diff --git a/nix-darwin/default.nix b/nix-darwin/default.nix
index 7b2b6e6e..bc0e9b60 100644
--- a/nix-darwin/default.nix
+++ b/nix-darwin/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ in
       system.activationScripts.postActivation.text = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
         lib.mapAttrsToList (username: usercfg: ''
           echo Activating home-manager configuration for ${usercfg.home.username}
-          sudo -u ${usercfg.home.username} --set-home ${pkgs.writeShellScript "activation-${usercfg.home.username}" ''
+          launchctl asuser "$(id -u ${usercfg.home.username})" sudo -u ${usercfg.home.username} --set-home ${pkgs.writeShellScript "activation-${usercfg.home.username}" ''
             ${lib.optionalString (
               cfg.backupFileExtension != null
             ) "export HOME_MANAGER_BACKUP_EXT=${lib.escapeShellArg cfg.backupFileExtension}"}