diff --git a/dotfiles/npmrc b/dotfiles/npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8932649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+user=0
+unsafe-perm=true
+prefix=${XDG_DATA_HOME}/npm
+cache=${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/npm
+tmp=${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/npm
+init-module=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/npm/config/npm-init.js
+store-dir=${XDG_DATA_HOME}/pnpm-store
diff --git a/modules/dev/javascript.nix b/modules/dev/javascript.nix
index cee0f93..69f8cac 100644
--- a/modules/dev/javascript.nix
+++ b/modules/dev/javascript.nix
@@ -31,15 +31,7 @@ in
     })
     {
       home-manager.users.jawz.xdg.configFile = {
-        "npm/npmrc".text = ''
-          user=0
-          unsafe-perm=true
-          prefix=$XDG_DATA_HOME/npm
-          cache=$XDG_CACHE_HOME/npm
-          tmp=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/npm
-          init-module=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/npm/config/npm-init.js
-          store-dir=$XDG_DATA_HOME/pnpm-store
-        '';
+        "npm/npmrc".source = ../../dotfiles/npmrc;
         "configstore/update-notifier-npm-check.json".text = builtins.toJSON {
           optOut = false;
           lastUpdateCheck = 1646662583446;