diff --git a/modules/ui/window-select/config.el b/modules/ui/window-select/config.el
index 35a13f07b..0677e000e 100644
--- a/modules/ui/window-select/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/window-select/config.el
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
   :when (modulep! +numbers)
   :after-call doom-switch-window-hook
   :config
-  (winum-mode +1)
   ;; winum modifies `mode-line-format' in a destructive manner. I'd rather leave
   ;; it to modeline plugins (or the user) to add this if they want it.
   (setq winum-auto-setup-mode-line nil)
+  (winum-mode +1)
   (map! :map evil-window-map
         "0" #'winum-select-window-0-or-10
         "1" #'winum-select-window-1