diff --git a/templates/default/justfile b/templates/default/justfile
index ec80bec..f6a33c9 100644
--- a/templates/default/justfile
+++ b/templates/default/justfile
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ melpa := "github:melpa/melpa/master"
 lock-dir := ".rice-lock/default"
 
 # This is only to avoid repetition, and you usually don't edit this.
-common-options-without-lock := "--override-input rice-src \"path:$PWD\" --override-input melpa " + quote(melpa)
+common-options-without-lock := "--override-input rice-src \"path:$(realpath $PWD)\" --override-input melpa " + quote(melpa)
 
-common-options-with-lock := common-options-without-lock + " --override-input rice-lock \"path:$PWD/" + lock-dir + "\""
+common-options-with-lock := common-options-without-lock + " --override-input rice-lock \"path:$(realpath $PWD)/" + lock-dir + "\""
 
 # The name of an Emacs package from nix-emacs-ci
 emacs := "emacs-release-snapshot"