diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 3d45e69971b1..71176023cc74 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -345,8 +345,11 @@ pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/buildbot @Mic92 @zowoq
 
 # Pretix
 pkgs/by-name/pr/pretix/ @mweinelt
+pkgs/by-name/pr/pretalx/ @mweinelt
 nixos/modules/services/web-apps/pretix.nix @mweinelt
+nixos/modules/services/web-apps/pretalx.nix @mweinelt
 nixos/tests/web-apps/pretix.nix @mweinelt
+nixos/tests/web-apps/pretalx.nix @mweinelt
 
 # incus/lxc/lxd
 nixos/maintainers/scripts/lxd/          @adamcstephens
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/pretalx.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/pretalx.nix
index b062a8b7eeea..d0b1512f77c5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/pretalx.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/pretalx.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ in
 
 {
   meta = with lib; {
-    maintainers = teams.c3d2.members;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa] ++ teams.c3d2.members;
   };
 
   options.services.pretalx = {
@@ -329,10 +329,47 @@ in
         serviceConfig = {
           User = "pretalx";
           Group = "pretalx";
-          StateDirectory = [ "pretalx" "pretalx/media" ];
+          StateDirectory = [
+            "pretalx"
+            "pretalx/media"
+          ];
+          StateDirectoryMode = "0750";
           LogsDirectory = "pretalx";
           WorkingDirectory = cfg.settings.filesystem.data;
           SupplementaryGroups = [ "redis-pretalx" ];
+          AmbientCapabilities = "";
+          CapabilityBoundingSet = [ "" ];
+          DevicePolicy = "closed";
+          LockPersonality = true;
+          MemoryDenyWriteExecute = true;
+          NoNewPrivileges = true;
+          PrivateDevices = true;
+          PrivateTmp = true;
+          ProcSubset = "pid";
+          ProtectControlGroups = true;
+          ProtectHome = true;
+          ProtectHostname = true;
+          ProtectKernelLogs = true;
+          ProtectKernelModules = true;
+          ProtectKernelTunables = true;
+          ProtectProc = "invisible";
+          ProtectSystem = "strict";
+          RemoveIPC = true;
+          RestrictAddressFamilies = [
+            "AF_INET"
+            "AF_INET6"
+            "AF_UNIX"
+          ];
+          RestrictNamespaces = true;
+          RestrictRealtime = true;
+          RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
+          SystemCallArchitectures = "native";
+          SystemCallFilter = [
+            "@system-service"
+            "~@privileged"
+            "@chown"
+          ];
+          UMask = "0027";
         };
       };
     in {
@@ -395,6 +432,8 @@ in
         wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
         serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${lib.getExe' pythonEnv "celery"} -A pretalx.celery_app worker ${cfg.celery.extraArgs}";
       });
+
+      nginx.serviceConfig.SupplementaryGroups = lib.mkIf cfg.nginx.enable [ "pretalx" ];
     };
 
     systemd.sockets.pretalx-web.socketConfig = {
@@ -403,11 +442,9 @@ in
     };
 
     users = {
-      groups."${cfg.group}" = {};
-      users."${cfg.user}" = {
+      groups.${cfg.group} = {};
+      users.${cfg.user} = {
         isSystemUser = true;
-        createHome = true;
-        home = cfg.settings.filesystem.data;
         inherit (cfg) group;
       };
     };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/pretix.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/pretix.nix
index 22ee9769aa92..498face7456d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/pretix.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/pretix.nix
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ in
           StateDirectory = [
             "pretix"
           ];
-          StateDirectoryMode = "0755";
+          StateDirectoryMode = "0750";
           CacheDirectory = "pretix";
           LogsDirectory = "pretix";
           WorkingDirectory = cfg.settings.pretix.datadir;
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ in
             "~@privileged"
             "@chown"
           ];
-          UMask = "0022";
+          UMask = "0027";
         };
       };
     in {
@@ -561,6 +561,8 @@ in
         wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
         serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${getExe' pythonEnv "celery"} -A pretix.celery_app worker ${cfg.celery.extraArgs}";
       };
+
+      nginx.serviceConfig.SupplementaryGroups = mkIf cfg.nginx.enable [ "pretix" ];
     };
 
     systemd.sockets.pretix-web.socketConfig = {
@@ -569,11 +571,9 @@ in
     };
 
     users = {
-      groups."${cfg.group}" = {};
-      users."${cfg.user}" = {
+      groups.${cfg.group} = {};
+      users.${cfg.user} = {
         isSystemUser = true;
-        createHome = true;
-        home = cfg.settings.pretix.datadir;
         inherit (cfg) group;
       };
     };
diff --git a/nixos/tests/web-apps/pretalx.nix b/nixos/tests/web-apps/pretalx.nix
index a226639b076b..76e261b2207e 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/web-apps/pretalx.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/web-apps/pretalx.nix
@@ -27,5 +27,9 @@
     pretalx.wait_for_unit("pretalx-worker.service")
 
     pretalx.wait_until_succeeds("curl -q --fail http://talks.local/orga/")
+
+    pretalx.succeed("pretalx-manage --help")
+
+    pretalx.log(pretalx.succeed("systemd-analyze security pretalx-web.service"))
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pr/pretalx/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pr/pretalx/package.nix
index 266beb9364ba..78b2f8d4df0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pr/pretalx/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pr/pretalx/package.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ let
     homepage = "https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx";
     changelog = "https://docs.pretalx.org/en/latest/changelog.html";
     license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = teams.c3d2.members;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa] ++ teams.c3d2.members;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };