diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e89b78ba..c600148d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
           "description": "An optional URL to override where to check for haskell-language-server releases"
         },
         "haskell.serverExecutablePath": {
-          "scope": "resource",
+          "scope": "machine",
           "type": "string",
           "default": "",
           "description": "Manually set a language server executable. Can be something on the $PATH or a path to an executable itself. Works with ~, ${HOME} and ${workspaceFolder}."
@@ -326,4 +326,4 @@
     "vscode-languageclient": "6.1.3",
     "yauzl": "^2.10.0"
   }
-}
+}
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