diff --git a/systems/jeeves/scripts/zfs.sh b/systems/jeeves/scripts/zfs.sh
index be09be1..0a53200 100644
--- a/systems/jeeves/scripts/zfs.sh
+++ b/systems/jeeves/scripts/zfs.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ sudo zfs create -o recordsize=16k -o primarycache=metadata -o mountpoint=/zfs/me
 # scratch datasets
 sudo zfs create -o recordsize=16k -o sync=disabled scratch/qbitvpn
 sudo zfs create -o recordsize=16k -o sync=disabled scratch/transmission
+sudo zfs create -o recordsize=1M scratch/kafka
 
 # storage datasets
 sudo zfs create -o recordsize=1M -o compression=zstd-19 storage/archive
@@ -38,3 +39,4 @@ sudo zfs create -o compression=zstd-19 storage/syncthing
 sudo zfs create -o recordsize=1M -o compression=zstd-9 -o exec=off -o sync=disabled storage/qbitvpn
 sudo zfs create -o recordsize=1M -o compression=zstd-9 -o exec=off -o sync=disabled storage/transmission
 sudo zfs create -o recordsize=1M -o compression=zstd-19 storage/library
+sudo zfs create -o recordsize=1M -o compression=zstd-19 -o sync=disabled storage/ollama
diff --git a/systems/jeeves/services/kafka.nix b/systems/jeeves/services/kafka.nix
index ddd7c93..a1b292b 100644
--- a/systems/jeeves/services/kafka.nix
+++ b/systems/jeeves/services/kafka.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+let
+  vars = import ../vars.nix;
+in
 {
-  services.apache-kafka.enable = true;
+  services.apache-kafka = {
+    enable = true;
+    settings = {
+      listeners = [ "PLAINTEXT://localhost:9092" ];
+      "log.dirs" = [ vars.kafka ];
+    };
+  };
 }
diff --git a/systems/jeeves/services/llms.nix b/systems/jeeves/services/llms.nix
index 96ff362..ae9eed0 100644
--- a/systems/jeeves/services/llms.nix
+++ b/systems/jeeves/services/llms.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+let
+  vars = import ../vars.nix;
+in
 {
   services = {
     ollama = {
@@ -5,18 +8,18 @@
       enable = true;
       host = "0.0.0.0";
       loadModels = [
-        "qwen3:14b"
-        "qwen3:30b"
-        "gemma3:12b"
-        "gemma3:27b"
-        "gpt-oss:20b"
-        "gpt-oss:120b"
         "codellama:7b"
-        "deepseek-r1:8b"
         "deepseek-r1:14b"
         "deepseek-r1:32b"
+        "deepseek-r1:8b"
+        "gemma3:12b"
+        "gemma3:27b"
+        "gpt-oss:120b"
+        "gpt-oss:20b"
+        "qwen3:14b"
+        "qwen3:30b"
       ];
-      models = "/zfs/storage/models";
+      models = vars.ollama;
       openFirewall = true;
     };
   };
diff --git a/systems/jeeves/vars.nix b/systems/jeeves/vars.nix
index 5ea8d09..c0d30a5 100644
--- a/systems/jeeves/vars.nix
+++ b/systems/jeeves/vars.nix
@@ -17,5 +17,7 @@ in
   share = "${zfs_media}/share";
   syncthing = "${zfs_storage}/syncthing";
   transmission = "${zfs_storage}/transmission";
+  ollama = "${zfs_storage}/ollama";
   transmission_scratch = "${zfs_scratch}/transmission";
+  kafka = "${zfs_scratch}/kafka";
 }