diff --git a/nixos/common/default.nix b/nixos/common/default.nix
index 5d5fdab..261a48d 100644
--- a/nixos/common/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/common/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
   # - systems with raids as this currently require manual configuration (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/210210)
   # - for containers we currently rely on the `stage-2` init script that sets up our /etc
   boot.initrd.systemd.enable = lib.mkDefault (
-    !config.boot.initrd.network.enable &&
     !(if lib.versionAtLeast (lib.versions.majorMinor lib.version) "23.11" then
       config.boot.swraid.enable
     else
diff --git a/nixos/hardware/hetzner-online/default.nix b/nixos/hardware/hetzner-online/default.nix
index 6f72d11..1e91c77 100644
--- a/nixos/hardware/hetzner-online/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/hardware/hetzner-online/default.nix
@@ -38,5 +38,8 @@
       networkConfig.Gateway = "fe80::1";
       networkConfig.IPv6AcceptRA = "no";
     };
+
+    # Network configuration i.e. when we unlock machines with openssh in the initrd
+    boot.initrd.systemd.network.networks."10-uplink" = config.systemd.network.networks."10-uplink";
   };
 }