diff --git a/zshrc/merlin_devbox.zsh b/zshrc/merlin_devbox.zsh
index e1f397e..526ed6f 100644
--- a/zshrc/merlin_devbox.zsh
+++ b/zshrc/merlin_devbox.zsh
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+# Set cur_dir before sourcing so prep_env.sh uses the correct path
+export cur_dir="/workspace/vscode"
+
 # Patch prep_env.sh for zsh compatibility before sourcing
 source <(sed -e 's/^shopt -s histappend$/[[ -n "${BASH_VERSION}" ]] \&\& shopt -s histappend/' \
              -e 's/\${!\([^}]*\)}/${(P)\1}/g' \
+             -e 's/cur_dir="\$(cd "\$(dirname "\$0")" && pwd)"/# cur_dir already set/g' \
              /workspace/mlx/../vscode/prep_env.sh)
 
 # sh -c /opt/tiger/mlx_deploy/greeting.sh
@@ -13,8 +17,6 @@ if [ -f "/opt/tiger/rh2_bashrc" ]; then
     source /opt/tiger/rh2_bashrc
 fi
 
-source /opt/tiger/mlx_deploy/userrc
-
 . "$HOME/.cargo/env"
 
 # huggingface proxy