diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index eeca5706..9ee0a9ae 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ Let's make xref use ripgrep instead of grep for speed.
 I am currently using NixOS. In order for emacs to have access to certain programs, we need to set some environment variables
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (add-to-list 'exec-path "/usr/bin")
+(add-to-list 'exec-path "~/.cargo/bin")
 (setenv "NIX_CONF_DIR" "/etc/nix")
 (setenv "NIX_REMOTE" "daemon")
 (setenv "XCURSOR_THEME" "phinger-cursors-light")
@@ -4837,7 +4838,7 @@ Let's add our own eshell prompt. and set the password cache to a significantly h
 
   (setq eshell-banner-message "")
 
-  (setq eshell-path-env "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/android-sdk/cmdline-tools/latest/bin:/home/chris/.cargo/bin")
+  (add-to-list 'eshell-path-env-list "/home/chris/.cargo/bin")
 
   ;; this makes it so flutter works properly
   (setenv "ANDROID_SDK_ROOT" "/opt/android-sdk")
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index f58da0ed..02ff9457 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@
 (setq xref-search-program 'ripgrep)
 
 (add-to-list 'exec-path "/usr/bin")
+(add-to-list 'exec-path "~/.cargo/bin")
 (setenv "NIX_CONF_DIR" "/etc/nix")
 (setenv "NIX_REMOTE" "daemon")
 (setenv "XCURSOR_THEME" "phinger-cursors-light")
@@ -3520,7 +3521,7 @@ targets."
 
   (setq eshell-banner-message "")
 
-  (setq eshell-path-env "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/android-sdk/cmdline-tools/latest/bin:/home/chris/.cargo/bin")
+  (add-to-list 'eshell-path-env-list "/home/chris/.cargo/bin")
 
   ;; this makes it so flutter works properly
   (setenv "ANDROID_SDK_ROOT" "/opt/android-sdk")