diff --git a/appvm.sh b/appvm.sh
index aa9878b..fb7dc89 100755
--- a/appvm.sh
+++ b/appvm.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ if [[ "$1" == "build" && "$2" != "" ]]; then
     mkdir -p bin
     sed "s;NIX_SYSTEM_PLACEHOLDER;${NIX_SYSTEM};" qemu/qemu.template > bin/appvm.${2}
     sed -i "s;NAME_PLACEHOLDER;${2};" bin/appvm.${2}
+    sed -i "s;NIX_DISK_IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER;${APPVM_PATH}/qemu/qcow2/${2}.qcow2;" bin/appvm.${2}
     chmod +x bin/appvm.${2}
     unlink result
 else
diff --git a/qemu/qemu.template b/qemu/qemu.template
index 3cb36f2..a9fc0d8 100644
--- a/qemu/qemu.template
+++ b/qemu/qemu.template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 NAME=NAME_PLACEHOLDER
 
-NIX_DISK_IMAGE=$(readlink -f ${NIX_DISK_IMAGE:-./${NAME}.qcow2})
+NIX_DISK_IMAGE=NIX_DISK_IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER
 
 if ! test -e "$NIX_DISK_IMAGE"; then
     qemu-img create -f qcow2 "$NIX_DISK_IMAGE" 512M || exit 1