diff --git a/modules/layout/default.nix b/modules/layout/default.nix
index f9ccc5e..8748d27 100644
--- a/modules/layout/default.nix
+++ b/modules/layout/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   inherit (config.conf) extraLayout;
 in mkIf extraLayout.enable {
   services.xserver.xkb = {
-    layout = "us,custom";
+    layout = "custom,us";
     options = "compose:ralt";
 
     extraLayouts."custom" = {
diff --git a/modules/niri/niri.conf.nix b/modules/niri/niri.conf.nix
index 8e3309e..093c069 100644
--- a/modules/niri/niri.conf.nix
+++ b/modules/niri/niri.conf.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ in {
   input = {
       keyboard = { 
           xkb = {
-            layout = if extraLayout.enable then "us,custom" else "us";
+            layout = if extraLayout.enable then "custom,us" else "us";
             options = "compose:ralt";
           };
       };