diff --git a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
index c5e937d..e628199 100644
--- a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
+++ b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ mkDerivation {
 		cat <<- EOF > $out/bin/bookwyrm-env
 			#!${bash}/bin/sh
 
-			if [ $( id -un ) != "bookwyrm" || $( id -gn ) != "bookwyrm" ] ; do
+			if [ $( id -un ) != "bookwyrm" || $( id -gn ) != "bookwyrm" ] ; then
 				echo "You are not running as the 'bookwyrm' user and group, quitting"
 				exit 1
-			done
+			fi
 
 			export PYTHONPATH="$out/lib/python3.11/site-packages"
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ mkDerivation {
 			# The escape here is required in order to retrieve the key file contents at runtime
 			export SECRET_KEY="\$( ${coreutils-full}/bin/cat /etc/nixos/assets/bookwyrm-secret-key )"
 
-			exec $@
+			exec \$@
 		EOF
 
 		chmod +x $out/bin/*