1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix/repl.cc b/src/nix/repl.cc
index 74f0b3ec8..fb9050d0d 100644
--- a/src/nix/repl.cc
+++ b/src/nix/repl.cc
@@ -760,7 +760,11 @@ struct CmdRepl : StoreCommand, MixEvalArgs
 
     CmdRepl()
     {
-        expectArgs("files", &files);
+        expectArgs({
+            .label = "files",
+            .handler = {&files},
+            .completer = completePath
+        });
     }
 
     std::string description() override
@@ -780,6 +784,7 @@ struct CmdRepl : StoreCommand, MixEvalArgs
 
     void run(ref<Store> store) override
     {
+        evalSettings.pureEval = false;
         auto repl = std::make_unique<NixRepl>(searchPath, openStore());
         repl->autoArgs = getAutoArgs(*repl->state);
         repl->mainLoop(files);