diff --git a/incus/main.tf b/incus/main.tf
index 68fcb62..7bdfb03 100644
--- a/incus/main.tf
+++ b/incus/main.tf
@@ -62,3 +62,17 @@ resource "incus_instance" "forgejo-runner-tofu" {
     "limits.memory" = "8GiB"
   }
 }
+
+
+
+resource "incus_instance" "base-tofu" {
+  name  = "base-tofu"
+  image = "images:nixos/25.05/amd64"
+  profiles = [
+    incus_profile.d.name
+  ]
+  config = {
+    "limits.cpu"    = 1
+    "limits.memory" = "1GiB"
+  }
+}