# Espanso app -\> option not working for me
**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/espanso-app-option-not-working-for-me/21789
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [September 18, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/espanso-app-option-not-working-for-me/21789 "2022-09-18T14:24:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@gemstraam](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/gemstraam)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/espanso-app-option-not-working-for-me/21789/1 "2022-09-18T14:24:03Z")
Hello Nix Wizards
I installed the Espanso app in NixOS 22.05 and the option to start “espanso daemon”.
Somehow the daemon will not start and I have to do it manually each reboot.
Here’s the concerning part of my /etc/nixos/configuration.nix:
```auto
users.users.me = {
isNormalUser = true;
extraGroups = ["networkmanager" "wheel" "libvirtd" "kvm" "scanner" "lp"];
packages = with pkgs; [
vimHugeX
firefox
thunderbird-102
espanso
copyq
keepassxc
joplin-desktop
virt-manager
];
};
services.espanso.enable = true;
```
the app is to find here: [https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=22.05&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=espanso](https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=22.05&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=espanso)
the option here: [https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=22.05&show=services.espanso.enable&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=espanso](https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=22.05&show=services.espanso.enable&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=espanso)
the option is declared as such:
```auto
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
with lib;
let cfg = config.services.espanso;
in {
meta = { maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [numkem]; };
options = {
services.espanso = { enable = options.mkEnableOption "Espanso"; };
};
config = mkIf cfg.enable {
systemd.user.services.espanso = {
description = "Espanso daemon";
serviceConfig = {
ExecStart = "${pkgs.espanso}/bin/espanso daemon";
Restart = "on-failure";
};
wantedBy = ["default.target"];
};
environment.systemPackages = [pkgs.espanso];
};
}
```
Would be lovely to get a hint! As I wouldn’t want to live without this great application!
Thank you
---
### Author:  [@tejing](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/tejing)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/espanso-app-option-not-working-for-me/21789/2 "2022-09-19T09:50:11Z")
While I don’t have the answer to your issue, I just wanted to point out that the module itself sets `environment.systemPackages = [pkgs.espanso];`, as modules generally do, so doing that in your own config is redundant.
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### Author:  [@gemstraam](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/gemstraam)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/espanso-app-option-not-working-for-me/21789/3 "2022-09-19T18:47:52Z")
thank you tejing, that is some good information already!
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### Author:  [@nrdxp](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/nrdxp)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/espanso-app-option-not-working-for-me/21789/4 "2022-09-19T19:02:01Z")
It should start with `default.target` according to the systemd unit, so what does the output of `systemctl --user status default.target` show?
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### Author:  [@gemstraam](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/gemstraam)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/espanso-app-option-not-working-for-me/21789/5 "2022-09-19T19:08:33Z")
Seems to be active:
```auto
● default.target - Main User Target
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/user/default.target; static)
Active: active since Mon 2022-09-19 21:05:02 CEST; 2min 39s ago
Until: Mon 2022-09-19 21:05:02 CEST; 2min 39s ago
Docs: man:systemd.special(7)
```
Starting Espanso in the terminal with “espanso daemon” does work!