diff --git a/modules/services/sxhkd.nix b/modules/services/sxhkd.nix
index 1187b5ed3..9a2027a83 100644
--- a/modules/services/sxhkd.nix
+++ b/modules/services/sxhkd.nix
@@ -72,10 +72,12 @@ in
       cfg.extraConfig
     ];
 
-    xsession.initExtra = ''
-      systemctl --user stop sxhkd.scope 2> /dev/null || true
-      systemd-cat -t sxhkd systemd-run --user --scope -u sxhkd \
-        ${cfg.package}/bin/sxhkd ${toString cfg.extraOptions} &
-    '';
+    xsession.initExtra =
+      let
+        sxhkdCommand = "${cfg.package}/bin/sxhkd ${toString cfg.extraOptions}";
+      in ''
+        systemctl --user stop sxhkd.scope 2> /dev/null || true
+        systemd-cat -t sxhkd systemd-run --user --scope -u sxhkd ${sxhkdCommand} &
+      '';
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/sxhkd/service.nix b/tests/modules/services/sxhkd/service.nix
index a3ade9dbe..be51f544c 100644
--- a/tests/modules/services/sxhkd/service.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/services/sxhkd/service.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 { config, pkgs, ... }:
 
-let
-
-  expectedFileRegex = ''
-    systemctl --user stop sxhkd.scope 2> /dev/null || true
-    systemd-cat -t sxhkd systemd-run --user --scope -u sxhkd \
-     @sxhkd@/bin/sxhkd -m 1 &
-  '';
-
-in
-
 {
   config = {
     xsession = {
@@ -28,7 +18,11 @@ in
 
       assertFileExists $xsessionFile
 
-      assertFileRegex $xsessionFile ${expectedFileRegex}
+      assertFileContains $xsessionFile \
+        'systemctl --user stop sxhkd.scope 2> /dev/null || true'
+
+      assertFileContains $xsessionFile \
+        'systemd-cat -t sxhkd systemd-run --user --scope -u sxhkd @sxhkd@/bin/sxhkd -m 1 &'
     '';
   };
 }