diff --git a/pkgs/cicero/evaluators/nix/lib.nix b/pkgs/cicero/evaluators/nix/lib.nix
index 7a0ba2ec..7d67a90a 100644
--- a/pkgs/cicero/evaluators/nix/lib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/cicero/evaluators/nix/lib.nix
@@ -214,15 +214,15 @@ rec {
             (next // {
               # XXX we have to pre-create `template` because it may not be present
               # see https://github.com/divnix/data-merge/issues/1
-              template = next.template or [];
+              template = next.template or [ ];
             })
             {
-              template = data-merge.append [ {
+              template = data-merge.append [{
                 destination = "/etc/resolv.conf";
                 left_delimiter = "";
                 right_delimiter = "";
                 data = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (map (ns: "nameserver " + ns) nameservers);
-              } ];
+              }];
             };
 
         addNameservers = nameservers: