diff --git a/go/internal/config/config.go b/go/internal/config/config.go
index c57b4de..88cfc95 100644
--- a/go/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/go/internal/config/config.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func New() (*Config, error) {
 	}
 	cfg.RootDir = dir
 
-	configBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(cfg.RootDir, configFile))
+	configBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/run/gitlab/shell-config.yml")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/lib/gitlab_shell.rb b/lib/gitlab_shell.rb
index 1452f95..2b40327 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab_shell.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab_shell.rb
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ class GitlabShell
     end
 
     # We use 'chdir: ROOT_PATH' to let the next executable know where config.yml is.
-    Kernel::exec(env, *args, unsetenv_others: true, chdir: ROOT_PATH)
+    # Except we don't, because we're already in the right directory on nixos!
+    Kernel::exec(env, *args, unsetenv_others: true)
   end
 
   def api