diff --git a/home-manager/wm/river.nix b/home-manager/wm/river.nix
index 6da4110..d530438 100644
--- a/home-manager/wm/river.nix
+++ b/home-manager/wm/river.nix
@@ -77,11 +77,12 @@ in
           "Super+Shift ccedilla" = "set-view-tags 256";
           "Super+Shift agrave" = "set-view-tags 512";
           # music player control
-          "XF86AudioPlay" = "spawn 'playerctl play-pause'";
-          "XF86Bluetooth" = "spawn 'playerctl play-pause'";
-          "XF86Tools" = "spawn 'playerctl previous'";
-          "XF86Keyboard" = "spawn 'playerctl next'";
-          "XF86Favorites" = "spawn 'cmus-remote -C player-next-album'";
+          # We have to specify None as the modifier, else riverctl complains that XF86Etc is not a valid modifier
+          "None XF86AudioPlay" = "spawn 'playerctl play-pause'";
+          "None XF86Bluetooth" = "spawn 'playerctl play-pause'";
+          "None XF86Tools" = "spawn 'playerctl previous'";
+          "None XF86Keyboard" = "spawn 'playerctl next'";
+          "None XF86Favorites" = "spawn 'cmus-remote -C player-next-album'";
         };
       };
       map-pointer = {