diff --git a/modules/services/hyprpaper.nix b/modules/services/hyprpaper.nix
index ede09b258..6c9ddb2cf 100644
--- a/modules/services/hyprpaper.nix
+++ b/modules/services/hyprpaper.nix
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ in {
         Description = "hyprpaper";
         After = [ "graphical-session-pre.target" ];
         PartOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
-        X-Restart-Triggers =
+        X-Restart-Triggers = mkIf (cfg.settings != { })
           [ "${config.xdg.configFile."hypr/hyprpaper.conf".source}" ];
       };
 
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/hyprpaper/default.nix b/tests/modules/services/hyprpaper/default.nix
index 2a5abbfed..d3e87df43 100644
--- a/tests/modules/services/hyprpaper/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/services/hyprpaper/default.nix
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-{ hyprpaper-basic-configuration = ./basic-configuration.nix; }
+{
+  hyprpaper-basic-configuration = ./basic-configuration.nix;
+  hyprpaper-no-configuration = ./no-configuration.nix;
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/hyprpaper/no-configuration.nix b/tests/modules/services/hyprpaper/no-configuration.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15775e886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/services/hyprpaper/no-configuration.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  services.hyprpaper = {
+    enable = true;
+    settings = { };
+  };
+
+  test.stubs.hyprpaper = { };
+
+  nmt.script = ''
+    config=home-files/.config/hypr/hyprpaper.conf
+    clientServiceFile=home-files/.config/systemd/user/hyprpaper.service
+    assertPathNotExists $config
+    assertFileExists $clientServiceFile
+  '';
+}