diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ae418eb..d91f0a3 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ rust-project TODO: write shell script for automatically updating `cargoHash`
           version = "0.1.0";
           buildAndTestSubdir = "status_cloud";
           cargoHash = "sha256-mMxHI/rU1Gd5UR+hZ+5+FnBrff8uF+SrEvGJT7wh5tI=";
+          preBuild = ''
+            sed -i 's/Command::new("hddtemp")/${nixpkgs.lib.escape [ "/" ] "Command::new(\"${pkgs.hddtemp}\")"}/g' status_cloud/src/main.rs
+          '';
           meta = meta // {
             description = "Server status saved to a nextcloud note service.";
           };
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ rust-project TODO: write shell script for automatically updating `cargoHash`
           serviceConfig = {
             Type = "oneshot";
             ExecStart = ''
-              ${cfg.package}/bin/status_cloud --hddtemp-executable ${pkgs.hddtemp}/bin/hddtemp --config-file ${builtins.toString cfg.config_path}
+              ${cfg.package}/bin/status_cloud --config-file ${builtins.toString cfg.config_path}
             '';
           };
         };
diff --git a/status_cloud/src/main.rs b/status_cloud/src/main.rs
index 5391d91..f160bb5 100644
--- a/status_cloud/src/main.rs
+++ b/status_cloud/src/main.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         let mut drive_temps: Vec<String> = vec![];
 
         for drive in drives {
-            let output = match Command::new(&args.hddtemp_executable)
+            let output = match Command::new("hddtemp")
                 .arg("--unit=F")
                 .arg(&drive)
                 .output()
@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@ struct CliArgs {
     #[arg(short, long)]
     config_file: PathBuf,
 
-    #[arg(short, long)]
-    hddtemp_executable: String,
-
     #[arg(short, long)]
     debug: bool,
 }