diff --git a/.gitconfig b/.gitconfig
index 12bcc99..094929e 100644
--- a/.gitconfig
+++ b/.gitconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # run `grep -Pv "^#" .gitconfig >> .git/config` to append the merge config to your repo file :)
 # run `git mergetool --tool=sops-mergetool <path to secret>/secrets.yaml` to use this once configured
+# if for whatever reason the below doesn't work, try modifying the mergetool command as below
+#   find: $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/utils/sops-mergetool.sh
+#   replace: ./utils/sops-mergetool.sh
 [mergetool "sops-mergetool"]
-        cmd = bash -c "$(git --exec-path)/sops-mergetool.sh \"$BASE\" \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\" \"$MERGED\""
+	cmd = bash -c "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/utils/sops-mergetool.sh \"\$BASE\" \"\$LOCAL\" \"\$REMOTE\" \"\$MERGED\""
 [merge]
-	tool = nvimdiff3
+	tool = nvimdiff
+[mergetool "nvimdiff"]
+	layout = MERGED