diff --git a/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix b/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix
index 5fb4866..9f1f81c 100644
--- a/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix
+++ b/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
   };
 in {
   mkNexus = root: outputs': let
-    autogen = mkNexus' root <| getAttrOr "nexus" outputs' {};
+    autogen = mkNexus' root <| getAttrOr {} "nexus" outputs';
     outputs = removeAttrs outputs' ["nexus"];
   in
     autogen // outputs; # XXX: TODO: replace this with a deep merge