diff --git a/modules/services/window-managers/i3-sway/sway.nix b/modules/services/window-managers/i3-sway/sway.nix
index 8f0ee6081..14d82d267 100644
--- a/modules/services/window-managers/i3-sway/sway.nix
+++ b/modules/services/window-managers/i3-sway/sway.nix
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ in {
     xdg.configFile."sway/config" = {
       source = configFile;
       onChange = ''
-        swaySocket=''${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$UID}/sway-ipc.$UID.$(${pkgs.procps}/bin/pgrep -x sway).sock
+        swaySocket=''${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$UID}/sway-ipc.$UID.$(${pkgs.procps}/bin/pgrep -x sway || ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/true).sock
         if [ -S $swaySocket ]; then
           echo "Reloading sway"
           $DRY_RUN_CMD ${pkgs.sway}/bin/swaymsg -s $swaySocket reload