diff --git a/lib/ghcideLanguageClient.js b/lib/ghcideLanguageClient.js
index ccdce47..698a839 100644
--- a/lib/ghcideLanguageClient.js
+++ b/lib/ghcideLanguageClient.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class GhcideAutoLanguageClient
   startServerProcess(projectPath) {
     let proc =
       (require("child_process")).spawn(
-        "ghcide", ["--lsp"],  { "cwd" : projectPath });
+        "nix-shell", ["--run", "ghcide --lsp"],  { "cwd" : projectPath });
 
     return proc;
   }