diff --git a/modules/nixos/clicks/services/fava/default.nix b/modules/nixos/clicks/services/fava/default.nix
index fb707fd..73cab36 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/clicks/services/fava/default.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/clicks/services/fava/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
             example = {
               invert-income-liabilities-equity = true;
             };
-            default = {};
           };
           beancountExtraOptions = lib.mkOption {
             type = lib.types.attrsOf lib.types.str;
@@ -75,6 +74,7 @@
         };
         config = {
           beancountExtraOptions.title = lib.mkDefault submodule.config.name;
+          favaExtraOptions.default-file = lib.mkDefault submodule.config.mainFile;
 
           configFile = builtins.toString (let
             generateFavaOption = name: value:
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
       in ''
         ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p "$(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/dirname "${data.mainFile}")"
         if [ ! -f "${data.mainFile}" ]; then
-          ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/echo '1970-01-01 custom "fava-option" "default-file"' >> ${data.mainFile}
+          touch ${data.mainFile}
         fi
       '';