diff --git a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
index ed22cf8..43020ee 100644
--- a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
+++ b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ mkDerivation {
 
 		export PYTHONPATH=/build/lib/python3.11/site-packages
 
+		export DOMAIN=""
+
 		${python311}/bin/python manage.py compile_themes
 
 		runHook postBuild