diff --git a/home-manager/modules/fish.nix b/home-manager/modules/fish.nix
index 8b57fa95..acbed7f9 100644
--- a/home-manager/modules/fish.nix
+++ b/home-manager/modules/fish.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ let
     #!${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
     # TODO figure out a way to do this without silently depending on `op` being on $PATH
     # using `$\{pkgs._1password}/bin/op` results in unable to connect to desktop app
-    op item get "System Password" --fields password
+    PASSWORD="$(op item get "System Password" --fields password)"
+    if [[ -z "$PASSWORD" ]]; then
+      echo "Failed to get password from 1Password."
+      read -s -p "Password: " PASSWORD
+    fi
+
+    echo $PASSWORD
   '';
   op-shell-plugins = [ "gh" ];
 in {