diff --git a/common/nix-settings.nix b/common/nix-settings.nix
index eb32daf..beb5ca0 100644
--- a/common/nix-settings.nix
+++ b/common/nix-settings.nix
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ in
     ];
     # use all cores for building
     cores = 0;
-    auto-optimise-store = true;
+    #auto-optimise-store = true;
   };
+  nix.optimise.automatic = true;  # temporary workaround until Lix/ Nix bug is fixed https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin/blob/e95de00a471d07435e0527ff4db092c84998698e/modules/nix/default.nix#L817C39-L817C78
   # TODO: manage access token with sops instead of manual deployment
   # permissions: needs to be readable by the user invoking nix and root (for nix daemon)
   nix.extraOptions = ''