diff --git a/direnvrc b/direnvrc
index d9629c7..81fcd90 100644
--- a/direnvrc
+++ b/direnvrc
@@ -141,12 +141,8 @@ _nix_argsum_suffix() {
 }
 
 nix_direnv_watch_file() {
-  for watch in "$@"; do
-    if [[ -e "${watch}" ]]; then
-      watch_file "${watch}"
-      nix_watches+=("${watch}")
-    fi
-  done
+  watch_file "$@"
+  nix_watches+=("$@")
 }
 
 use_flake() {
@@ -155,11 +151,15 @@ use_flake() {
   flake_expr="${1:-.}"
   flake_dir="${flake_expr%#*}"
 
-  nix_direnv_watch_file ".envrc" "$HOME/.direnvrc" "$HOME/.config/direnv/direnvrc"
+  local files_to_watch
+  files_to_watch=(".envrc" "$HOME/.direnvrc" "$HOME/.config/direnv/direnvrc")
+
   if [[ -d "$flake_dir" ]]; then
-    nix_direnv_watch_file "$flake_dir/flake.nix" "$flake_dir/flake.lock" "$flake_dir/devshell.toml"
+    files_to_watch+=("$flake_dir/flake.nix" "$flake_dir/flake.lock" "$flake_dir/devshell.toml")
   fi
 
+  nix_direnv_watch_file "${files_to_watch[@]}"
+
   local layout_dir profile
   layout_dir=$(direnv_layout_dir)
   profile="${layout_dir}/flake-profile$(_nix_argsum_suffix "$flake_expr")"