diff --git a/dist/main/index.js b/dist/main/index.js
index a75eb7d2..458b83b0 100644
--- a/dist/main/index.js
+++ b/dist/main/index.js
@@ -7824,6 +7824,7 @@ async function setup() {
                 'daemon', 'run',
                 '--socket', `${daemonDir}/daemon.sock`,
                 name,
+                ...cachixArgs.split(' ').filter((arg) => arg !== ''),
             ], {
                 stdio: ['ignore', daemonLog, daemonLog],
                 detached: true,
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 68ab4ee7..3b8da8a4 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ async function setup() {
           'daemon', 'run',
           '--socket', `${daemonDir}/daemon.sock`,
           name,
+          ...cachixArgs.split(' ').filter((arg) => arg !== ''),
         ],
         {
           stdio: ['ignore', daemonLog, daemonLog],