diff --git a/garlic/stages/srun.nix b/garlic/stages/srun.nix
index bbc23b2..e6231b5 100644
--- a/garlic/stages/srun.nix
+++ b/garlic/stages/srun.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preferLocalBuild = true;
   dontPatchShebangs = true;
   installPhase = ''
-    cat > $out <<EOF
+    cat > $out <<'EOF'
     #!/bin/sh -e
     exec ${slurm}/bin/srun \
       --mpi=pmi2 \