diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 15211ef..18f5cda 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -83,15 +83,12 @@
         rust-overlay = rust-overlay.packages.${system};
       };
 
-      mkContainerFor = refraction: let
-        architecture = refraction.stdenv.hostPlatform.ubootArch;
-      in
-        pkgs.dockerTools.buildLayeredImage {
-          name = "refraction";
-          tag = "latest-${architecture}";
-          config.Cmd = [(lib.getExe refraction)];
-          inherit architecture;
-        };
+      mkContainerFor = refraction: pkgs.dockerTools.buildLayeredImage {
+        name = "refraction";
+        tag = "latest-${refraction.stdenv.hostPlatform.qemuArch}";
+        config.Cmd = [(lib.getExe refraction)];
+        inherit (refraction) architecture;
+      };
     in {
       refraction = pkgs.callPackage ./nix/derivation.nix {inherit self;};
 
diff --git a/nix/derivation.nix b/nix/derivation.nix
index 9d95a29..0e86a18 100644
--- a/nix/derivation.nix
+++ b/nix/derivation.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
+  go,
   rustPlatform,
   darwin,
   self,
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
       strip = "symbols";
     });
 
+  # useful for container images
+  passthru.architecture = go.GOARCH;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     mainProgram = "refraction";
     description = "Discord bot for Prism Launcher";