diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ipfs.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ipfs.nix
index 17da020bf3e2..e7751a5c1410 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ipfs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ipfs.nix
@@ -263,11 +263,15 @@ in
       '' + ''
         ipfs --offline config show \
           | ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq '. * $extraConfig' --argjson extraConfig ${
-              escapeShellArg (builtins.toJSON ({
-                Addresses.API = cfg.apiAddress;
-                Addresses.Gateway = cfg.gatewayAddress;
-                Addresses.Swarm = cfg.swarmAddress;
-              } // cfg.extraConfig))
+              escapeShellArg (builtins.toJSON (
+                recursiveUpdate
+                  {
+                    Addresses.API = cfg.apiAddress;
+                    Addresses.Gateway = cfg.gatewayAddress;
+                    Addresses.Swarm = cfg.swarmAddress;
+                  }
+                  cfg.extraConfig
+              ))
             } \
           | ipfs --offline config replace -
       '';