diff --git a/bookwyrm.nix b/bookwyrm.nix
index adb287a..78bcf52 100644
--- a/bookwyrm.nix
+++ b/bookwyrm.nix
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ mkDerivation {
 			export EMAIL_HOST=""
 			export EMAIL_HOST_USER=""
 			export EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=""
-			export SECRET_KEY="\$( cat /etc/nixos/assets/bookwyrm-secret-key )"  # The escape here is required in order to retrieve the key file contents at runtime
+			export SECRET_KEY="\$( cat /etc/nixos/assets/bookwyrm-secret-key )"  ${/* The escape here is required in order to retrieve the key file contents at runtime */}
 
 			${gunicorn}/bin/gunicorn bookwyrm.wsgi:application
 		EOF