diff --git a/modules/programs/wezterm.nix b/modules/programs/wezterm.nix
index 5b71f919..b1261245 100644
--- a/modules/programs/wezterm.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/wezterm.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ let
   inherit (lib)
     literalExpression
     mkIf
+    mkMerge
     mkEnableOption
     mkOption
     types
@@ -35,9 +36,7 @@ in
 
     extraConfig = mkOption {
       type = types.lines;
-      default = ''
-        return {}
-      '';
+      default = "";
       example = literalExpression ''
         -- Your lua code / config here
         local mylib = require 'mylib';
@@ -100,8 +99,8 @@ in
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     home.packages = [ cfg.package ];
 
-    xdg.configFile =
-      {
+    xdg.configFile = mkMerge [
+      (mkIf (cfg.extraConfig != "") {
         "wezterm/wezterm.lua".text = ''
           -- Generated by Home Manager.
           -- See https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/
@@ -110,13 +109,14 @@ in
 
           ${cfg.extraConfig}
         '';
-      }
-      // lib.mapAttrs' (
+      })
+      (lib.mapAttrs' (
         name: value:
         lib.nameValuePair "wezterm/colors/${name}.toml" {
           source = tomlFormat.generate "${name}.toml" { colors = value; };
         }
-      ) cfg.colorSchemes;
+      ) cfg.colorSchemes)
+    ];
 
     programs.bash.initExtra = mkIf cfg.enableBashIntegration shellIntegrationStr;
     programs.zsh.initContent = mkIf cfg.enableZshIntegration shellIntegrationStr;
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/wezterm/empty-setting.nix b/tests/modules/programs/wezterm/empty-setting.nix
index dbb7c7d2..9a60f05c 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/wezterm/empty-setting.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/wezterm/empty-setting.nix
@@ -3,20 +3,7 @@
     enable = true;
   };
 
-  nmt.script =
-    let
-      expected = builtins.toFile "wezterm.lua" ''
-        -- Generated by Home Manager.
-        -- See https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/
-
-        local wezterm = require 'wezterm'
-
-        return {}
-
-      '';
-    in
-    ''
-      assertFileExists home-files/.config/wezterm/wezterm.lua
-      assertFileContent home-files/.config/wezterm/wezterm.lua ${expected}
-    '';
+  nmt.script = ''
+    assertPathNotExists home-files/.config/wezterm/wezterm.lua
+  '';
 }