diff --git a/nix-darwin/default.nix b/nix-darwin/default.nix
index 010d4f574..a56b3cdd6 100644
--- a/nix-darwin/default.nix
+++ b/nix-darwin/default.nix
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ in
     system.activationScripts.postActivation.text =
       concatStringsSep "\n" (mapAttrsToList (username: usercfg: ''
         echo Activating home-manager configuration for ${username}
-        sudo -u ${username} -i ${pkgs.writeShellScript "activation-${username}" ''
+        sudo -u ${username} -s ${pkgs.writeShellScript "activation-${username}" ''
           ${lib.optionalString (cfg.backupFileExtension != null)
             "export HOME_MANAGER_BACKUP_EXT=${lib.escapeShellArg cfg.backupFileExtension}"}
           ${lib.optionalString cfg.verbose "export VERBOSE=1"}