diff --git a/crates/muvm/src/monitor.rs b/crates/muvm/src/monitor.rs
index 836acd5..a7cee1c 100644
--- a/crates/muvm/src/monitor.rs
+++ b/crates/muvm/src/monitor.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fn set_guest_pressure(pressure: GuestPressure) -> Result<()> {
     let wsf: u32 = pressure.into();
     debug!("setting watermark_scale_factor to {wsf}");
 
-    let command = PathBuf::from("/sbin/sysctl");
+    let command = PathBuf::from("sysctl");
     let command_args = vec![format!("vm.watermark_scale_factor={}", wsf)];
     let env = HashMap::new();
     request_launch(command, command_args, env, 0, false, true)