diff --git a/src/nix/hive.rs b/src/nix/hive.rs
index 7020723..a1cb734 100644
--- a/src/nix/hive.rs
+++ b/src/nix/hive.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ impl HivePath {
 
         if let Some(osstr) = path.file_name() {
             if osstr == "flake.nix" {
-                let parent = path.parent().unwrap().to_str().unwrap();
+                let parent = path.parent().unwrap().canonicalize().unwrap();
+                let parent = parent.to_str().unwrap();
                 let uri = format!("path:{}", parent);
 
                 return Self::Flake(uri);
diff --git a/src/nix/tests/mod.rs b/src/nix/tests/mod.rs
index 8ca478b..82068c1 100644
--- a/src/nix/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/src/nix/tests/mod.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use std::hash::Hash;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::iter::{FromIterator, Iterator};
 use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
 use tokio_test::block_on;
@@ -148,7 +149,11 @@ fn test_parse_simple() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_parse_flake() {
-    let hive_path = HivePath::Flake("path:./src/nix/tests/simple-flake".to_string());
+    let flake_path = {
+        let p = PathBuf::from("./src/nix/tests/simple-flake");
+        p.canonicalize().unwrap()
+    };
+    let hive_path = HivePath::Flake(format!("path:{}", flake_path.to_str().unwrap()));
     let mut hive = Hive::new(hive_path).unwrap();
 
     hive.set_show_trace(true);