1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libfetchers/fetch-settings.hh b/src/libfetchers/fetch-settings.hh
index 04c9feda0..f33cbdcfc 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/fetch-settings.hh
+++ b/src/libfetchers/fetch-settings.hh
@@ -70,8 +70,13 @@ struct FetchSettings : public Config
     Setting<bool> warnDirty{this, true, "warn-dirty",
         "Whether to warn about dirty Git/Mercurial trees."};
 
-    Setting<std::string> flakeRegistry{this, "https://github.com/NixOS/flake-registry/raw/master/flake-registry.json", "flake-registry",
-        "Path or URI of the global flake registry."};
+    Setting<std::string> flakeRegistry{this, "https://channels.nixos.org/flake-registry.json", "flake-registry",
+        R"(
+          Path or URI of the global flake registry.
+
+          When empty, disables the global flake registry.
+        )"};
+
 
     Setting<bool> useRegistries{this, true, "use-registries",
         "Whether to use flake registries to resolve flake references."};