diff --git a/home/base/desktop/editors/emacs/default.nix b/home/base/desktop/editors/emacs/default.nix
index f9805ddc..fdeab7e7 100644
--- a/home/base/desktop/editors/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/home/base/desktop/editors/emacs/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ in {
       # allow fontconfig to discover fonts and configurations installed through `home.packages`
       fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
 
-      xdg.configFile."doom".source = ./doom;
+      xdg.configFile."doom" = {
+        source = ./doom;
+        force = true;
+      };
 
       home.activation = mkIf cfg.doom.enable {
         installDoomEmacs = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter ["writeBoundary"] ''
diff --git a/home/base/desktop/editors/neovim/default.nix b/home/base/desktop/editors/neovim/default.nix
index a630b770..38862546 100644
--- a/home/base/desktop/editors/neovim/default.nix
+++ b/home/base/desktop/editors/neovim/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ in {
 
     # my custom astronvim config, astronvim will load it after base config
     # https://github.com/AstroNvim/AstroNvim/blob/v3.32.0/lua/astronvim/bootstrap.lua#L15-L16
-    "astronvim/lua/user".source = ./astronvim_user;
+    "astronvim/lua/user" = {
+      source = ./astronvim_user;
+      force = true;
+    };
   };
 
   home.shellAliases = shellAliases;