diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fb0b6e93..5bfded21 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # created when `just run <service>` is used
 /test/data
 
+/nix/cargo-doc-live/target
+
 # created when `just run ex-*` is used
 /example/share-services/pgweb/data/
 /example/simple/data/
diff --git a/nix/cargo-doc-live/Cargo.lock b/nix/cargo-doc-live/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a56d7e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/cargo-doc-live/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
+[[package]]
+name = "simple"
+version = "0.0.0"
diff --git a/nix/cargo-doc-live/Cargo.toml b/nix/cargo-doc-live/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6ae897e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/cargo-doc-live/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[package]
+name = "simple"
diff --git a/nix/cargo-doc-live_test.nix b/nix/cargo-doc-live/cargo-doc-live_test.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from nix/cargo-doc-live_test.nix
rename to nix/cargo-doc-live/cargo-doc-live_test.nix
diff --git a/nix/cargo-doc-live.nix b/nix/cargo-doc-live/default.nix
similarity index 55%
rename from nix/cargo-doc-live.nix
rename to nix/cargo-doc-live/default.nix
index 12d8a833..dd474c98 100644
--- a/nix/cargo-doc-live.nix
+++ b/nix/cargo-doc-live/default.nix
@@ -26,21 +26,25 @@ in
       readOnly = true;
       default = {
         processes =
-          let
-            browser-sync = lib.getExe pkgs.nodePackages.browser-sync;
-            cargo-watch = lib.getExe pkgs.cargo-watch;
-            cargo = lib.getExe pkgs.cargo;
-          in
           {
             "${name}-cargo-doc" = {
-              command = builtins.toString (pkgs.writeShellScript "cargo-doc" ''
-                run-cargo-doc() {
-                  ${cargo} doc --document-private-items --all-features
-                  ${browser-sync} reload --port ${toString config.port}  # Trigger reload in browser
-                }; export -f run-cargo-doc
-                ${cargo-watch} watch -s run-cargo-doc
-              '');
-
+              command = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+                name = "cargo-doc";
+                runtimeInputs = with pkgs; [ cargo cargo-watch nodePackages.browser-sync ];
+                text =
+                  let
+                    browser-sync = lib.getExe pkgs.nodePackages.browser-sync;
+                    cargo-watch = lib.getExe pkgs.cargo-watch;
+                    cargo = lib.getExe pkgs.cargo;
+                  in
+                  ''
+                    run-cargo-doc() {
+                      ${cargo} doc --document-private-items --all-features
+                      ${browser-sync} reload --port ${toString config.port}  # Trigger reload in browser
+                    }; export -f run-cargo-doc
+                    ${cargo-watch} watch -s run-cargo-doc
+                  '';
+              };
               readiness_probe = {
                 period_seconds = 1;
                 failure_threshold = 100000; # 'cargo doc' can take quite a while.
@@ -55,10 +59,15 @@ in
               availability.restart = "on_failure";
             };
             "${name}-browser-sync" = {
-              command = ''
-                ${browser-sync} start --port ${toString config.port} --ss target/doc -s target/doc \
-                  --startPath /${config.crateName}/
-              '';
+              command = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+                name = "browser-sync";
+                runtimeInputs = with pkgs; [ nodePackages.browser-sync ];
+                text =
+                  ''
+                    ${lib.getExe pkgs.nodePackages.browser-sync} start --port ${toString config.port} --ss target/doc -s target/doc \
+                    --startPath /${config.crateName}/
+                  '';
+              };
               namespace = name;
               depends_on."${name}-cargo-doc".condition = "process_healthy";
             };
diff --git a/nix/cargo-doc-live/src/main.rs b/nix/cargo-doc-live/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7a11a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/cargo-doc-live/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}
diff --git a/nix/default.nix b/nix/default.nix
index 45e89d24..3828370d 100644
--- a/nix/default.nix
+++ b/nix/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ in
     ./tempo.nix
     ./weaviate.nix
     ./searxng.nix
-    ./cargo-doc-live.nix
+    ./cargo-doc-live
   ];
 }
diff --git a/test/flake.nix b/test/flake.nix
index 7bc7a035..fce64adf 100644
--- a/test/flake.nix
+++ b/test/flake.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
             "${inputs.services-flake}/nix/cassandra_test.nix"
             "${inputs.services-flake}/nix/tempo_test.nix"
             "${inputs.services-flake}/nix/weaviate_test.nix"
-            "${inputs.services-flake}/nix/cargo-doc-live_test.nix"
+            "${inputs.services-flake}/nix/cargo-doc-live/cargo-doc-live_test.nix"
           ] ++ lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isLinux [
             # Broken on Darwin: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/316954
             "${inputs.services-flake}/nix/grafana_test.nix"