diff --git a/modules/programs/htop.nix b/modules/programs/htop.nix
index a6cf4865a..e6177e228 100644
--- a/modules/programs/htop.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/htop.nix
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ in {
     home.packages = [ pkgs.htop ];
 
     xdg.configFile."htop/htoprc" = mkIf (cfg.settings != { }) {
-      text = concatStringsSep "\n" (mapAttrsToList formatOption cfg.settings);
+      text = concatStringsSep "\n" (mapAttrsToList formatOption cfg.settings)
+        + "\n";
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/htop/example-htoprc.txt b/tests/modules/programs/htop/example-htoprc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff06ed5ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/htop/example-htoprc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+color_scheme=6
+cpu_count_from_one=0
+delay=15
+fields=0 48 17 18 38 39 40 2 46 47 49 1
+highlight_base_name=1
+highlight_megabytes=1
+highlight_threads=1
+left_meter_modes=1 1 1 2
+left_meters=AllCPUs2 Memory Swap Zram
+right_meter_modes=2 2 2 2
+right_meters=Tasks LoadAverage Uptime Systemd
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/htop/example-settings.nix b/tests/modules/programs/htop/example-settings.nix
index 66698c844..8705e4b48 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/htop/example-settings.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/htop/example-settings.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ with lib;
         ]);
 
     nmt.script = ''
-      assertFileExists home-files/.config/htop/htoprc
+      htoprc=home-files/.config/htop/htoprc
+      assertFileExists $htoprc
+      assertFileContent $htoprc ${./example-htoprc.txt}
     '';
   };
 }