diff --git a/modules/crowdsec/default.nix b/modules/crowdsec/default.nix
index 208acdb..ec115f5 100644
--- a/modules/crowdsec/default.nix
+++ b/modules/crowdsec/default.nix
@@ -10,17 +10,9 @@
 
   pkg = cfg.package;
 
-  defaultPatterns = lib.mapAttrs (name: value: lib.mkDefault "${pkg}/share/crowdsec/config/patterns/${name}") (builtins.readDir "${pkg}/share/crowdsec/config/patterns");
+  defaultPatterns = [pkg.patterns];
 
-  patternsDir = pkgs.runCommandNoCC "crowdsec-patterns" {} ''
-    mkdir -p $out
-    ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.attrValues (lib.mapAttrs (
-        k: v: ''
-          ln -sf ${v} $out/${k}
-        ''
-      )
-      cfg.patterns))}
-  '';
+  patternsDir = pkgs.symlinkJoin { name = "crowdsec-merged-patterns"; paths = [cfg.patterns];};
 
   defaultSettings = with lib; {
     common = {
@@ -118,14 +110,15 @@ in {
     };
     patterns = mkOption {
       description = mdDoc ''
-        A set of pattern files for parsing logs, in the form "type" to file containing the corresponding GROK patterns.
+        A list of pattern derrivations for parsing logs, in the form "type" to file containing the corresponding GROK patterns.
+        Files in the derriviatons will be merged into one and must only contains files in the root of the derivation.
         All default patterns are automatically included.
         See <https://github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/tree/master/config/patterns>.
       '';
-      type = types.attrsOf types.pathInStore;
-      default = {};
+      type = types.listOf types.package; #types.attrsOf types.pathInStore;
+      default = [];
       example = lib.literalExpression ''
-        { ssh = ./patterns/ssh;}
+        [ (pkgs.writeTextDir "ssh" (builtins.readFile ./ssh)) ]
       '';
     };
     settings = mkOption {
diff --git a/packages/crowdsec/default.nix b/packages/crowdsec/default.nix
index 7c5a085..b9d8dda 100644
--- a/packages/crowdsec/default.nix
+++ b/packages/crowdsec/default.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   vendorHash = "sha256-fl5LkRz69QOq4aPyAhMFxw1FWozLzofDBUGvRptuyZY=";
 
+  outputs = [ "out" "patterns" ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [installShellFiles];
 
   subPackages = [
@@ -64,9 +66,13 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   postBuild = "mv $GOPATH/bin/{crowdsec-cli,cscli}";
 
   postInstall = ''
+      mkdir -p $patterns
+      mv ./config/patterns/* $patterns
+
     mkdir -p $out/share/crowdsec
     cp -r ./config $out/share/crowdsec/
 
+
     installShellCompletion --cmd cscli \
       --bash <($out/bin/cscli completion bash) \
       --fish <($out/bin/cscli completion fish) \