diff --git a/src/dapp/libexec/dapp/dapp---nix-run b/src/dapp/libexec/dapp/dapp---nix-run
index e72c1d8a1..d302b10e2 100755
--- a/src/dapp/libexec/dapp/dapp---nix-run
+++ b/src/dapp/libexec/dapp/dapp---nix-run
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ have() { command -v "$1" >/dev/null; }
 
 expr="$1"; shift
 
-nix run --impure --expr "with import $DAPPTOOLS {}; $expr" -- "$@"
+nix run --impure --expr "with import $DAPPTOOLS {}; $expr" out -- "$@"
diff --git a/src/dapp/libexec/dapp/dapp---use b/src/dapp/libexec/dapp/dapp---use
index df942332d..9dad6291a 100755
--- a/src/dapp/libexec/dapp/dapp---use
+++ b/src/dapp/libexec/dapp/dapp---use
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ shift
 [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]] || usage
 
 if [[ -z "$bin" ]]; then
-  dapp --nix-run "dapp.override {solc = pkgs.runCommand \"solc\" { } \"mkdir -p \$out/bin; ln -s \${solc-static-versions.${solc//[-.]/_}}/bin/${solc} \$out/bin/solc\";}" out "$@"
+  dapp --nix-run "dapp.override {solc = pkgs.runCommand \"solc\" { } \"mkdir -p \$out/bin; ln -s \${solc-static-versions.${solc//[-.]/_}}/bin/${solc} \$out/bin/solc\";}" "$@"
 else
   set -e
   SOLCBIN="$(realpath -e "${bin}")"
diff --git a/src/seth/libexec/seth/seth---nix-run b/src/seth/libexec/seth/seth---nix-run
index 2ec8a965a..d47809782 100755
--- a/src/seth/libexec/seth/seth---nix-run
+++ b/src/seth/libexec/seth/seth---nix-run
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ have() { command -v "$1" >/dev/null; }
 
 expr="$1"; shift
 
-nix run --impure --expr "with import $DAPPTOOLS {}; $expr" -- "$@"
+nix run --impure --expr "with import $DAPPTOOLS {}; $expr" out -- "$@"
diff --git a/src/seth/libexec/seth/seth---use b/src/seth/libexec/seth/seth---use
index 5fb83c821..9c70bb446 100755
--- a/src/seth/libexec/seth/seth---use
+++ b/src/seth/libexec/seth/seth---use
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ shift
 [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]] || usage
 
 if [[ -z "$bin" ]]; then
-  seth --nix-run "seth.override {solc = pkgs.runCommand \"solc\" { } \"mkdir -p \$out/bin; ln -s \${solc-static-versions.${solc//[-.]/_}}/bin/${solc} \$out/bin/solc\";}" out "$@"
+  seth --nix-run "seth.override {solc = pkgs.runCommand \"solc\" { } \"mkdir -p \$out/bin; ln -s \${solc-static-versions.${solc//[-.]/_}}/bin/${solc} \$out/bin/solc\";}" "$@"
 else
   set -e
   SOLCBIN="$(realpath -e "${bin}")"