diff --git a/modules/services/nitter-age-check.patch b/modules/services/nitter-age-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7778cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/services/nitter-age-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/auth.nim b/src/auth.nim
+index b288c50..de1b1d8 100644
+--- a/src/auth.nim
++++ b/src/auth.nim
+@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ proc initAccountPool*(cfg: Config; path: string) =
+     quit 1
+
+   let accountsPrePurge = accountPool.len
+-  accountPool.keepItIf(not it.hasExpired)
++  #accountPool.keepItIf(not it.hasExpired)
+
+   log "Successfully added ", accountPool.len, " valid accounts."
+   if accountsPrePurge > accountPool.len:
diff --git a/modules/services/nitter.nix b/modules/services/nitter.nix
index 7f5aad1..2634bfc 100644
--- a/modules/services/nitter.nix
+++ b/modules/services/nitter.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, options, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, options, inputs, ... }:
 
 # heavily references https://github.com/erdnaxe/nixos-modules/blob/master/services/nitter.nix
 
@@ -29,11 +29,21 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  # force unstable
+  disabledModules = [ "services/misc/nitter.nix" ];
+  imports = [
+    "${inputs.nixpkgs-unstable}/nixos/modules/services/misc/nitter.nix"
+  ];
+
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     services = {
       nitter = {
         enable = true;
-        package = pkgs.nitter;
+        package = pkgs.unstable.nitter.overrideAttrs (old: {
+          patches = old.patches ++ [
+            ./nitter-age-check.patch
+          ];
+        });
         config = {
           proxy = ""; # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/235359
         };
diff --git a/overlays/nitter.nix b/overlays/nitter.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c192a67..0000000
--- a/overlays/nitter.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-self: super: {
-  nitter = super.nitter.overrideAttrs (old: {
-    # https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/pull/830
-    version = "unstable-2023-05-31";
-    src = super.fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "zedeus";
-      repo = "nitter";
-      rev = "38985af6ed30f050201b15425cdac0dc2e286b6d";
-      hash = "sha256-YPwApMCsra/T5EzCup28/4FaOrhEuw3MBiitv+LTbi0=";
-    };
-  });
-}