diff --git a/home/programming/editors/vscode.nix b/home/programming/editors/vscode.nix
index fb3a35c..df083a9 100644
--- a/home/programming/editors/vscode.nix
+++ b/home/programming/editors/vscode.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     enable = true;
     userSettings = {
       "editor.tabSize" = 4;
-      "window.zoomLevel" = 1;
       "workbench.preferredDarkColorTheme" = "SynthWave '84";
       "editor.fontSize" = 24;
       "editor.fontFamily" = "'Comic Code'";
@@ -18,4 +17,19 @@
       "synthwave84.disableGlow" = true;
     };
   };
+  # make config changeable
+  home = {
+    activation = {
+      afterWriteBoundary = {
+        after = [ "writeBoundary" ];
+        before = [ ];
+        data = ''
+          vscodeDir=$HOME/.config/Code/User
+          $DRY_RUN_CMD cat $vscodeDir/settings.json > $vscodeDir/settings_whatever.json
+          $DRY_RUN_CMD rm -f $vscodeDir/settings.json
+          $DRY_RUN_CMD cp $vscodeDir/settings_whatever.json $vscodeDir/settings.json
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
 }