diff --git a/services/nextcloud.nix b/services/nextcloud.nix
index 015e15b..8febf2b 100644
--- a/services/nextcloud.nix
+++ b/services/nextcloud.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
           dbuser = "nextcloud";
           dbhost = "/run/postgresql"; # nextcloud will add /.s.PGSQL.5432 by itself
           dbname = "nextcloud";
-          adminpassFile = "/persist/nextcloud/config/admin_pw";
+          # socket auth does not needs this, but the module insists it does
+          adminpassFile = "/lol/nope";
           adminuser = "root";
         };