diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-create-container.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-create-container.sh
index 13e1efe7b..3b7f74639 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-create-container.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-create-container.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ systemd-nspawn -D $1 /bin/bash -c "sed -i -e 's:^CheckSpace:#CheckSpace:g' /etc/
 # enable parallel downloads
 systemd-nspawn -D $1 /bin/bash -c "sed -i -e 's:^#ParallelDownloads:ParallelDownloads:g' /etc/pacman.conf"
 mkdir $1/var/cache/pacman/pkg/
-cp /var/cache/pacman/pkg/linux-"$(systemd-nspawn -D archboot-release pacman -Qi linux | grep Version | cut -d ":" -f2)"* $1/var/cache/pacman/pkg/
+cp /var/cache/pacman/pkg/linux-"$(systemd-nspawn -D $1 pacman -Qi linux | grep Version | cut -d ":" -f2)"* $1/var/cache/pacman/pkg/
 # reinstall kernel to get files in /boot
 systemd-nspawn -D $1 pacman -Sy linux --noconfirm