diff --git a/modules/home/rofi.nix b/modules/home/rofi.nix
index 0aea889..0100ac3 100644
--- a/modules/home/rofi.nix
+++ b/modules/home/rofi.nix
@@ -421,18 +421,23 @@ in
     # networkmanager_dmenu drives rofi (not bare dmenu) and uses rofi's
     # active/urgent row styling for the connected/available networks, so it
     # inherits the generated theme like every other menu module. Editing a
-    # connection drops to nmtui in the configured terminal.
-    xdg.configFile."networkmanager-dmenu/config.ini".text = ''
-      [dmenu]
-      dmenu_command = rofi
-      rofi_highlight = True
-      compact = False
-      wifi_chars = ▂▄▆█
+    # connection drops to nmtui in the configured terminal. force: the tool
+    # writes a default config on first run, so an unmanaged file may already
+    # sit at this path — we fully own it, so overwrite rather than abort.
+    xdg.configFile."networkmanager-dmenu/config.ini" = {
+      force = true;
+      text = ''
+        [dmenu]
+        dmenu_command = rofi
+        rofi_highlight = True
+        compact = False
+        wifi_chars = ▂▄▆█
 
-      [editor]
-      terminal = ${cfg.terminal}
-      gui_if_available = False
-    '';
+        [editor]
+        terminal = ${cfg.terminal}
+        gui_if_available = False
+      '';
+    };
 
     programs.rofi = {
       enable = true;