diff --git a/_extensions/quarto-ext/shinylive/shinylive.lua b/_extensions/quarto-ext/shinylive/shinylive.lua
index 60637ea..a4ec4cb 100644
--- a/_extensions/quarto-ext/shinylive/shinylive.lua
+++ b/_extensions/quarto-ext/shinylive/shinylive.lua
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ end
 -- @param input: string to pipe into to r-shinylive
 function callRShinylive(args, input)
   args = { "-e",
-    ".libPaths(); shinylive:::quarto_ext()",
+    "renv::activate(profile = 'armyknives'); shinylive:::quarto_ext()",
     table.unpack(args) }
 
   -- Try calling `pandoc.pipe('Rscript', ...)` and if it fails, print a message