diff --git a/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/00-kdeos-theme.conf b/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/x00-kdeos-theme.conf
similarity index 58%
rename from mkosi.extra/usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/00-kdeos-theme.conf
rename to mkosi.extra/usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/x00-kdeos-theme.conf
index 56e84aa..b42f38f 100644
--- a/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/00-kdeos-theme.conf
+++ b/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/x00-kdeos-theme.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-GPL
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Jonathan Riddell <jr@jriddell.org>
 
+# NOTE: something inconveniently installs default.conf so we need to do alphabetical ordering in the file name
+
 [Theme]
 Current=breeze