diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 74fe9ad6..b2e6d2f8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ extragen:
 
 .PHONY : minimal
 minimal:
-	sed -i "s|EdenEast/nightfox.nvim|${root_dir}|g" .github/minimal_init.lua
+	sed -i "s|\"EdenEast/nightfox.nvim\"|dir = \"${root_dir}\"|g" .github/minimal_init.lua
 	nvim --clean -u .github/minimal_init.lua .github/minimal_init.lua
 
 .PHONY : docgen