diff --git a/modules/home-manager/sops.nix b/modules/home-manager/sops.nix
index 3520bb9a..a111af16 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager/sops.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager/sops.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ let
       sopsFile = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.path;
         default = cfg.defaultSopsFile;
-        defaultText = "\${config.sops.defaultSopsFile}";
+        defaultText = lib.literalExpression "\${config.sops.defaultSopsFile}";
         description = ''
           Sops file the secret is loaded from.
         '';
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ in {
     };
 
     # [re]load secrets on home-manager activation
-    home.activation = let 
+    home.activation = let
       darwin = let
         domain-target = "gui/$(id -u ${config.home.username})";
       in ''
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ in {
 
         unset systemdStatus
       '';
-    
+
     in {
       sops-nix = if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux then linux else darwin;
     };
diff --git a/modules/sops/default.nix b/modules/sops/default.nix
index e2d3824a..1a2d7932 100644
--- a/modules/sops/default.nix
+++ b/modules/sops/default.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ let
       };
       sopsFile = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.path;
-        defaultText = "\${config.sops.defaultSopsFile}";
+        defaultText = lib.literalExpression "\${config.sops.defaultSopsFile}";
         description = ''
           Sops file the secret is loaded from.
         '';
diff --git a/modules/sops/templates/default.nix b/modules/sops/templates/default.nix
index 892ad9b8..6f2bca76 100644
--- a/modules/sops/templates/default.nix
+++ b/modules/sops/templates/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ in {
           group = mkOption {
             type = singleLineStr;
             default = users.${config.owner}.group;
-            defaultText = ''config.users.users.''${cfg.owner}.group'';
+            defaultText = lib.literalExpression ''config.users.users.''${cfg.owner}.group'';
             description = ''
               Group of the file.
             '';
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ in {
           file = mkOption {
             type = types.path;
             default = pkgs.writeText config.name config.content;
-            defaultText = ''pkgs.writeText config.name config.content'';
+            defaultText = lib.literalExpression ''pkgs.writeText config.name config.content'';
             example = "./configuration-template.conf";
             description = ''
               File used as the template. When this value is specified, `sops.templates.<name>.content` is ignored.