diff --git a/nix/default.nix b/nix/default.nix
index c039e343a3..31074afd7b 100644
--- a/nix/default.nix
+++ b/nix/default.nix
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ import sources.nixpkgs {
       import ./scripts.nix {
         inherit pkgs;
         config = {
-          chainmain-config = builtins.toString ../scripts/chainmain-devnet.yaml;
-          cronos-config = builtins.toString ../scripts/cronos-devnet.yaml;
-          hermes-config = builtins.toString ../scripts/hermes.toml;
-          geth-genesis = builtins.toString ../scripts/geth-genesis.json;
-          dotenv = builtins.toString ../scripts/.env;
+          chainmain-config = ../scripts/chainmain-devnet.yaml;
+          cronos-config = ../scripts/cronos-devnet.yaml;
+          hermes-config = ../scripts/hermes.toml;
+          geth-genesis = ../scripts/geth-genesis.json;
+          dotenv = builtins.path { name = "dotenv"; path = ../scripts/.env; };
         };
       })
     (_: pkgs: {
diff --git a/nix/scripts.nix b/nix/scripts.nix
index f91ef75c07..677a40c6fa 100644
--- a/nix/scripts.nix
+++ b/nix/scripts.nix
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@
 }: rec {
   start-chainmain = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "start-chainmain" ''
     export PATH=${pkgs.pystarport}/bin:${chainmain}/bin:$PATH
-    source ${config.dotenv}
-    ${../scripts/start-chainmain} ${config.chainmain-config} $@
+    ${../scripts/start-chainmain} ${config.chainmain-config} ${config.dotenv} $@
   '';
   start-cronos = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "start-cronos" ''
     # rely on environment to provide cronosd
     export PATH=${pkgs.pystarport}/bin:$PATH
-    source ${config.dotenv}
-    ${../scripts/start-cronos} ${config.cronos-config} $@
+    ${../scripts/start-cronos} ${config.cronos-config} ${config.dotenv} $@
   '';
   start-geth = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "start-geth" ''
     export PATH=${pkgs.go-ethereum}/bin:$PATH
diff --git a/scripts/start-chainmain b/scripts/start-chainmain
index 2157af3ba0..f0772a05c8 100755
--- a/scripts/start-chainmain
+++ b/scripts/start-chainmain
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ if [ -z "$CONFIG" ]; then
 fi
 shift
 
+DOTENV=$1
+if [ -z "$DOTENV" ]; then
+    echo "No dotenv file supplied"
+    exit 1
+fi
+shift
 
 DATA=$1
 if [ -z "$DATA" ]; then
@@ -16,8 +22,10 @@ if [ -z "$DATA" ]; then
 fi
 shift
 
-# `pystarport serve` don't work for integration test for some weird reason
-echo 'config'$CONFIG
-echo 'data'$DATA
-pystarport init --config $CONFIG --data $DATA $@
+echo 'pystarport:'
+echo '  config: '$CONFIG
+echo '  dotenv: '$DOTENV
+echo '  data: '$DATA
+
+pystarport init --config $CONFIG --dotenv $DOTENV --data $DATA $@
 supervisord -c $DATA/tasks.ini
diff --git a/scripts/start-cronos b/scripts/start-cronos
index 4d1ccdbee8..f0772a05c8 100755
--- a/scripts/start-cronos
+++ b/scripts/start-cronos
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ if [ -z "$CONFIG" ]; then
 fi
 shift
 
+DOTENV=$1
+if [ -z "$DOTENV" ]; then
+    echo "No dotenv file supplied"
+    exit 1
+fi
+shift
+
 DATA=$1
 if [ -z "$DATA" ]; then
     echo "No data directory supplied"
@@ -15,6 +22,10 @@ if [ -z "$DATA" ]; then
 fi
 shift
 
-# `pystarport serve` don't work for integration test for some weird reason
-pystarport init --config $CONFIG --data $DATA $@
+echo 'pystarport:'
+echo '  config: '$CONFIG
+echo '  dotenv: '$DOTENV
+echo '  data: '$DATA
+
+pystarport init --config $CONFIG --dotenv $DOTENV --data $DATA $@
 supervisord -c $DATA/tasks.ini