diff --git a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
index ba26b63..3b227e1 100644
--- a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
+++ b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,14 @@ mkDerivation {
 	buildPhase = ''
 		runHook preBuild
 
-		ls -lAh /build
+		mkdir -p /lib/python3.11/site-packages
+
+		ln -s ${django}/lib/python3.11/site-packages/* /lib/python3.11/site-packages/
+		ln -s ${libsass}/lib/python3.11/site-packages/* /lib/python3.11/site-packages/
+
+		export PYTHONPATH=/lib/python3.11/site-packages
+
+		${python311}/bin/python manage.py compile_themes
 
 		runHook postBuild
 	'' ;