diff --git a/lib/make-hpc-dist/default.nix b/lib/make-hpc-dist/default.nix
index 7fc0acd..ab84d9c 100644
--- a/lib/make-hpc-dist/default.nix
+++ b/lib/make-hpc-dist/default.nix
@@ -110,7 +110,12 @@ let
     cat /etc/localtime > $temp_dir/etc/localtime
     cat /etc/resolv.conf > $temp_dir/etc/resolv.conf
 
-    singularity run -B "/work:/work,/scratch:/scratch,$temp_dir/nix-store.squashfs:/nix/store:image-src=/,$temp_dir/etc:/etc" --pid --uts --ipc container-base.sif
+    workdir="/work"
+    if [ ! -d "/work" ]; then
+      workdir="/projects"
+    fi
+
+    singularity run -B "/$workdir:/$workdir,/scratch:/scratch,$temp_dir/nix-store.squashfs:/nix/store:image-src=/,$temp_dir/etc:/etc" --pid --uts --ipc container-base.sif
   '';
 in runCommand "hpc-files.d" {} ''
   mkdir -p "$out"