diff --git a/services/gts/gts.mod.nix b/services/gts/gts.mod.nix
index fcdafca..6789974 100644
--- a/services/gts/gts.mod.nix
+++ b/services/gts/gts.mod.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
           enable = true;
           package = pkgs.gts;
           setupPostgresqlDB = false;
-          environmentFile = config.sops.templates."gts.env.secrets.yaml".path;
+          environmentFile = "${config.sops.templates."gts.env.secrets.yaml".path}";
 
           settings = {
             # # most of these are the defaults but i'm writing them here anyways