diff --git a/internal/cmd/mq_list.go b/internal/cmd/mq_list.go
index 26caf277..bface5eb 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/mq_list.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/mq_list.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ func runMQList(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Create beads wrapper for the rig
-	b := beads.New(r.Path)
+	// Create beads wrapper for the rig - use BeadsPath() to get the git-synced location
+	b := beads.New(r.BeadsPath())
 
 	// Build list options - query for merge-request type
 	// Priority -1 means no priority filter (otherwise 0 would filter to P0 only)