diff --git a/modules/services/swayidle.nix b/modules/services/swayidle.nix
index 5af0b4678..3b96da01e 100644
--- a/modules/services/swayidle.nix
+++ b/modules/services/swayidle.nix
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ in
                 )
               )
           ) (submodule eventsModule);
-        default = [ ];
+        default = { };
         example = literalExpression ''
           {
             "before-sleep" = "''${pkgs.swaylock}/bin/swaylock -fF";