diff --git a/modules/ui/unicode/config.el b/modules/ui/unicode/config.el
index 3d7fcf61e..a9b0e14db 100644
--- a/modules/ui/unicode/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/unicode/config.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; ui/unicode/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-(setq bidi-display-reordering t)
+(setq-default bidi-display-reordering t)
 
 (def-package! unicode-fonts
   :demand t