diff --git a/clickhouse/src/helpers.rs b/clickhouse/src/helpers.rs
index d2d7e8d..64ff3bb 100644
--- a/clickhouse/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/clickhouse/src/helpers.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pub fn setup() -> Result<String, Error> {
         ])?
         .with_exec(vec!["[ -f clickhouse-config.yaml.template ] || pkgx wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluentci-io/services/main/clickhouse/clickhouse-config.yaml.template"])?
         .with_exec(vec![
-            "CLICKHOUSE_CONFIG_DIR=$(ls -d .flox/run/*/etc); ",
+            "export CLICKHOUSE_CONFIG_DIR=\"$(ls -d .flox/run/*/etc)\"; ",
             "[ -f $CLICKHOUSE_CONFIG ] || pkgx envsubst < clickhouse-config.yaml.template > $CLICKHOUSE_CONFIG "])?
         .with_exec(vec![
             "grep -q clickhouse: Procfile || echo -e 'clickhouse: clickhouse-server --config-file=$CLICKHOUSE_CONFIG \\n' >> Procfile",