diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/scx.nix b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/scx.nix
index 2a83788adfd8..dc2e5178dc58 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/scx.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/scx.nix
@@ -101,14 +101,15 @@ in
 
       serviceConfig = {
         Type = "simple";
-        ExecStart = utils.escapeSystemdExecArgs (
-          [
-            (lib.getExe' cfg.package cfg.scheduler)
-          ]
-          ++ cfg.extraArgs
-        );
+        ExecStart = ''
+          ${pkgs.runtimeShell} -c 'exec ${cfg.package}/bin/''${SCX_SCHEDULER_OVERRIDE:-$SCX_SCHEDULER} ''${SCX_FLAGS_OVERRIDE:-$SCX_FLAGS}'
+        '';
         Restart = "on-failure";
       };
+      environment = {
+        SCX_SCHEDULER = cfg.scheduler;
+        SCX_FLAGS = lib.escapeShellArgs cfg.extraArgs;
+      };
 
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
     };