diff --git a/common/systemModules/nginx.nix b/common/systemModules/nginx.nix
index 5a15312..da114e2 100644
--- a/common/systemModules/nginx.nix
+++ b/common/systemModules/nginx.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 {
   services = {
     nginx = {
-      user = "root";
       enable = true;
       # how the hell does this option work
       # logError = "";