diff --git a/pkgs/servers/soft-serve/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/soft-serve/default.nix
index 5b57ca27049f..3c169d6f1254 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/soft-serve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/soft-serve/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A tasty, self-hosted Git server for the command line";
     homepage = "https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve";
+    mainProgram = "soft";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ penguwin ];
   };