1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ipfs.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ipfs.nix
index b5903d113c57..ab6d3a3d2fa4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ipfs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ipfs.nix
@@ -189,9 +189,7 @@ in {
       localDiscovery = mkOption {
         type = types.bool;
         description = ''Whether to enable local discovery for the ipfs daemon.
-          This will prevent ipfs to scan ports on your local network. Some hosting services will ban you if you do.
-
-          This option only has an effect before you initialized ipfs your machine.
+          This will allow ipfs to scan ports on your local network. Some hosting services will ban you if you do this.
         '';
         default = true;
       };
@@ -244,6 +242,11 @@ in {
         if [[ ! -f ${cfg.dataDir}/config ]]; then
           ipfs init ${optionalString cfg.emptyRepo "-e"} \
             ${optionalString (! cfg.localDiscovery) "--profile=server"}
+        else
+          ${if cfg.localDiscovery
+            then "ipfs config profile apply local-discovery"
+            else "ipfs config profile apply server"
+          }
         fi
       '';