diff --git a/src/libstore/build/hook-instance.cc b/src/libstore/build/hook-instance.cc
index 1f19ddccc..cb58a1f02 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/hook-instance.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build/hook-instance.cc
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ HookInstance::HookInstance()
     buildHookArgs.pop_front();
 
     Strings args;
+    args.push_back(std::string(baseNameOf(buildHook)));
 
     for (auto & arg : buildHookArgs)
         args.push_back(arg);
 
-    args.push_back(std::string(baseNameOf(settings.buildHook.get())));
     args.push_back(std::to_string(verbosity));
 
     /* Create a pipe to get the output of the child. */
diff --git a/src/nix/main.cc b/src/nix/main.cc
index d78312944..f8e93e367 100644
--- a/src/nix/main.cc
+++ b/src/nix/main.cc
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
     programPath = argv[0];
     auto programName = std::string(baseNameOf(programPath));
 
-    if (argc > 0 && std::string_view(argv[0]) == "__build-remote") {
+    if (argc > 1 && std::string_view(argv[1]) == "__build-remote") {
         programName = "build-remote";
         argv++; argc--;
     }