diff --git a/run1000.sh b/run1000.sh
index 7d41327..38b8935 100644
--- a/run1000.sh
+++ b/run1000.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # all the setup stuff
 export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
-NANOCHAT_BASE_DIR="$HOME/.cache/nanochat"
+export NANOCHAT_BASE_DIR="$HOME/.cache/nanochat"
 mkdir -p $NANOCHAT_BASE_DIR
 command -v uv &> /dev/null || curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
 [ -d ".venv" ] || uv venv