diff --git a/user/sway/default.nix b/user/sway/default.nix
index b528154..5a3863f 100644
--- a/user/sway/default.nix
+++ b/user/sway/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ let
   '';
 in
 {
-  imports = [ ./theme.nix ./mako.nix ];
+  imports = [ ./theme.nix ./mako.nix ./swaylock.nix ];
   config = {
     programs.mako.enable = true;
     wayland.windowManager.sway =
@@ -382,24 +382,6 @@ in
         }
       ];
     };
-    xdg.configFile."swaylock/config".text = ''
-      image=${theme.background}
-      font=${font.interface}
-      font-size=${toString font.size.medium}
-      indicator-thickness=20
-      color=${color.bg}
-      inside-color=#FFFFFF00
-      bs-hl-color=${color.normal.red}
-      ring-color=${color.normal.green}
-      key-hl-color=${accent.color}
-      # divisor lines
-      separator-color=#aabbcc00
-      line-color=#aabbcc00
-      line-clear-color=#aabbcc00
-      line-caps-lock-color=#aabbcc00
-      line-ver-color=#aabbcc00
-      line-wrong-color=#aabbcc00
-    '';
     services.gammastep = {
       enable = true;
       provider = "geoclue2";
diff --git a/user/sway/swaylock.nix b/user/sway/swaylock.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfd99bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/sway/swaylock.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (pkgs.uservars) key accent font theme;
+  inherit (theme) color;
+in
+{
+  programs.swaylock.settings = {
+    image = theme.background;
+    font = font.interface;
+    font-size = font.size.medium;
+    indicator-thickness = 20;
+    color = color.bg;
+    inside-color = "#FFFFFF00";
+    bs-hl-color = color.normal.red;
+    ring-color = color.normal.green;
+    key-hl-color = accent.color;
+    # divisor lines;
+    separator-color = "#aabbcc00";
+    line-color = "#aabbcc00";
+    line-clear-color = "#aabbcc00";
+    line-caps-lock-color = "#aabbcc00";
+    line-ver-color = "#aabbcc00";
+    line-wrong-color = "#aabbcc00";
+  };
+}