diff --git a/src/hydra-eval-jobs.cc b/src/hydra-eval-jobs.cc
index e4bb8c4..944476e 100644
--- a/src/hydra-eval-jobs.cc
+++ b/src/hydra-eval-jobs.cc
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static void worker(
     if (myArgs.flake) {
         using namespace flake;
 
-        auto flakeRef = parseFlakeRef(myArgs.releaseExpr);
+        auto flakeRef = parseFlakeRef(myArgs.releaseExpr, absPath("."));
 
         auto vFlake = state.allocValue();