diff --git a/steps-guix/improve/guix-daemon-and-pull.sh b/steps-guix/improve/guix-daemon-and-pull.sh
index 206fa90c..492b3e3a 100644
--- a/steps-guix/improve/guix-daemon-and-pull.sh
+++ b/steps-guix/improve/guix-daemon-and-pull.sh
@@ -231,4 +231,4 @@ EOF
 
 chmod 0644 "${channels_file}"
 
-guix pull --bootstrap --no-substitutes
+guix pull --bootstrap --no-substitutes --channels="${channels_file}"