diff --git a/etc/profile.sh b/etc/profile.sh
index 662d60403fb7..5bbe4ab97a11 100644
--- a/etc/profile.sh
+++ b/etc/profile.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ for i in $NIX_PROFILES; do # !!! reverse
     export PATH=$i/bin:$i/sbin:$PATH
 done
 
+export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
+
 
 # Set up a default Nix expression from which to install stuff.
 if ! test -L $HOME/.nix-defexpr; then
diff --git a/upstart-jobs/network-interfaces.nix b/upstart-jobs/network-interfaces.nix
index 4bfa1e97f254..c3f3bfad5ad5 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/network-interfaces.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/network-interfaces.nix
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ end script
 
 # Hack: Upstart doesn't yet support what we want: a service that
 # doesn't have a running process associated with it.
-respawn sleep 10000
+respawn sleep 100000
 
 stop script
     for i in $(cd /sys/class/net && ls -d *); do