zpool lvm_vg nodev; };
+    in {
       options = {
         disk = lib.mkOption {
           type = lib.types.attrsOf diskoLib.types.disk;
@@ -375,8 +345,149 @@ let
           default = { };
           description = "A non-block device";
         };
+        _meta = lib.mkOption {
+          internal = true;
+          description = ''
+            meta informationen generated by disko
+            currently used for building a dependency list so we know in which order to create the devices
+          '';
+          default = diskoLib.deepMergeMap (dev: dev._meta) (flatten (map attrValues (attrValues devices)));
+        };
+        _packages = lib.mkOption {
+          internal = true;
+          description = ''
+            packages required by the disko configuration
+          '';
+          default = pkgs: unique (flatten (map (dev: dev._pkgs pkgs) (flatten (map attrValues (attrValues devices)))));
+        };
+        _scripts = lib.mkOption {
+          internal = true;
+          description = ''
+            The scripts generated by disko
+          '';
+          default = { pkgs, checked ? false }: {
+            umountScript = (diskoLib.writeCheckedBash { inherit pkgs checked; }) "disko-umount" ''
+              export PATH=${lib.makeBinPath (with pkgs; [
+                util-linux
+                e2fsprogs
+                mdadm
+                zfs
+                lvm2
+              ])}:$PATH
+              ${cfg.config._umount}
+            '';
+
+            formatScript = (diskoLib.writeCheckedBash { inherit pkgs checked; }) "disko-format" ''
+              export PATH=${lib.makeBinPath (cfg.config._packages pkgs)}:$PATH
+              ${cfg.config._create}
+            '';
+
+            mountScript = (diskoLib.writeCheckedBash { inherit pkgs checked; }) "disko-mount" ''
+              export PATH=${lib.makeBinPath (cfg.config._packages pkgs)}:$PATH
+              ${cfg.config._mount}
+            '';
+
+            diskoScript = (diskoLib.writeCheckedBash { inherit pkgs checked; }) "disko" ''
+              export PATH=${lib.makeBinPath ((cfg.config._packages pkgs) ++ [ pkgs.bash ])}:$PATH
+              ${cfg.config._disko}
+            '';
+
+            # These are useful to skip copying executables uploading a script to an in-memory installer
+            umountScriptNoDeps = (diskoLib.writeCheckedBash { inherit pkgs checked; noDeps = true; }) "disko-umount" ''
+              ${cfg.config._umount}
+            '';
+
+            formatScriptNoDeps = (diskoLib.writeCheckedBash { inherit pkgs checked; noDeps = true; }) "disko-format" ''
+              ${cfg.config._create}
+            '';
+
+            system.build.mountScriptNoDeps = (diskoLib.writeCheckedBash { inherit pkgs checked; noDeps = true; }) "disko-mount" ''
+              ${cfg.config._mount}
+            '';
+
+            diskoScriptNoDeps = (diskoLib.writeCheckedBash { inherit pkgs checked; noDeps = true; }) "disko" ''
+              ${cfg.config._disko}
+            '';
+          };
+        };
+        _umount = lib.mkOption {
+          internal = true;
+          type = lib.types.str;
+          description = ''
+            The script to unmount (& destroy) all devices defined by disko.devices
+          '';
+          default = ''
+            umount -Rv "${rootMountPoint}" || :
+
+            # shellcheck disable=SC2043
+            for dev in ${toString (lib.catAttrs "device" (lib.attrValues devices.disk))}; do
+              ${../disk-deactivate}/disk-deactivate "$dev" | bash -x
+            done
+          '';
+        };
+        _create = lib.mkOption {
+          internal = true;
+          type = lib.types.str;
+          description = ''
+            The script to create all devices defined by disko.devices
+          '';
+          default = let
+            sortedDeviceList = diskoLib.sortDevicesByDependencies (cfg.config._meta.deviceDependencies or { }) devices;
+          in
+          ''
+            set -efux
+
+            disko_devices_dir=$(mktemp -d)
+            trap 'rm -rf "$disko_devices_dir"' EXIT
+            mkdir -p "$disko_devices_dir"
+
+            ${concatMapStrings (dev: (attrByPath (dev ++ [ "_create" ]) {} devices)) sortedDeviceList}
+          '';
+        };
+        _mount = lib.mkOption {
+          internal = true;
+          type = lib.types.str;
+          description = ''
+            The script to mount all devices defined by disko.devices
+          '';
+          default = let
+            fsMounts = diskoLib.deepMergeMap (dev: dev._mount.fs or { }) (flatten (map attrValues (attrValues devices)));
+            sortedDeviceList = diskoLib.sortDevicesByDependencies (cfg.config._meta.deviceDependencies or { }) devices;
+          in ''
+            set -efux
+            # first create the necessary devices
+            ${concatMapStrings (dev: ((attrByPath (dev ++ [ "_mount" ]) {} devices)).dev or "") sortedDeviceList}
+
+            # and then mount the filesystems in alphabetical order
+            ${concatStrings (attrValues fsMounts)}
+          '';
+        };
+        _disko = lib.mkOption {
+          internal = true;
+          type = lib.types.str;
+          description = ''
+            The script to umount, create and mount all devices defined by disko.devices
+          '';
+          default = ''
+            ${cfg.config._umount}
+            ${cfg.config._create}
+            ${cfg.config._mount}
+          '';
+        };
+        _config = lib.mkOption {
+          internal = true;
+          description = ''
+            The NixOS config generated by disko
+          '';
+          default =
+          let
+            configKeys = flatten (map attrNames (flatten (map (dev: dev._config) (flatten (map attrValues (attrValues devices))))));
+            collectedConfigs = flatten (map (dev: dev._config) (flatten (map attrValues (attrValues devices))));
+          in
+            lib.genAttrs configKeys (key: lib.mkMerge (lib.catAttrs key collectedConfigs));
+        };
       };
-    };
+    });
 
     # import all tge types from the types directory
     types = lib.listToAttrs (
diff --git a/module.nix b/module.nix
index f9b9c23..ccece50 100644
--- a/module.nix
+++ b/module.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ let
     rootMountPoint = config.disko.rootMountPoint;
   };
   cfg = config.disko;
-  checked = cfg.checkScripts;
 in
 {
   options.disko = {
     devices = lib.mkOption {
-      type = diskoLib.devices;
+      type = diskoLib.toplevel;
       default = { };
       description = "The devices to set up";
     };
@@ -37,43 +36,18 @@ in
     };
   };
   config = lib.mkIf (cfg.devices.disk != { }) {
-    system.build.formatScript = (diskoLib.writeCheckedBash { inherit pkgs checked; }) "disko-create" ''
-      export PATH=${lib.makeBinPath (diskoLib.packages cfg.devices pkgs)}:$PATH
-      ${diskoLib.create cfg.devices}
-    '';
+    system.build = (cfg.devices._scripts { inherit pkgs; checked = cfg.checkScripts; }) // {
 
-    system.build.mountScript = (diskoLib.writeCheckedBash { inherit pkgs checked; }) "disko-mount" ''
-      export PATH=${lib.makeBinPath (diskoLib.packages cfg.devices pkgs)}:$PATH
-      ${diskoLib.mount cfg.devices}
-    '';
+      # we keep this old outputs for compatibility
+      disko = builtins.trace "the .disko output is deprecated, plase use .diskoScript instead" cfg.devices._scripts.diskoScript;
+      diskoNoDeps = builtins.trace "the .diskoNoDeps output is deprecated, plase use .diskoScriptNoDeps instead" cfg.devices._scripts.diskoScriptNoDeps;
+    };
 
-    # we keep this old output for compatibility
-    system.build.disko = builtins.trace "the .disko output is deprecated, plase use .diskoScript instead" config.system.build.diskoScript;
-
-    system.build.diskoScript = (diskoLib.writeCheckedBash { inherit pkgs checked; }) "disko" ''
-      export PATH=${lib.makeBinPath ((diskoLib.packages cfg.devices pkgs) ++ [ pkgs.bash ])}:$PATH
-      ${diskoLib.zapCreateMount cfg.devices}
-    '';
-
-    # These are useful to skip copying executables uploading a script to an in-memory installer
-    system.build.formatScriptNoDeps = (diskoLib.writeCheckedBash { inherit pkgs checked; noDeps = true; }) "disko-create" ''
-      ${diskoLib.create cfg.devices}
-    '';
-
-    system.build.mountScriptNoDeps = (diskoLib.writeCheckedBash { inherit pkgs checked; noDeps = true; }) "disko-mount" ''
-      ${diskoLib.mount cfg.devices}
-    '';
-
-    # we keep this old output for compatibility
-    system.build.diskoNoDeps = builtins.trace "the .diskoNoDeps output is deprecated, plase use .diskoScriptNoDeps instead" config.system.build.diskoScriptNoDeps;
-
-    system.build.diskoScriptNoDeps = (diskoLib.writeCheckedBash { inherit pkgs checked; noDeps = true; }) "disko" ''
-      ${diskoLib.zapCreateMount cfg.devices}
-    '';
 
+    # we need to specify the keys here, so we don't get an infinite recursion error
     # Remember to add config keys here if they are added to types
-    fileSystems = lib.mkIf cfg.enableConfig (lib.mkMerge (lib.catAttrs "fileSystems" (diskoLib.config cfg.devices)));
-    boot = lib.mkIf cfg.enableConfig (lib.mkMerge (lib.catAttrs "boot" (diskoLib.config cfg.devices)));
-    swapDevices = lib.mkIf cfg.enableConfig (lib.mkMerge (lib.catAttrs "swapDevices" (diskoLib.config cfg.devices)));
+    fileSystems = lib.mkIf cfg.enableConfig cfg.devices._config.fileSystems or {};
+    boot = lib.mkIf cfg.enableConfig cfg.devices._config.boot or {};
+    swapDevices = lib.mkIf cfg.enableConfig cfg.devices._config.swapDevices or [];
   };
 }