diff --git a/home/linux/gui/niri/default.nix b/home/linux/gui/niri/default.nix
index e835d504..e5498c2e 100644
--- a/home/linux/gui/niri/default.nix
+++ b/home/linux/gui/niri/default.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ in
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable (
     lib.mkMerge [
       {
+        programs.niri.config = cfg.settings;
+
         # NOTE: this executable is used by greetd to start a wayland session when system boot up
         # with such a vendor-no-locking script, we can switch to another wayland compositor without modifying greetd's config in NixOS module
         home.file.".wayland-session" = {