# Hitting brick wall trying to organize my Guix configuration files -\> error: (gnu): unknown keyword or bad argument

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**Category:** Guix\
**Created:** [August 7, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/hitting-brick-wall-trying-to-organize-my-guix-configuration-files-error-gnu-unknown-keyword-or-bad-argument/2091 "2026-08-07T00:47:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Folaht](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/folaht/32/1145_2.png) [@Folaht](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/Folaht)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/hitting-brick-wall-trying-to-organize-my-guix-configuration-files-error-gnu-unknown-keyword-or-bad-argument/2091/1 "2026-08-07T00:47:26Z")

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I’m trying to follow the [guide](https://systemcrafters.net/craft-your-system-with-guix/how-to-organize-your-config/), but for whatever reason, I’m getting this error:

```shell
$ guix system -L ~/dotfiles reconfigure ~/dotfiles/config/systems/gemini.scm
config/systems/gemini.scm:2:16: error: (gnu): unknown keyword or bad argument

```

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**Author:** ![wxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ee59a6/32.png) [@wxie](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/wxie)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/hitting-brick-wall-trying-to-organize-my-guix-configuration-files-error-gnu-unknown-keyword-or-bad-argument/2091/2 "2026-08-07T01:33:54Z")

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change “#:use-modules” to “#:use-module”