diff --git a/common/home-manager/fish/default.nix b/common/home-manager/fish/default.nix
index 6c524f0..5a7a79e 100644
--- a/common/home-manager/fish/default.nix
+++ b/common/home-manager/fish/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ in {
       ".config/fish/conf.d/ssh-agent.fish".source = ./ssh-agent.fish;
 
       # global fish config
+      ".config/fish/conf.d/001-unfuck-nixos.fish".source = ./unfuck-nixos.fish;
       ".config/fish/conf.d/cadey.fish".text = ''
         alias edit "emacsclient -t -c -a ${dquot}"
         alias e "edit"
diff --git a/common/home-manager/fish/unfuck-nixos.fish b/common/home-manager/fish/unfuck-nixos.fish
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c07b293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/home-manager/fish/unfuck-nixos.fish
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+eval (echo /etc/set-environment | grep NIX_LD)