diff --git a/desktop/base.nix b/desktop/base.nix
index e4adca3..9501f85 100644
--- a/desktop/base.nix
+++ b/desktop/base.nix
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 		enable = true;
 		profiles.user.databases = [
 			{
-				settings."org/gnome/desktop/interface" = {
+				settings."org/gnome/desktop/interface" = with lib.gvariant; {
 					color-scheme = "prefer-dark";
 					cursor-theme = "breeze_cursors";
-					cursor-size = 24;
+					cursor-size = mkUint32 24;
 					gtk-theme = "Breeze";
 					icon-theme = "Papirus";
 				};