diff --git a/.guix/modules/tiedote-md-service.scm b/.guix/modules/tiedote-md-service.scm
index cb72f0f..968b9df 100644
--- a/.guix/modules/tiedote-md-service.scm
+++ b/.guix/modules/tiedote-md-service.scm
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ the tiedote.md user on this system.")
                                "--socket" socket-path))
            (receive-script (program-file "tiedote.md-receive"
                                          #~(apply execl #$receive-exec)))
-           (forward-file (mixed-text-file ".forward" "|" receive-script)))
+           (forward-file (mixed-text-file "dot-forward" "|" receive-script)))
       #~(symlink #$forward-file
                  (string-append #$state-directory "/.forward")))))