diff --git a/internal/config/initialize.go b/internal/config/initialize.go
index 5981d36..67ac12c 100644
--- a/internal/config/initialize.go
+++ b/internal/config/initialize.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func Init() {
 
 	// check to see if nsupdate is installed
 	cmd := "command -v nsupdate"
-	if err := exec.Command("/usr/bin/sh", "-c", cmd).Run(); err != nil {
+	if err := exec.Command("/usr/bin/env", "sh", "-c", cmd).Run(); err != nil {
 		panic("nsupdate is not installed")
 	}