diff --git a/features-nixos/optional/binarycaches.nix b/features-nixos/optional/binarycaches.nix
index 1f1f207..8b06bf6 100644
--- a/features-nixos/optional/binarycaches.nix
+++ b/features-nixos/optional/binarycaches.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
   # Setup binary caches
   nix.settings = {
     substituters = [
+      # high priority since it's almost always used
+      "https://cache.nixos.org?priority=10"
+
       "https://nix-community.cachix.org"
-      "https://cache.nixos.org/"
       "https://hyprland.cachix.org"
       # "http://binarycache.julian-mutter.de"
       "https://devenv.cachix.org"