1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/hel.nix b/hel.nix
index f1618d72..35033515 100644
--- a/hel.nix
+++ b/hel.nix
@@ -284,7 +284,9 @@
     locate = {
       enable = true;
       interval = "daily";
-      locate = pkgs.mlocate;
+      locate = pkgs.stdenv.lib.overrideDerivation pkgs.mlocate (oldAttrs: rec {
+        makeFlags = [ "dbfile=${config.locate.output}" ];
+      });
       localuser = null;
       prunePaths = ["/tmp" "/var/tmp" "/var/cache" "/var/lock" "/var/run" "/var/spool"];
     };