diff --git a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
index 47e00c5..69e1a27 100644
--- a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
+++ b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ mkDerivation {
 		cat <<- EOF > $out/bin/bookwyrm-env
 			#!${bash}/bin/sh
 
-			if [ \$( ${coreutils-full}/bin/id -un ) != "bookwyrm" -o \$( ${coreutils-full}/bin/id -gn ) != "bookwyrm" ] ; then
+			PATH=${coreutils-full}/bin
+
+			if [ \$( id -un ) != "bookwyrm" -o \$( id -gn ) != "bookwyrm" ] ; then
 				echo "You are not running as the 'bookwyrm' user and group, quitting"
 				exit 1
 			fi
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ mkDerivation {
 			export EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=""
 
 			# 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 )"
+			export SECRET_KEY="\$( cat /etc/nixos/assets/bookwyrm-secret-key )"
 
 			exec \$@
 		EOF