diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index 7a07eb1..c43fc47 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ with import <nixpkgs> {};
     };
   };
 
-  home.activation.doomSync = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] (''
+  home.activation.doomSync = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] (let
+    emacs = pkgs.emacs;
+  in ''
+    export PATH=${emacs}/bin:$PATH
     ${config.xdg.configHome}/emacs/bin/doom sync -u -j $((`nproc`/4*3))
   '');