diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index cd5855e..bda2e4e 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ const fs_1 = require("fs");
 function run() {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         try {
-            // rest of the constants
             const home = os_1.homedir();
             const { username } = os_1.userInfo();
             const PATH = process.env.PATH;
             const CERTS_PATH = home + '/.nix-profile/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt';
+            // Workaround a segfault: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2733
+            yield exec.exec("sudo", ["mkdir", "-p", "/etc/nix"]);
+            yield exec.exec("sudo", ["echo", "http2 = false", ">>", "/etc/nix/nix.conf"]);
             // TODO: retry due to all the things that go wrong
             const nixInstall = yield tc.downloadTool('https://nixos.org/nix/install');
             yield exec.exec("sh", [nixInstall]);