diff --git a/templates/generate_configs.sh b/templates/generate_configs.sh
index 8518eaf..3634557 100644
--- a/templates/generate_configs.sh
+++ b/templates/generate_configs.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
-ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+ROOT={{ root }}
 CONFIGS=${ROOT}/configs
 
 # Generate the configuration for each node
diff --git a/tools/render b/tools/render
index ee1d392..e7bcacd 100755
--- a/tools/render
+++ b/tools/render
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ def main():
     for template_name in TEMPLATES.list_templates():
         template = TEMPLATES.get_template(template_name)
 
-        rendered = template.render(nodes=nodes, clusters=clusters, config=config)
+        rendered = template.render(
+            nodes=nodes, clusters=clusters, config=config, root=ROOT
+        )
         with open(RENDERED.joinpath(template_name), "w") as f:
             f.write(rendered)