diff --git a/modules/home/wayland/default.nix b/modules/home/wayland/default.nix
index 3ea8d65..be4965a 100644
--- a/modules/home/wayland/default.nix
+++ b/modules/home/wayland/default.nix
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
         default = "us";
       };
       variant = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
+        type = lib.types.str;
         description = "Keyboard layout variants, comma seperated";
         example = "dvorak";
-        default = null;
+        default = "";
       };
     };
 
diff --git a/modules/home/wayland/niri/default.nix b/modules/home/wayland/niri/default.nix
index 0695273..d6066cd 100644
--- a/modules/home/wayland/niri/default.nix
+++ b/modules/home/wayland/niri/default.nix
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@
             { proportion = 1. / 3.; }
             { proportion = 1. / 2.; }
             { proportion = 2. / 3.; }
+            { proportion = 9. / 10.; }
           ]; # TODO: clicks to PR a docs update for niri-flake
         };