diff --git a/home/desktop-river/default.nix b/home/desktop-river/default.nix
index 078890a..4337c47 100644
--- a/home/desktop-river/default.nix
+++ b/home/desktop-river/default.nix
@@ -46,4 +46,17 @@
       After = "graphical-session-pre.target";
     };
   };
+
+  systemd.user.services.network-manager-applet = {
+    Unit = {
+      Description = "nm-applet";
+      BindsTo = [ "river-session.target" ];
+    };
+    Service = {
+      Type = "simple";
+      ExecStart = "${pkgs.networkmanagerapplet}/bin/nm-applet --indicator";
+    };
+    Install = { WantedBy = [ "river-session.target" ]; };
+  };
+
 }
diff --git a/home/nixos-common.nix b/home/nixos-common.nix
index f7f459d..dc17baa 100644
--- a/home/nixos-common.nix
+++ b/home/nixos-common.nix
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@
     startInBackground = true;
   };
 
-  services.network-manager-applet.enable = true;
-
   dconf.settings = {
     "org/virt-manager/virt-manager/connections" = {
       "autoconnect" = [ "qemu:///system" ];