diff --git a/mise-tasks/services-check b/mise-tasks/services-check
index a77c53d..500851f 100755
--- a/mise-tasks/services-check
+++ b/mise-tasks/services-check
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ echo ""
 echo "Ringtail (NixOS):"
 check_service "ssh" "ssh -o ConnectTimeout=5 ringtail true"
 check_service "tailscale" "ssh ringtail 'tailscale status --self --json' | jq -e '.Self.Online' > /dev/null"
-check_service "k3s" "ssh ringtail 'k3s kubectl get nodes --no-headers | grep -q Ready'"
+check_service "k3s" "ssh ringtail 'KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml k3s kubectl get nodes --no-headers | grep -q Ready'"
 check_service "k3s-apiserver (remote)" "kubectl --context=k3s-ringtail get --raw /healthz"
 check_service "forgejo-runner" "ssh ringtail 'systemctl is-active gitea-runner-nix_container_builder.service'"