diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/secrets/generate.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/secrets/generate.py
index 77d13ca..24a5868 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/secrets/generate.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/secrets/generate.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 import shlex
 import subprocess
+import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from clan_cli.errors import ClanError
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ def build_generate_script(machine: str, clan_dir: Path) -> str:
 def run_generate_secrets(secret_generator_script: str, clan_dir: Path) -> None:
     env = os.environ.copy()
     env["CLAN_DIR"] = str(clan_dir)
-    env["PYTHONPATH"] = str(module_root().parent)  # TODO do this in the clanCore module
+    env["PYTHONPATH"] = ":".join(sys.path) # TODO do this in the clanCore module
+
     print(f"generating secrets... {secret_generator_script}")
     proc = subprocess.run(
         [secret_generator_script],